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For better or worse, the Necronomicon may well be H.P. Lovecraft's best know invention. Originally known as Al Azif (The buzzing or howling of demons), the blasphemous book spawned many imitators (with Lovecraft's blessings). Some of it's literary brothers include The Book of Eibon, the Pnakotic Text, and the De Vermis Mysteriis by Ludwig Prinn. The Necronomicon's appearance even prompted many to seek out the rare book for their own practices...


On this page you will find films that are Lovecraftian in nature, not because they are based on Lovecraft stories (although some surely are), but because one or more of these unspeakable books makes an appearance. If you know of a film not listed here, please email me at: pickman@unfilmable.com


Blasphemous Tome
Film, TV, Stage and Audio Adaptations (see Legend below)
De Vermis Mysteriis
De Vermis Mysteriis (?) by Martin Asselin & Marco Dube ~S~
Hellboy (2004) by Guillermo del Toro ~F~ New
The Weird Tailor (Thriller, ?) by ? ~TV~
Necronomicon (Al Azif, The Book of the Dead)
Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness (1993) by Sam Raimi ~F~
Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) by Martin Campbell I ~TV~
City of the Dead (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ?) by ? ~TV~
The Collect Call of Cathulhu (Real Ghostbusters, 1986) ~A~
The Darkness Beyond (L’Altrove, ?) by Ivan Zuccon ~F~
Don't Feed the Book
(2003) by Robin Ator ~A~
The Dunwich Horror (1970) by Daniel Haller I ~F~
Enter the Dagon (2004) by Thomas J Gleason ~S~
Evil Dead: The Book of the Dead (1981) by Sam Raimi ~F~
Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987) by Sam Raimi ~F~
Gramma (New Twilight Zone, ?) by ? ~TV~
Graveyard (2003) by Ed Brisson ~S~
The Halfway House (2004) by Kenneth J. Hall ~F~ New
The Haunted Palace (1963) by Roger Corman ~F~
The Hound (?) by Anthony Reed ~S~
H.P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon, Book of the Dead (1994) by Christophe Gans, Shusuke Kaneko, and Brian Yuzna ~F~
Mr. (Professor) Peabody's Last Lecture (Night Gallery, 1970) by Jerrold Freedman ~TV~
The (my) Necronomicon (?) by Aaron Vanek ~S~
Mystery of the Necronomicon (Book of the Dead, ?) by Hideki Takayama ~A~
Necronomicon (?)
by Dave Thomas ~S~
Necronomicon: Don't Leave Home Without It (?) by Dan Ross ~S~
Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft (1998) by Raymond Saint-Jean ~S~
Pickman's Model (2003) by Rick Tillman ~S~
The Return of the Sorcerer (Night Gallery, ?) by ? ~TV~
Twin Tarts (1979)
by Carter Stevens ~F~
Unknown Beyond (Maelstrom - Il Figlio Dell'Altrove, ?) by Ivan Zuccon ~F~
The Unnamable (1988) by Jean-Paul Ouellette ~F~
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993) by Jean-Paul Ouellette ~F~
The Bogengeider
Blue Ice (1985) by Phil Marshak ~F~
The Book of Eibon
The Beyond (E tu vivrai nel terrore - L'aldilà, 1981) by Lucio Fulci ~F~
The Book of Ulthar
Transylvania Twist (1990) by Jim Wynorski ~F~
Miscellaneous Manuscripts
The Binding (?) by Gregory Lane ~S~
The Book of Ghouls (13 Demon Street, 1960) by ? ~TV~ (contains the Cultes des Goules)
Cadaver Bay
(Hellbound: Book of the Dead, 2003) by Steve Sessions ~F~
Cthulhu Mansion
(La Mansión de los Cthulhu, 1990) by Juan Piquer Simón ~F~ (contains a book entitled Cthulhu)
Die, Monster, Die! (1965) by Daniel Haller ~F~ (contains a book entitled Cult of the Outer Ones) New
Dunwich 1927 (?) by Christian Matzke ~S~
Equinox
(The Beast, 1970) by Jack Woods II & Dennis Muren ~F~
Forever Evil
(1987) by Roger Evans I ~F~ (contains several forbidden texts including Lost Gods, The Gate and the Key by C.D. Ward, and The Chronicles of Yog-Kothag)
Miss Lovecraft Sent Me (Night Gallery, 1970) by ? ~TV~ (contains various books including the Vampyricon and The Book of the Dead)
Pnakotic Text
The Thing on the Doorstep (2003) by Eric Morgret ~F~
Regnum Congo
The Picture in the House (2003) by Gant Haverstick ~S~ New
The Picture in the House
(2003) by Aaron Lucchesi ~S~ New
Tobin's Spirit Guide
Ghost Busters (1984) by Ivan Reitman ~F~ New
Vox Piscea
Innsmouth Legacy (2004) by Edward Martin III ~S~ New

The Complete H.P. Lovecraft Filmography by Charles P. Mitchell, provided a great deal of inspiration (and informataion) in the making of this page (additional information provided by Rick Tillman). Film links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database.

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