Story Line
An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popular horror novelist. He soon finds that the impact of the author’s books is far more than inspirational.
“Lived any good books lately?”
Top Cast
Sam Neill
John Trent
Julie Carmen
Linda Styles
Jürgen Prochnow
Sutter Cane
David Warner
Dr. Wrenn
John Glover
Saperstein
Bernie Casey
Robinson
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Rating
7.2/ 10
Release Date
1995-02-03
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
HorrorMystery
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User Reviews (2)
tmdb47633491
7/10
•4/7/2018All things considered, Carpenter's absolute peak. He's always shuffled between 3 modes, often within the same movie: campy, spooky, and horrific. But this is the first time he didn't shatter the test tubes. Don't expect a true-to-the-source Lovecraft...
Sierbahnn
8/10
•6/16/2026This is Lovecraftian horror done right.
There are too many movies that try for Lovecraft material without understanding what it is about, and it bottoms out pretty quickly. This movie gets it, and follows through. It has solid scares, fantastic prod...