Necronomicon (film)
| H.P. Lovecraft's: Necronomicon | |
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DVD cover for H.P. Lovercraft's Necronomicon
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| Directed by |
Brian Yuzna ("The Library" and "Whispers") Christophe Gans ("The Drowned") Shusuke Kaneko ("The Cold") |
| Produced by | Takashige Ichise Brian Yuzna Samuel Hadida Aki Komine Gary Schmoelier |
| Written by |
Brent V. Friedman ("The Library") Christophe Gans ("The Drowned") Kazunori Itō ("The Cold") Brian Yuzna ("Whispers") H. P. Lovecraft (short stories) |
| Starring |
Bruce Payne Richard Lynch Jeffrey Combs Belinda Bauer David Warner Maria Ford |
| Distributed by | Davis-Films |
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96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4,000,000 (estimated) |
H.P. Lovecraft's: Necronomicon, original title Necronomicon, also called Necronomicon: Book of the Dead or Necronomicon: To Hell and Back is an American anthology horror film released in 1993. It was directed by Brian Yuzna, Christophe Gans and Shusuke Kaneko and was written by Brent V. Friedman, Christophe Gans, Kazunori Itō and Brian Yuzna. The film stars Bruce Payne as Edward De Lapoer, Richard Lynch as Jethro De Lapoer, Jeffrey Combs as H. P. Lovecraft, Belinda Bauer as Nancy Gallmore and David Warner as Dr. Madden.
The three stories in the film are based on three H. P. Lovecraft short stories: The Drowned is loosely based on The Rats in the Walls,The Cold is based on Cool Air, and Whispers is based on The Whisperer in Darkness.
The film is broken into four separate features: "The Library", "The Drowned", "The Cold" and "Whispers". "The Library" segment is the wrap-around story, which begins and ends the movie.
In the wrap-around story of the film, H. P. Lovecraft (Jeffrey Combs) learns of a monastery where a copy of the Necronomicon is held. Having been a regular there for his research, he sets up an appointment, his cab driver told to wait outside. Taking insult when the head monk calls his work "fiction", Lovecraft insists that all his writings are true. Requesting to read the Alchemical Encyclopedia Vol. III, Lovecraft steals a key from another monk and flees to the cellar where the Necronomicon is being held. Unknown to him, a monk has seen him. Unlocking the vault where the book is held, the door closes behind Lovecraft unexpectedly, making him drop the key down a grating and into the water below. As that happens, one of the seals is opened.
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