Spider Labyrinth (1988 film)
Spider Labyrinth, AKA Cursed Labyrinth and Labyrinth in the Dark
Summary
A handsome Professor is assigned by his university to go to Budapest to seek out a colleague who has been investigating an ancient religion. Once there, he is met by his colleague's beautiful assistant, and soon finds himself at the center of mysterious cult involving secrets, murder, and a monstrous mind-controlling spider god. Will the professor solve this weird puzzle, or will he too be caught in the web of the Spider Labyrinth?
Details
- Release Date: 1988
- Country/Language: Italian, English dubbing
- Genres/Technical: Horror, Mystery, Giallo
- Runtime: 2 hrs
- Starring: Roland Wybenga, Paola Rinaldi, Margareta von Krauss
- Director: Gianfranco Giagni
- Writer: Riccardo Aragno and Tonino Cervi (screenplay)
- Producer/Production Co: Reteitalia, Splendida Film
- View Trailer: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: (not rated)(probably equivalent of an R for Violence, Adult Content, Nudity, etc.)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)
I've never seen this, but some reviewers have mentioned feeling this film is reminiscent of Lovecraft's fiction, Carpenter's The Thing (1984 film), and Argento's The Three Mothers trilogy (1977 franchise).
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
Reviews
Review Links:
- Giovanni Susina at At The Mansion of Madness, (link) - "...Recommended for the patient horror fan with a taste for Argento and Lovecraft influenced filmmaking with hopes to be proven wrong in their belief that the late '80s were a bland time for Italian horror...."
Synopsis
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A handsome Professor is assigned by his university to go to Budapest to seek out a colleague who has been investigating an ancient religion. Once there, he is met by his colleague's beautiful assistant, and soon finds himself at the center of mysterious cult involving secrets, murder, and a monstrous mind-controlling spider god. Will the professor solve this weird puzzle, or will he too be caught in the web of the Spider Labyrinth?
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Comments, Trivia, Dedication
Associated Mythos Elements
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