Right, well I have to admit that when I stumbled upon the 2023 horror movie titled "Necronomicon" and seeing that the movie had Lysette Anthony on the cast list, then of course I had to sit down and watch the movie. No doubt about that.
However, this movie is one of the worst Lovecraftian-inspired movies that I have stumbled upon. First of all, the movie starts off with more than 10 minutes of forcing the audience to sit through tedious monologue delivered by a man fully stripped of emotion, while he is driving recklessly through the streets while chased by the police. There was zero understanding of how laws of physics works in that long, long car chase scene, and it looked like discarded footage from a 1990s computer game. It was abysmal to watch.
Not even with the likes of Lysette Anthony and Bai Ling on the cast list did the movie stand a snowballs chance in Hell. The actors and actresses in the movie literally had nothing to work with in terms of script, dialogue or character gallery.
Then there was the prolonged dialogue, which was very repetitive, and the fact that someone pronounces the word "Necronomicon" as "Necromonicon" was just laughable.
The storyline in "Necronomicon" was rubbish, as were the majority of the acting performances and the delivery of the infantile dialogue. It felt like nothing more than an amateurish attempt at making a movie.
Do yourself a favor and stay well clear of "Necronomicon", especially if you enjoy the written works of Lovecraft.
My rating of "Necronomicon", from director Richard Driscoll, lands on a one out of ten stars. This was an abysmal affront to the legacy of H. P. Lovecraft.
However, this movie is one of the worst Lovecraftian-inspired movies that I have stumbled upon. First of all, the movie starts off with more than 10 minutes of forcing the audience to sit through tedious monologue delivered by a man fully stripped of emotion, while he is driving recklessly through the streets while chased by the police. There was zero understanding of how laws of physics works in that long, long car chase scene, and it looked like discarded footage from a 1990s computer game. It was abysmal to watch.
Not even with the likes of Lysette Anthony and Bai Ling on the cast list did the movie stand a snowballs chance in Hell. The actors and actresses in the movie literally had nothing to work with in terms of script, dialogue or character gallery.
Then there was the prolonged dialogue, which was very repetitive, and the fact that someone pronounces the word "Necronomicon" as "Necromonicon" was just laughable.
The storyline in "Necronomicon" was rubbish, as were the majority of the acting performances and the delivery of the infantile dialogue. It felt like nothing more than an amateurish attempt at making a movie.
Do yourself a favor and stay well clear of "Necronomicon", especially if you enjoy the written works of Lovecraft.
My rating of "Necronomicon", from director Richard Driscoll, lands on a one out of ten stars. This was an abysmal affront to the legacy of H. P. Lovecraft.