Lovecraft visualizes 3 stories in Necronomicon: The Drowned, The Cold and Whispers, about bringing a dead wife and child back to life, extending life and aliens.Lovecraft visualizes 3 stories in Necronomicon: The Drowned, The Cold and Whispers, about bringing a dead wife and child back to life, extending life and aliens.Lovecraft visualizes 3 stories in Necronomicon: The Drowned, The Cold and Whispers, about bringing a dead wife and child back to life, extending life and aliens.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations
- Directors
- Christophe Gans(segment part #1: The Drowned)
- Shûsuke Kaneko(segment part #2: The Cold)
- Brian Yuzna(segments The Library, part #3: Whispers)
- Writers
- Brent V. Friedman(parts 1-3 and wraparound) (part 3 and wraparound)
- Christophe Gans(part 1)
- Kazunori Itô(part 2)
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- TriviaDirector Shûsuke Kaneko did not speak any English at the time of filming his segment with an all American cast.
- GoofsAll of the stories that are depicted in the Necronomicon that Lovecraft is reading from happen in time periods set after the time period in which his story is set.
- Quotes
Mr. Benedict: There is one thing I have always maintained. If a man's shoe is dirty, you got to wonder about his sole.
- Alternate versionsThe NTSC VHS and Laserdisc contain the R-Rated version which had a few seconds of violence/gore missing. Some PAL releases, such as the German DVD from Kinowelt, contained the footage missing from the NTSC releases, likely due to MPAA censorship.
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This movie was okay, considering Lovecraft's ideas are hard to portray on the screen. Each story stayed true to Lovecraft's horror, though the last was leaning towards the modern version of horror (gory, bloody, etc) The acting was much better than I expected, especially the last story. The sequences with Lovecraft are taking many licenses with his real self, but then again, his real personality doesn't need to be shown to enjoy his stories. I enjoyed the low budget, yet quality, effects as well.
(for the MSTies, watch for the Necronomicon door sequence near the end, amusingly similar)
(for the MSTies, watch for the Necronomicon door sequence near the end, amusingly similar)
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- emilita
- Jun 20, 2004
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- Cool Air
- Filming locations
- Angeles Abbey Memorial Park - 1515 E. Compton Blvd., Compton, California, USA(Wraparound segment: "The Library")
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- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
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By what name was Necronomicon: Book of Dead (1993) officially released in India in English?
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