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H.P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon |
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a.k.a. Necronomicon, Book of the Dead
United States, 1994 |
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Starring Jeffrey Combs, Richard Lynch. Directed by Christophe Gans, Shusuke Kaneko, Brian Yunza. An anthology of three segments based on stories by H. P. Lovecraft. In "The Drowned" a man pines for his dead wife, and it's revealed that a giant monster, possibly Cthulhu itself, lives under his house. Ironically this segment was directed by Gans, and not Kaneko of Gamera, Guardian of the Universe fame. |
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Hulk |
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United States, 2003
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Starring Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte. Directed by Ang Lee. Like the comic book it's based on, Hulk is the story of scientist Bruce Banner (Bana), who is accidently irradiated by gamma rays and becomes a monster when he gets angry. But director Ang Lee took that premise and has made Hulk a dark drama about Bruce struggling with memories of his long lost father, who may be more responsible for Banner's transformations than would seem possible. Besides playing with the Hulk's origins, the biggest change Lee has made to the Hulk is that the monster gets larger as it gets more angry, reaching twenty feet tall during some scenes. |
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