The Ninth Gate (1999 film)
Summary
"Leave the unknown alone. The only thing more terrifying than searching for the Devil... is finding him." Dean Corso specializes in tracking down rare and exotic volumes for collectors. Boris Balkan has recently acquired a seventeenth-century tome called The Nine Gates - a legendary book written by Satan himself. With The Nine Gates in his possession, Corso soon finds himself at the center of strange and violent goings-on. Not only is his apartment ransacked, it appears that he is being shadowed ferociously by others determined to regain the book.
Details
- Release Date: 1999
- Country/Language: Spain/France/USA, English and others with subtitles
- Genres/Technical: Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy
- Runtime: 2 hr 13 min
- Starring: Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin
- Director: Roman Polanski
- Writer: Arturo Pérez-Reverte (novel) (as Arturo Perez-Reverte), John Brownjohn (screenplay)
- Producer/Production Co: Artisan Entertainment, R.P. Productions, Orly Films
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Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: R (Violence, Profanity, Adult Content, Sexual Situations)
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)
Not especially "Lovecraftian", though some viewers have associated the magical tome "macguffin" with the Necronomicon or other such Lovecraftian props.
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
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Synopsis
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Dean Corso specializes in tracking down rare and exotic volumes for collectors. Boris Balkan has recently acquired a seventeenth-century tome called The Nine Gates - a legendary book written by Satan himself. With The Nine Gates in his possession, Corso soon finds himself at the center of strange and violent goings-on. Not only is his apartment ransacked, it appears that he is being shadowed ferociously by others determined to regain the book.
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Comments, Trivia, Dedication
Associated Mythos Elements
- TO DO
- tome: The Nine Gates
- race: Human Cultists
