NecronomiconYear: 1993 Director: Christophe Gans (Part 2), Shusuke Kaneko (Part 3), & Brian Yuzna (Parts 1 &4) Written by: Brent V. Friedman & Kazunori Ito Threat: Necronomicon Weapon of Choice: Cane Sword |
Rish Outfield's reviews
You know, it's been so long since I saw this movie, I can't remember much. I
do remember Jeffrey Combs was in it, playing H.P. Lovecraft (you gotta love
the guy), and that it was an anthology (which are pretty cool). It had
really good makeup effects.The first story was fun and really rocked. . . damn,
folks, if you ever have a movie review page, review
the movie after you see it, not months later, okay?
The tyranist's thoughts
I have always had more than a little soft spot for Lovecraft and it was fun to see these stories brought to film. None
of the stories is tremendously terrifying (or insanity inducing), but it was a pleasure to watch. The gore alone is
well worth the view.
Sequel | ||
Owes everything to/rips off earlier film | ||
Sequel setup | ||
Bad title | ||
Bad premise | ||
Bad acting | ||
Bad dialogue | ||
MTV Editing | ||
OTS | ||
Girl unnecessarily gets naked | ||
Wanton sex | ||
Death associated with sex | ||
Characters forget about threat | ||
Secluded location | ||
Power is cut | ||
Phone lines are cut | ||
Someone investigates a strange noise | ||
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door | ||
Camera is the killer | ||
Victims cower in front of a window/door | ||
Toilet stall scene | ||
Victim locks self in with killer | ||
Killer is in car with victim | ||
Cat jumps out | ||
Fake scare | ||
Laughable scare | ||
Blood hits camera | ||
Beheading | ||
Killer doesn't stay dead | ||
Stupid discovery of corpse | ||
Dream sequence | ||
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls | ||
No one believes only witness | ||
Blood fountain | ||
Poor death effect | ||
Excessive gore | ||
Music detracts from scene | ||
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie | ||
Future celebrity appears | ||
No one dies at all | ||
Death in first five minutes | ||
Virgin survives | ||
Geek/Nerd survives | ||
Little kid lamely survives | ||
Dog/Pet miraculously survives | ||
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes | ||
Unresolved subplots | ||
"It was all a dream" ending | ||
Unbelievably happy ending | ||
What the hell? |
Total Skulls: 11
Other movies in this series:
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