Necronomicon: Book of the Dead is a 1993 horror anthology film based on the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
Overview[]
Consisting of adaptations of three of Lovecraft’s works - "The Rats in the Walls", "Cool Air" and "The Whisperer in Darkness", each of which featured a different director at the helm - connected by an original wraparound story, Necronomicon: Book of the Dead is an English-language film and runs to a total of 96 minutes.
Segments[]
- "The Library": starring screen Mythos regular Jeffrey Combs as H. P. Lovecraft himself, "The Library" acted as the wraparound segment and involves a fictionalised Lovecraft reading stories from a copy of the Necronomicon held in a monastery. Directed by Brian Yuzna.
- "The Drowned": purporting to be an adaptation of "The Rats in the Walls", it features a character named Edward De Lapoer, although he is placed in a different setting and storyline. Directed by Christophe Gans.
- "The Cold": a fifty-minute black-and-white take on "Cool Air". Directed by Shûsuke Kaneko.
- "Whispers": adapted from "The Whisperer in Darkness". Also directed by Brian Yuzna.
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