Necronomicon: Book of the dead
United States
1993
96 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
Synopsis
This anthology is divided into four segments: “The Library” which is the wraparound segment involving Lovecraft’s research into the Book of The Dead and his unwitting release of a monster and his writing of the following horror segments “The Drowned”, “The Cold”, and “Whispers” —IMDb
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Brian Yuzna
Brian Yuzna (born in the Philippines in 1949) is a director, writer and producer of films.
Most of Yuzna’s film work is in the horror genre, though he has also ventured into science fiction. Like his friend and fellow filmmaker Stuart Gordon, Yuzna is a big fan of H. P. Lovecraft and has adapted several Lovecraft stories for the screen.
With Julio Fernández, Yuzna started Fantastic Factory, a label under Barcelona film company Filmax. Yuzna’s goal for Fantastic Factory is produce “modestly budgeted genre (horror, science fiction, fantasy) films for the international market (shot in English language) using genre talent from all around the world and to develop local talent.” He was last working as the producer of the Wehrmacht zombie movie Worst Case Scenario, directed by Richard Raaphorst, which takes place after a fictional World Cup 2006 Finale between Germany and Netherlands where Germany loses and seeks revenge with a zombie invasion, in May 2009 was announced the project… read more
Christophe Gans
Born in 1960 in Antibes (in the South of France), Christophe Gans became crazy about movies at an early stage. As a teenager, he made a lot of samurai and kung fu super-8 films with his friends. At the end of the seventies, he founded the fanzine “Rhesus Zero” about B-movies. In 1980, he studied at the French cinema school Idhec and directed a short movie called “Silver Slime”, a tribute to Mario Bava. In 1982, he founded the magazine “Starfix” and defended directors like David Cronenberg, Dario Argento, Russel Mulcahy, David Lynch, John Carpenter or Sergio Leone. He decided to make movies and directed one of the three parts of Necronomicon (1994) called “The Drowned”, then “Crying Freeman” from the famous Japanese manga. Gans created the video collection “HK” devoted to Hong Kong movies. He worked for two years on a free adaptation of Jules Verne’s “20,000 Leagues under the Sea” but the project failed. In 1999, he was asked to make Le pacte des loups (2001) (“Brotherhood of… read more
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Human Form
9Aug11
Stunning display of practical effects and an anthology to boot. This one is extremely underrated.
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Hunter Duesing
9Aug11
I really, REALLY want this movie to come to DVD. I saw it on VHS and it's too much fun. It doesn't really have the full-on dread and living fear of Lovecraft, it's Brian Yuzna so it has more in common with the Stuart Gordon school of batshit crazy Lovecraft adaptations, and therefore is a good wacky experience. Also, Jeffrey Combs is a scream as Lovecraft (he has also played Poe). Best viewed with beer on hand.
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Seldom seen DVD review NECRONOMICON
By Twitchfilm.com on October 8, 2011
This installment of Seldom Seen features a film some people might know about but haven’t gotten the chance to see since its only been released on VHS in America and I don’t know how wide it spread over
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