Average Rating: 4.4/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 4
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Release Date: Jan 14, 1970 Wide
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With a style and tone that wreaks of the late '60s, this cheap-looking adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft story plays like an obvious reference to the battle between the establishment and the counterculture. The film stars Dean Stockwell as Wilbur Whateley, a brooding young man who makes a connection with a pretty librarian named Nancy (a very out-of-place Sandra Dee). Whateley wants to get his hands on the Necronomicon, a diabolical book that he believes will help him to open a doorway to a
Jan 14, 1970 Wide
Aug 28, 2001
AIP
All Critics (6) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (4) | DVD (4)
Pretty much botched Lovecraft adaptation.
The film should be more interesting for Lovecraft fans than to the general audience.
I know I saw this movie, but I can't recall it at all, I need to see it again.
September 5, 2010Super Reviewer
Based on a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft. Like a few of the Stephen King Movies, a good writer's movies don't always come out at there best when put on screen. That?s what we have here. Dean Stockwell plays the young and intesive Wilbur, who seems to capture young weak women through his stare. Sandra Dee
May 13, 2009Super Reviewer
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