Necronomicon (film)

Necronomicon
Necronomicon
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Directed by	Brian Yuzna ("The Library" and "Whispers"); Christophe Gans ("The Drowned"); Shusuke Kaneko ("The Cold");
Screenplay by	Brent V. Friedman; Christophe Gans ("The Drowned"); Kazunori Itō ("The Cold");
Story by	Brent V. Friedman; Brian Yuzna;
Based on	The works of H. P. Lovecraft
Produced by	Brian Yuzna; Samuel Hadida;
Starring	Bruce Payne; Richard Lynch; Jeffrey Combs; Belinda Bauer; David Warner; Maria Ford;
Cinematography	Gerry Lively ("The Cold" and "Whispers"); Russell Brandt ("The Library" and "The Drowned");
Edited by	Christopher Roth; Keith H. Sauter;
Music by	Joseph LoDuca ("The Library" and "The Drowned"); Daniel Licht ("The Cold" and "Whispers");
Production; companies	Davis-Films; Optic Nerve Studios;
Distributed by	August Entertainment Inc.; New Line Home Video;
Release dates	November 19, 1993 (London); October 29, 1996 (United States);
Running time	96 minutes
Countries	United States; France; Japan
Language	English
Budget	$4 million (estimated)

Necronomicon (also called H. P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon, Necronomicon: Book of the Dead or Necronomicon: To Hell and Back) is a 1993 anthology horror film. It features three distinct segments and a wraparound directed by Brian Yuzna, Christophe Gans and Shusuke Kaneko and written by Gans, Yuzna, Brent V. Friedman and Kazunori Itō. The stories for the segments were all newly written for the anthology but were inspired by the works of horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. The film's ensemble cast includes stars Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Payne, Richard Lynch, Belinda Bauer, Maria Ford, Dennis Christopher, Gary Graham and David Warner. The extensive special makeup and animatronic effects were supervised by Tom Savini and were created by John Carl Buechler, Christopher Nelson and Screaming Mad George.