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Scene from Maléfique (2002 film)...

Maléfique, AKA Malefique (2002)

Summary

"Will you escape alive?" Four imprisoned convicts find a mysterious tome hidden in the wall of their cell, and use it to conjure up an escape plan to follow its owner into the unknown.

Details

  • Release Date: 2002
  • Country/Language: France, French
  • Genres/Technical: Fantasy, Horror
  • Runtime: 1 hr 30 min
  • Starring: Gérald Laroche, Philippe Laudenbach, Clovis Cornillac
  • Director: Eric Valette
  • Writer: Alexandre Charlot and Franck Magnier (scenario), François Cognard (idea)
  • Producer/Production Co: Bee Movies, Fidélité Productions, Film Office
  • View Trailer: (link)

Ratings

MPAA Ratings

  • Rated: (not rated) (I would expect some Violence, Profanity, and Adult Content)

Tentacle Ratings

A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:

  • SS___ (Two Tentacles: Barely Lovecraftian; could be a very loose adaptation)

I've not seen this film, but a creepy tome and a gate into the "freedom" of another world, plus whatever is on the other side, sounds promising as "Lovecraftian" cinema. (My instincts tell me this film promises to be one of those ambiguous art/experimental films full of weird imagery, flashbacks, hallucinations, Whammies, and other such weirdness which fill the ranks of films I categorize under "Eldritch Locations"....)

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:

  • (review needed)


Synopsis

 Spoiler Section (Highlight to Read)

Four imprisoned convicts find a mysterious tome hidden in the wall of their cell, and use it to conjure up an escape plan to follow its owner into the unknown.


Notes

Comments, Trivia, Dedication

Associated Mythos Elements

  • TO DO
  • tome: journal of black magic


Keeper Notes