The Drowned (1993 short)
"The Drowned" is a segment from the anthology film: Necronomicon: Book of the Dead (1993 film)
Summary
In "The Drowned", a story (very loosely) based on "The Rats in the Walls (fiction)" and "The Shadow Over Innsmouth (fiction)", Edward De LaPoer is tracked down in Sweden after inheriting an old, abandoned family hotel. Left a sealed envelope from Jethro De La Poer, he uncovers the secrets behind his family's unnatural deaths and their unholy bargain with a hideous sea monster.
Details
- Release Date: 1993
- Country/Language: USA, English
- Genres/Technical: Anthology, Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy
- Setting: Gaslight and Modern (1990s) Sweden and/or Lovecraft Country
- Starring: Jeffrey Combs et.al.
- Director: Christophe Gans
- Writer: Christophe Gans ("The Drowned")
- Producer/Production Co: Takashige Ichise, Brian Yuzna
- View Trailer: (link)
- IMDB: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: R (Adult Content, Sex and Nudity, Violence)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- SSS__ (Three Tentacles: Lovecraftian)
The anthology's component stories vary in how faithfully they are adapted from Lovecraft's work from recognizable adaptations, to misguided pastiches; in this case, it's an uneven pastiche.
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
Reviews
Review Links:
- Y.Whateley: "The Drowned" includes perhaps one of my favorite portrayals of a Deep One on film, but is perhaps otherwise an uneven pastiche (very) loosely based on "The Rats In the Walls", marred mostly by its unnecessarily complicated wrapper story and its goofy ending....
Synopsis
THE DROWNED: Edward De LaPoer is tracked down in Sweden after inheriting an old, abandoned family hotel. Left a sealed envelope from Jethro De La Poer, he uncovers the secrets behind his family's unnatural deaths and their unholy bargain with a hideous sea monster.
Comments, Trivia, Dedication
Associated Mythos Elements
- Fiction: "The Drowned" is (very loosely) based on "The Rats in the Walls (fiction)" and "The Shadow Over Innsmouth (fiction)"
- Deep Ones
- De LaPoer family
