NECRONOMICON
| Director: |
| Aaron Vanek |
Running time: | 2 min 26 sec |
| Genre: | thriller |
| Average Rating: | 4.30 |
| Format: | 16mm |
| Origin: | USA |
| Year completed: | 1997 |
NECRONOMICON (1993) - Interesting, but not altogether successful, trilogy of horror tales whose framing device concerns author H.P. Lovecraft (Jeffrey Combs, who is unrecognizable under prosthetic makeup) researching stories using the Necronomicon, the ancient book of the dead. The Necronomicon makes an appearance in all three tales. "The Drowned" concerns itself with a man (Bruce Payne) who has just inherited a spooky, run-down hotel, that tries to bring his dead wife back to life with hellish results. "The Cold" is about a runaway girl who meets a strange doctor (David Warner) who needs freezing temperatures to survive. "Whispers", the strangest tale of the trio, tells the story of a pregnant cop who is pursuing a serial killer known as "The Butcher" and runs smack-dab into a tribe of bat-like aliens with a fondness for bone marrow. This film has much to recommend but is strangely unsatisfying. Something is missing but I’ll be damned if I can put my finger on it. Due to the graphic nature of some of the scenes, this film would be hard-pressed to obtain an R rating without suffering many cuts. Brian Yuzna (SOCIETY) directed the framing segments and the surreal "Whispers" episode, the best parts of the film. Also starring Richard Lynch, Dennis Christopher, Gary Graham, Belinda Bauer and Don Calfa (where did he disappear to?). Available on Japanese laserdisc in Unrated form and on VHS from New Line Home Video in an R-rated cut.
WEB LINKS
more pics and sounds from the movie!
Necronomicon - Book of the Dead (1994)
http://www.thousandyoung.com/cinemagoria/sounds/necronomicon.htm
Necronomicon Page:
Everything You Never
Wanted To Know About
The Necronomicon (Al Azif)
Of The Mad Arab Abdul Alhazred
But Weren't Afraid Enough
To Know Better Than To Ask!
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/9879/necpage.htm
http://members.tripod.com/~danharms/necfile.htm
History of the Necronomicon
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/9879/nechist.htm
The Truth About the Necronomicon
http://www.hplovecraft.com/creation/necron/
http://www.hplovecraft.com/
this is the site to see!
You just can't keep these French adventure game designers down. One after another, we're seeing a steady stream of traditional point-and-click adventures from our cousins in France.
Ah, the Joys of Folksy, Scenic New England
The latest is Necronomicon, and it's based on the very gloomy Cthulu stories by H.P. Lovecraft. The story takes place in and around Pawtuxet, Rhode Island, which will be a familiar setting to fans of Lovecraft's fiction (or the game Shadow of the Comet).
