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[[File:Necronomiconbookofthedead 1993film.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Promotional poster for ''Necronomicon: Book of the Dead (1993 film)'']]

"The Library", a segment from the anthology film:  ''[[Necronomicon: Book of the Dead (1993 film)]]''

==Summary==
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In the wrap-around story for the anthology film ''[[Necronomicon: Book of the Dead (1993 film)]]'', "The Library", H. P. Lovecraft (Jeffrey Combs) learns of a monastery where a copy of the ''[[Necronomicon]]'' is held.  With sinister cultists in pursuit, Lovecraft steals the infamous tome, and scans the volume for story ideas.... 

==Details==

* Release Date:  1993
* Country/Language:  USA, English
* Genres/Technical:  Anthology, Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy
* Starring:  [[Jeffrey Combs]] et.al.
* Director:   	[[Brian Yuzna]]
* Writer:  Brent V. Friedman ("The Library")
* Producer/Production Co:  Takashige Ichise, [[Brian Yuzna]]
* View Trailer:  ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhTkcIaZHyI link])
* IMDB: ([https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107664/ link])

==Ratings==
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* Rated:  R (Adult Content, Sex and Nudity, Violence)

===Tentacle Ratings===
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* SS___ (Two Tentacles: Lovecraftian)

A misguided pastiche, featuring [[H.P. Lovecraft]] as a character.

''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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* [[User:Ywhateley|Y.Whateley]]:  "The Library" is a somewhat goofy but fun story in which the famous author Lovecraft breaks into a mysterious monastery library to steal the forbidden ''[[Necronomicon]]'' from shape-shifting cultist-monks, so he can loot the tome for story ideas; with heavy makeup, Jeffrey Combs even looks a bit like Lovecraft.  It's passably entertaining, but not great, though, and sadly the anthology film this wrap-around segment comes from doesn't get very much better than this.

==Synopsis==
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THE LIBRARY:  In the wrap-around story of the film, H. P. Lovecraft (Jeffrey Combs) learns of a monastery where a copy of the ''Necronomicon'' is held.  Lovecraft steals the infamous tome, and scans the volume for story ideas, with sinister cultists in pursuit....



===Comments, Trivia, Dedication===
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==Associated Mythos Elements==
* ''[[Necronomicon]]''
* [[H.P. Lovecraft]] (as a character)
* cultists


==Keeper Notes==
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