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The Music of Erich Zann

  • 1980
  • 17m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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The Music of Erich Zann (1980)
ShortHorrorMusic

This story revolves around a student of metaphysics, Charles Dexter Ward who befriends Erich Zann an aging violinist who lives on the floor above him. Charles is fascinated and then drawn to... Read allThis story revolves around a student of metaphysics, Charles Dexter Ward who befriends Erich Zann an aging violinist who lives on the floor above him. Charles is fascinated and then drawn to Zann's sinister yet wonderful music that he hears late at night drifting down from above.... Read allThis story revolves around a student of metaphysics, Charles Dexter Ward who befriends Erich Zann an aging violinist who lives on the floor above him. Charles is fascinated and then drawn to Zann's sinister yet wonderful music that he hears late at night drifting down from above. He, of course, discovers more then he bargains for when he peers at what beckons beyond t... Read all

  • Director
    • John Strysik
  • Writers
    • H.P. Lovecraft
    • John Strysik
  • Stars
    • Robert Rothman
    • Robert Alexander
    • Darryl Warren
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    206
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • John Strysik
    • Writers
      • H.P. Lovecraft
      • John Strysik
    • Stars
      • Robert Rothman
      • Robert Alexander
      • Darryl Warren
    • 5User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Robert Rothman
    • Charles Dexter Ward
    • (as Robert Ruevain)
    Robert Alexander
    Robert Alexander
    • Erich Zann
    Darryl Warren
    • M. Blandot
    Barbara Snapp
    • Dancer
    • Director
      • John Strysik
    • Writers
      • H.P. Lovecraft
      • John Strysik
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    • Connections
      Version of The Music of Erica Zann (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Preludio from Partita in E major
      Written by Johann Sebastian Bach (as J.S. Bach)

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    8/10
    Lovecraftian darkness.
    'Then one night as I listened at the door,I heard the shrieking viol swell into a chaotic babel of sound;a pandemonium which would have led me to doubt my own shaking sanity had there not come from behind that barred portal a piteous proof that the horror was real—the awful,inarticulate cry which only a mute can utter,and which rises only in moments of the most terrible fear or anguish..."I always loved Howard Philip Lovecraft's short story "The Music of Erich Zann".This low-budget adaptation by John Strysik truly scared me.It easily captures extremely dark mood that Lovecraft is so famed for.The acting is exceptionally good and the conclusion is terrifying in its suggestive cosmic horror.8 out of 10.
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    • Aug 27, 2009

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    • Release date
      • October 1980 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Музыка Эриха Цанна
    • Filming locations
      • Joliet, Illinois, USA
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    • Runtime
      17 minutes

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