Rating: NR
Genre:
Horror
Release Date: 07/25/2006
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 79 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children
Distributor/Studio: Blue Underground
This strange, surrealistic German horror film from cult director
Jesus Franco stars
Janine Reynaud as Lorna Green, who performs a pseudo-snuff nightclub act involving erotically staged S&M murders. Lorna's mind is controlled by a man who might be Satan (
Michel Lemoine), and she slowly loses her tenuous hold on reality, moving increasingly closer to the night when she begins to really kill. Lorna's nightclub act and the final scenes -- involving a wild orgy where Lorna viciously murders a man named Bill Mulligan (
Jack Taylor) -- were cut drastically in some of the film's several release versions. Prints run 93, 84, 81, and 78 minutes. Acclaimed director
Fritz Lang called
Necronomicon "a beautiful piece of cinema," but its edgy sexuality and hallucinatory tone struck most viewers as confusing and off-putting. This eerie, haunting film co-stars
Howard Vernon and
Nathalie Nord, while producer
Pier A. Caminnecci (who co-scripted) and singer-filmmaker
Adrian Hoven also appear.
~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
;)
