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| − | A group of youngsters use an evil tome to re-animate some undead/demonic witches in a creepy cabin in the woods? This is basically a clone of ''[[Evil Dead (1981 franchise)]]'', with all the (barely) "Lovecraftian" serial numbers filed off.... | + | A group of youngsters use an evil tome to re-animate some undead/demonic witches in a creepy cabin in the woods? This is basically a clone of ''[[Evil Dead (1981 franchise)]]'', with all the (barely) "Lovecraftian" serial numbers from that series filed off, and a lot of extra nudity and sex scenes added in.... |
''Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.'' | ''Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.'' | ||
Revision as of 07:32, 10 December 2016
Summary
When six college students take a job cleaning up an abandoned house their plans to work hard by day and play hard by night are interrupted when they awake an ancient evil demon.
Details
- Release Date: 2006
- Country/Language: US, English
- Genres/Technical: Comedy, Horror
- Runtime: 1 hr 36 min
- Starring: Brad Milne, Terry Erioski, Jessica Ellis, Zak Kilberg, Adriana Esquivel
- Director: Jay Lee
- Writer: Jay Lee
- Producer/Production Co: Production Headquarters, Scream HQ
- View Trailer: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: R (Violence, Profanity, Adult Content, Nudity, 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)
A group of youngsters use an evil tome to re-animate some undead/demonic witches in a creepy cabin in the woods? This is basically a clone of Evil Dead (1981 franchise), with all the (barely) "Lovecraftian" serial numbers from that series filed off, and a lot of extra nudity and sex scenes added in....
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:
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Synopsis
Spoiler Section (Highlight to Read)
A group of college students is hired on the cheap by greedy real estate dealer Carl Stevens to clean an isolated house. As the group -- Tyler, his girlfriend, Dana, his adopted brother, Iggy, and their friends -- begins working, a book turns up containing strange incantations. Iggy reads the spells aloud, which unleashes a murderous she-demon who has been lying in wait for almost a century.
Notes
Comments, Trivia, Dedication
Associated Mythos Elements
- TO DO
- film: compare to Evil Dead (1981 franchise), The Unnamable (1988 franchise)
- tome: Necronomicon Ex-Mortis
- race: Witches
- race: Deadite
