Necronomicon (1993)

Directed by

Shūsuke Kaneko, Brian Yuzna, Christophe Gans

Genre

horror film, Lovecraftian horror

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 196 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A book called the Necronomicon holds terrifying secrets. Three different horror stories unfold from its pages, each inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. A wraparound segment connects the tales as a man searches for forbidden knowledge.

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What happens

Necronomicon (also called H. P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon, Necronomicon: Book of the Dead or Necronomicon: To Hell and Back) is a 1993 anthology horror film. It features three distinct segments and a wraparound directed by Brian Yuzna, Christophe Gans and Shusuke Kaneko and written by Gans, Yuzna, Brent V. Friedman and Kazunori Itō. The stories for the segments were all newly written for the anthology but were inspired by the works of horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. The film's ensemble cast includes stars Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Payne, Richard Lynch, Belinda Bauer, Maria Ford, Dennis Christopher, Gary Graham and David Warner. The extensive special makeup and animatronic effects were supervised by Tom Savini and were created by John Carl Buechler, Christopher Nelson and Screaming Mad George. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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