Feature1993·96m·6.0

Necronomicon

Horror

H.P. Lovecraft anthology is divided into four segments: "The Library" which is the wraparound segment involving Lovecraft's research into the Book of The Dead and his unwitting release of a monster and his writing of the following horror segments "The Drowned", "The Cold", and "Whispers".

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Cast

Jeffrey Combs

H.P. Lovecraft

Tony Azito

Librarian

Juan Fernández

Attendant

Brian Yuzna

Cabbie

Bruce Payne

Edward De Lapoer

Belinda Bauer

Nancy Gallmore

Richard Lynch

Jethro De Lapoer

Maria Ford

Clara

Denice D. Lewis

Emma De Lapoer

Vladimir Kulich

Villager

David Warner

Dr. Madden

Bess Meyer

Emily Osterman

Millie Perkins

Lena

Dennis Christopher

Dale Porkel

Gary Graham

Sam

Curt Lowens

Mr. Hawkins

James Paradise

Policeman

Signy Coleman

Sarah

Obba Babatundé

Paul

Don Calfa

Mr. Benedict

Details

Status: Released
Original language: English
Languages: English, German
Budget: $4.0M
Revenue: —
Age rating: —
Quality: 4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production: Davis FilmsPioneer LDCOzla Productions

Crew

Director

Christophe Gans

Writers

H.P. Lovecraft, Brent V. Friedman, Kazunori Ito, Christophe Gans

Christopher Roth

Editor

Anton Tremblay

Production Design

Russ Brandt

Director of Photography

Daniel Licht

Original Music Composer

Gerry Lively

Director of Photography

Joseph LoDuca

Original Music Composer

Gallery

Reviews

Dr Nostromo

4/7/2026

6.0

61/100 The Book of the Dead is used to present an anthology of H.P. Lovecraft stories. It's low budget, there's nothing particularly complex or profound about the stories and, if it weren't for the gore, it'd be easy to mistake this film as a made-for-TV movie. However, I thought it came off rather well. The overacting gave it a surreal quality (including overacting master, Jeffrey Combs), the gore was sufficiently squishy and the creatures were definitely Lovecraftian in nature ...especially Cthulhu. Very entertaining. -- DrNostromo.com