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Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

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GL84 Hearing that the fabled Necronomicon is in a library, writer H.P. Lovecraft wants to use it to help his writing. After finding it hidden in a secret compartment under the library, he reads three stories from it.The Good Story(s): The Drowned-After a devastating loss, a man is shown the crumbling hotel he has just inherited after his relatives have all died under mysterious accidents. When he learns the truth about his relative's actual deaths, he uses supernatural means to prove their validity. When he finally learns the secret buried underneath his house, he begins to question what really happened to his family. On the whole, this was a great story with a lot to like. One of the better parts to this one is the undeniable and utterly creepy atmosphere here. After starting off in the Gothic territory with a huge mansion, darkly lit hallways and strange rooms, it soon shifts over into the typical Lovecraft story with mysterious creatures, unknown incantations and a general feeling of unease that erupts for no reason. It's a great example of Lovecraft done right, especially when mixed with the Gothic opening. It's action-packed finale is a great conclusion, and makes it end on a high-note that most really don't have.The Bad Story(s): The Cold-Told through flashback, a young woman arrives in Boston looking for a new start, and she moves in to a new apartment complex. Told she is not to interfere with a resident doctor who also lives there, she goes on until he is required to save her and they come in contact. When she discovers that he is secretly conducting strange experiments in his room, he tries to keep the true nature of his work secret. This one was pretty interesting, and it moved a lot faster than it should, but the main problem about this episode was that the whole thing was built around a twist ending that was quite easily spotted and doesn't come at all as a surprise it should be. It really should work, but because it has come along so often, there's just the feeling of a clichéd style to this, and that lowers it into this category. Otherwise, this would be in the top one, as it is a good one, just let down by a weak and predictable ending.Whispers-Chasing a suspect, a policewoman loses her partner/lover and she has to track them both down. While navigating through a deserted building, she is attacked and happens upon a giant pit littered in mangled bodies. After being tormented and tortured by various visions, she is finally able to put it all to rest. Easily the weakest if the three, and despite providing the real gore in the film, isn't at all scary and is instead just a bore. Frankly, with all the deformed bodies and gore thrown around here there's very little about this that should fail on that alone, but it just so bland and lifeless that there's little hope for the great bloodshed on display It is a great wonder to look at with the cave itself being utterly freaky looking and the central pit of bodies displays the kind of darkened aura normally associated with his work, but this is just not scary enough to be worthwhile.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and Brief Nudity.

ratgirl132002 I am a major horror film buff, but this was one of the worst films I have ever seen. Typical of "Special Effects" movie, the story line suffered (or should I say, "What story line????") The gore wasn't even cool gore, just lame! I had to shut it off, and come back to it later. That was the longest 96 minutes of my life. Three story in one movie, but you never really knew when one ended and another began. I actually didn't realize that it was 3 separate stories until I read it here. Lucky for me, I purchased this at the local swapmeet for $1.00, which was actually overpriced by 99 cents. Don't bother with this film, unless you need something to put you to sleep.

scobbah I have to admit that I have not read any of Lovecraft's works, hence I cannot include any comparisons between the stories to the film in my verdict.Although films based on books rarely meet expectations, there are those which are a great and sometimes they are even better than the books. I suppose fans of Lovecraft's works will be inclined to support the former case as I find it difficult to imagine any fan possibly enjoying this film. I was restless, constantly looking at the clock and tried my best to hang in there until the credits rolled just for the hell of it. This film is neither coherent nor interesting, but just loose tales cut and edited together with nothing that catches your attention or interest.I would like to keep myself short, but I advise anyone to stay away from this horrible film. It is not even good enough for time-killing! 3/10

Ivan Bradley Lovecraft's, and the other writers of the common mythos' work is SO difficult to translate to film. Attempts to illustrate the alluded-to but barely observed horror of most of the genre tend to fail because the substance is not generally visual. It is a state of mind. Lovecraft paints a picture of terrified paranoia where the haunted protagonist is alone in what he sees, trapped in the inability to communicate the reality of his dire predicament except by rambling about shunned this and forbidden that... It is rarely possible to get inside the head of the victim to see what he sees, because stripped of its "out of the corner of your eye" fleeting impression playing on your mind quality, it also tends to get stripped of its horror and become fairly standard Gothic, splatter or just camp. Reanimator is a fine case of camp. Dunwich Horror is Gothic..The only superlative translation, in my opinion, is Dagon, a fairly close following of The Shadow Over Innesmouth, as I recall. Strangely, something that captures the feel rather than any particular plot would be Carpenter's Mouth of Madness... a portrait of a state of mind rather than encounters.I think that Necronomicon - NOT "the book of the dead" but more properly "the book of dead names" or a similar near translation - is a film that attempts to look behind the veil rather than standing in a panic contemplating the veil itself. In doing this, it runs all sorts of risks and I believe that it largely succeeds. The stories have been discussed enough here, but the final buckets of blood and latex offering actually carries the idea with it of the utter alienness that is the horror that Lovecraft perceives. Unfortunately most viewers revulsion will be at the splatter and sticky redness, and barriers will go up at "yet another" bag of sinews chucked around the studio as the automatic filing system kicks in and the brain immediately categorises it with chainsaw massacres and cannibal holocausts and various other films showing interplanetary roadkill or hell-raised skin-tearing as the end point in audience manipulation.If we can bear with the direction a little, It's not the "Ickiness" that revolts us.. it's only a vehicle to carry the REAL horror of complete and utter "lostness" - the certainty of a destiny that is so awful that it's something that medieval visions of Hell can only vaguely hint at. Lovecraft was genuinely terrified by it and afraid to look at it head on because he believed that it would drive him completely mad... and if we try and do it for him we either miss the point or see smoke and mirrors. Film is not the best medium for this. Literature, and maybe music and drama tends to work better, but we demand films, and the best we get is interpretation that runs the risk of the viewer not "getting it." Usually, of course, the film maker doesn't "get it" either, which is why most Gothic horror becomes so camp, translated to screen, although this works rather well as entertainment in different ways.Thankyou, Hammer.)Necronomicon is a brave effort to translate Lovecraft's vision to the screen. It's not perfect by any means, but I'm still going to give it 9 for valour