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

Segment from the anthology film: ''[[Necronomicon: Book of the Dead (1993 film)]]''

==Summary==


In the wrap-around story for the anthology film ''[[Necronomicon: Book of the Dead (1993 film)]]'', 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])

==Ratings==
===[http://www.mpaa.org/film-ratings/ MPAA Ratings]===

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

===Tentacle Ratings===
A rough [[Tentacle Ratings|measure]] of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
* 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===

Review Links:
* [[User:Ywhateley|Y.Whateley]]: The film's quality is uneven at best, the adaptations wander pretty far from the original material, and the stories have some pretty goofy and misguided twists added to them; on the positive side, the first story, "The Drowned", includes perhaps one of my favorite portrayals of a Deep One on film....

==Synopsis==

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===


==Associated Mythos Elements==
* Fiction:
** "The Drowned" is (very loosely) based on "[[The Rats in the Walls (fiction)]]" and "[[The Shadow Over Innsmouth (fiction)]]"
** "The Cold" is (loosely) based on "[[Cool Air (fiction)]]"
** "Whispers" is (very loosely) based on "[[The Horror at Red Hook (fiction)]]" and "[[The Whisperer in Darkness (fiction)]]"
* ''[[Necronomicon]]''
* [[H.P. Lovecraft]] (as a character)
* cultists

==Keeper Notes==



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-* [[User:Ywhateley|Y.Whateley]]:  The film's quality is uneven at best, the adaptations wander pretty far from the original material, and the stories have some pretty goofy and misguided twists added to them; on the positive side, the first story, "The Drowned", includes perhaps one of my favorite portrayals of a Deep One on film....
+* [[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.
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 ==Associated Mythos Elements==
 * ''[[Necronomicon]]''
 * [[H.P. Lovecraft]] (as a character)

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-In the wrap-around story for the anthology film ''[[Necronomicon: Book of the Dead (1993 film)]]'', 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....
+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==