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about the 'encyclopedia'

posted 20 years ago by BadAssMovieCritic
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just out of curiosity has anyone taken the time to see if 'insert whatever it was here' encyclopedia of arcane knowledge exists? back when i was younger and didn't have internet i wanted to know, now that i'm older and have access i want to, unfortunatly i have never found a copy of the movie since i was little, and i can't remember the damn name. anyways, has anyone looked, and does anyone know the damn name?

[–] cherrywild3 20 years ago

do you mean sleepwalkers??????????????????????????

[–] BadAssMovieCritic 20 years ago

... yes... in the movie sleepwalkers, at the very beginning it gives a description of the creature, and then at the bottom it gives a reference, 'something encyclopedia of arcane knowledge'

[–] alindon18 20 years ago

Sleepwalker n. Nomadic shape-shifting creatures with human and feline origins. Vulnerable to the deadly scratch of a cat, The sleepwalker feeds upon the life-force of virginal human females. Probable source of the vampire legend. - Chilcoathe encyclopedia of arcane knowledge 1st edition 1884

[–] shane762-1 19 years ago

It's funny; years ago I tried to find a copy of the book. or at least to find out if it in fact existed. Every place I tried was a dead end. One dealer at an occult bookstore in Chicago swore he had seen a copy for sale one time. Eventually though I just came to the conclusion that it was invented for the movie. It was such a cool title, though, that it took me forever to actually admit it.

[–] iseepinkelefants 18 years ago

Try looking it up on Amazon they publish names of out of print books. Or just type it in a search bar. I don't know of any site dedicated to old occult books, but they're probably out there. Maybe it was just made up for the movie? Although the book used in Urban Legends, the Encyclopedia of Urban Legends is really a book that I found at my local and college library, so maybe it does exist.

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[–] harlemsushi 17 years ago

I looked online for it one day for a couple of hours and found nothing. Either King made it up or it's something that's beyond rare.

[–] jbaker1-2 17 years ago

I've heard the library at Miskatonic University has a copy. <G>

[–] harlemsushi 15 years ago

Where's Miskatonic University?

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[–] harlemsushi 14 years ago

Thank you ignatiogran. Good to see you off the Whale Wars boards. :)

[–] lonewolfbw 14 years ago

In quite a few H.P. Lovecraft novels.

[–] gary_overman 9 years ago

Where's Miskatonic University?

Arkham, Massachusetts.

Both Miskatonic and Arkham are creations of HP Lovecraft. IOW, both are fictitious.

[–] LovecraftLass 12 years ago

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[–] Gary O. (1016) 8 years ago

I looked online for it one day for a couple of hours and found nothing. Either King made it up or it's something that's beyond rare.

King made it up.