{{short description|1990 horror film by Juan Piquer Simón}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox film | name = Cthulhu Mansion | image = Poster for Cthulhu Mansion.jpg | alt = | caption = Film poster | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | director = Juan Piquer Simón<ref>{{cite web |title=Cthulhu Mansion (1992) - Overview |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/71982/cthulhu-mansion |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020195815/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/71982/cthulhu-mansion |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 20, 2021 |website=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=22 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> | producer = Juan Piquer Simón<br>José Gutiérrez Maesso | writer = | screenplay = Juan Piquer Simón | story = | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | starring = {{plainlist| * Frank Finlay * Brad Fisher * Melanie Shatner }} | narrator = | music = Tim Souster | cinematography = Julio Bragado | editing = Paul Aviles | studio = Filmagic | distributor = <!-- or: | distributors = --> | released = {{Film date|1990}} | runtime = 92 minutes | country = Spain | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Cthulhu Mansion''''' (also known as '''''Black Magic Mansion''''' and '''''La Manson de los Cthulhu''''')<ref name=complete/> is a 1990 Spanish horror film directed by Juan Piquer Simón.<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=June 2007 |publisher=Cengage Gale |page=85}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ringel |first1=Faye |title=New England's Gothic literature : history and folklore of the supernatural from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries |date=1995 |publisher=E. Mellen Press |location=Lewiston, NY |isbn=9780773490475 |page=198}}</ref>
==Plot== Hawk and the rest of his gang go on the run after murdering a drug dealer, at a carnival funhouse, to steal his cocaine. They kidnap a stage magician named Chandu and hide out in his mansion, using the time to tend to injuries and hide from the police and the drug dealer's partner. Hawk breaks into the magician's safe and is disappointed to find a book on Cthulhu instead of cash. Chandu calls upon the powers of the book and unleashes dark spirits upon everyone in the mansion.
==Cast== *Frank Finlay - Chandu *Marcia Layton - Lisa / Lenore *Luis Fernando Alvés - Chris *Brad Fisher - Hawk *Melanie Shatner - Eva *Kaethe Cherney - Candy *Paul Birchard - Billy *Frank Braña - Felix
==Reception== The film received negative reviews for its poor writing, acting and special effects.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cthulhu Mansion |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/cthulhu-mansion/review/128922/ |website=TV Guide |access-date=22 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> The acting was described as "dreary readings that are painful to watch".<ref name=complete>{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=Charles P. |title=The complete H.P. Lovecraft filmography |date=2001 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport, Conn. |isbn=9780313316418 |pages=69–72}}</ref>
==Releases== Available on DVD, ''Cthulhu Mansion'' was also released as a blu-ray with a reversible sleeve and documentary on Simón by Vinegar Syndrome in 2021.
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0100108}}
{{Juan Piquer Simón}}
Category:1990 films Category:Cthulhu Mythos films Category:Spanish horror films Category:1990 horror films Category:English-language Spanish films Category:Films set in country houses Category:1990 direct-to-video films Category:1990 English-language films Category:1990 Spanish films Category:English-language horror films Category:Films directed by Juan Piquer Simon