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[[File:Cthulhumansion 1992film.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The evil tome from ''Cthulhu Mansion (1992 film)'' - this is pretty much all the Cthulhu you'll see in this film....]]

''Cthulhu Mansion'', AKA ''La mansión de los Cthulhu'' and ''Black Magic Mansion'' (1992 film)

==Summary==
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"Beyond evil. Beyond Terror. Beyond the gates of Hell."  Fugitive teens hide out in a carnival magician's mansion, stirring ancient soldiers of Satan.

==Details==

* Release Date:  1992
* Country/Language:  Spain/UK, English
* Genres/Technical:  Horror
* Runtime:  1 hr 35 min
* Starring:  Frank Finlay, Marcia Layton, Luis Fernando Alvés
* Director:  Juan Piquer Simón
* Writer:  Juan Piquer Simón
* Producer/Production Co:  Dister Group, Filmagic Pictures, Golden Pictures
* View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOgChusq9p8 link])
* IMDB: ([https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100108/ link])


==Ratings==
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* Rated:  R (Violence, Profanity, Adult Content)

===Tentacle Ratings===
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* S____ (One Tentacle:  Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)

Sort of a blatant rip-off of ''[[Evil Dead (1981 franchise)]]'', with almost nothing to do with Cthulhu except the title of a standard-issue Evil Tome, and some schlocky Deadite slasher action; one gets the impression that everything the film-makers knew about Lovecraft's work, they learned from ''The Evil Dead'' and ''Re-Animator''.

''Note:  This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.''

===Reviews===
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Review Links:
* Horror and Sons, ([https://horrorandsons.com/2015/08/11/cthulhu-mansion-1992-movie-review/ link]) - "Now 100% Cthulhu-free!!!! ...Chandu finds an ancient book on the shelves, entitled simply enough, “”Cthulhu”. Think of it as the ''[[Necronomicon Ex-Mortis|Necronomicon]]'' from the ''Evil Dead'' series, only this one was made with a notebook and Sharpie marker by a 'misunderstood' 15-year-old...."
* Horror News dotnet, ([http://horrornews.net/50933/film-review-cthulhu-mansion-1992/ link]) - "What I thought was lacking is the level of Lovecraft association. It was clear that it had a relation to the man’s work but lacked the kind of depth and integration that we’d expect from a marketing ploy using the man’s name.... It’s not great 90s work but ''Cthulhu Mansion'' does have a few decent parts that might entertain horror fans."


==Synopsis==
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Chandu the magician finds an evil tome called ''Cthulhu'', and is soon beset by meddlesome teen ne'er-do-wells who kidnap his assistants and hole up in his mansion to hide from the law following a drug deal gone bad, where they accidentally unleash the satanic army of hell in the form of a few zombies and molesting vines....
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==Notes==

===Comments, Trivia, Dedication===
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===Associated Mythos Elements===
* Tome: ''[[Necronomicon Ex-Mortis|Cthulhu]]''
* Race: [[Deadite]]s


===Keeper Notes===
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===See Also===
* compare/contrast ''[[Evil Dead (1981 franchise)]]''


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