Necronomicon

Nov 1, 1993

1h 36m

★ 6.0

Overview

H.P. Lovecraft 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".

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Davis Films

Pioneer LDC

Ozla Productions

Necronomicon Trailers

Cast

H.P. Lovecraft

Jeffrey Combs

Librarian

Tony Azito

Attendant

Juan Fernández

Cabbie

Brian Yuzna

Edward De Lapoer

Bruce Payne

Nancy Gallmore

Belinda Bauer

Jethro De Lapoer

Richard Lynch

Clara

Maria Ford

Emma De Lapoer

Denice D. Lewis

Villager

Vladimir Kulich

Dr. Madden

David Warner

Emily Osterman

Bess Meyer

Yannick moves to a small, quiet town to study cinema. One day when he fell off his bike, he knocked at the door of the Beaulieu residence so he could clean the blood off his hands. But Jacques Beaulieu and his family had other plans for Yannick. Beaulieu is a righteous psychopath and fanatic chess player who wants to rid the world of evil. And even though Ian has done nothing wrong, he is beaten, tortured and tormented before Beaulieu makes him an offer: win at chess and he is free to go. And so Ian is now a pawn in Beaulieu 's game. A game in which he will either lose his mind or his life.

6.3

Dead of Night

Aug 29, 1974

A young soldier who was thought to be killed in Vietnam returns home and exhibits disturbing behavior, much to the confusion of his family.

5.4

Zombies of Mora Tau

Mar 1, 1957

A fortune hunter leads a search for diamonds guarded by undead sailors off the coast of Africa.

5.8

Pig

Apr 19, 2018

A serial killer is going around killing Iran's most beloved filmmakers. Hasan, a blacklisted filmmaker himself, is depressed and wonders: why isn't he being targeted?

6.2

Trilogy of Terror

Mar 4, 1975

A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college professor is aggressively pursued by one of her students; a prudish brunette determines that her free-spirited blonde sister is evil; and a woman's night turns upside down after she purchases an ancient Zuni fetish doll.

4.6

Dark Moon Rising

Oct 10, 2009

Small-town girl meets mysterious drifter boy, they fall in love. Only in this case, the boy brings with him a family curse and unimaginable horror that rains hell upon the small town

5.8

The Monster Club

Apr 11, 1981

A vampire attacks a horror author on the street and then invites him to a nearby club as a gesture of gratitude, which turns out to be a meeting place for assorted creatures of the night. The vampire then regales him with three stories, each interspersed with musical performances at the club.

5.7

Deranged

Feb 2, 1974

A man living in rural Wisconsin takes care of his bed-ridden mother, who is very domineering and teaches him that all women are evil. After she dies, he misses her, and a year later digs her up and takes her home. He learns about taxidermy and begins robbing graves to get materials to patch her up, and inevitably begins looking for fresher sources of materials. Based loosely on the true story of Ed Gein.

5.7

Don't Go in the House

Nov 1, 1979

As a child, Donald was tormented by his mother who used fire as a punishment. Now a deranged adult, Donald stalks women at clubs, then takes them home where he kills them with a flamethrower.

6.4

My Bloody Valentine

Feb 11, 1981

Twenty years after a Valentine's Day tragedy claimed the lives of five miners, Harry Warden returns for a vengeful massacre among teen sweethearts gearing up for another party.

5.8

Popcorn

Feb 1, 1991

While holding a horror film festival, a group of film students find themselves stalked by a madman who may have a sinister connection to a cult leader.

4.8

Schoolgirls in Chains

Jan 1, 1973

Two deranged brothers, who are under the domineering influence of their crazed mother, kidnap young girls and keep them captive in chains in their basement, where they subject them to depraved "games" that often end in torture and murder.

5.8

Schramm

Jan 1, 1993

Lothar Schramm is a simple man with complex problems, yet he seems like such a nice guy. He works as a taxi driver and lives by himself where he is happy to answer his door to strangers and kill them outright. As with many shy loner types he has a problem dealing with women so he drugs them and photographs their nude bodies for sexual stimulation. He then murders his helpless victims and so goes the life of a deranged serial killer.

5.7

From a Whisper to a Scream

Sep 25, 1987

The uncle of an executed murderess relates four stories of his hometown, Oldfield, to a reporter. In the first, an elderly man pursues a romance with a younger woman, even to the grave and beyond. In the second, a wounded man on the run from creditors is rescued by a backwoods hermit who holds the secret to eternal life. In the third, a glass-eating carny pays the ultimate price for looking for love on the outside. And in the fourth, a group of Civil War soldiers are held captive by a household of orphans with strange intentions for them.

5.7

DeGenerazione

Jul 15, 1994

Horror/sci-fi anthology with a punk streak, co-directed by and starring — among other newcomers — Asia Argento.