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Wishmaster
The Djinn having been released from his ancient prison seeks to capture the soul of the woman who discovered him, thereby opening a portal and freeing his fellow Djinn to take over the earth.
Release : | 1997 |
Rating : | 5.8 |
Studio : | Live Entertainment, Image Organization, Pierre David, |
Crew : | Construction Coordinator, Production Design, |
Cast : | Angus Scrimm Andrew Divoff Tammy Lauren Robert Englund Ari Barak |
Genre : | Fantasy Horror |
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So much average
Purely Joyful Movie!
It is a performances centric movie
A different way of telling a story
This isn't the kind of movie that leaves you at the edge of your seat, it's not scary in the sense that it'll keep you up at night. But it's a horror movie from 1997, which in my opinion, makes it good just based off the fact that it was something that hadn't been done before. The plot is interesting enough that there are no dull moments, you sympathize with the main character, and there's plenty of gore if that's what you're into. My standpoint on the movie is that it's just like Child's Play (the 3rd one if we're getting specific) it's not scary, it won't give you nightmares, but it's a timeless classic. If you can appreciate horror in all of its forms, and know what to expect from a 90s horror film, I highly recommend this one.
Receiving a rare gem at work, a gemologist finds that it contained a power genie known as a Djinn that is now targeting her and her friends to make the wishes needed to give it the strength to free its fellow entities.Overall this one was quite an enjoyable effort with a lot to really like here. What really works here is the fact that this one really has a lot of fun here with the title creature and his powers which is pretty much constant throughout this. It starts off nicely here with the opening massacre of the old-time court of the different grisly actions befalling the troupe as people get their limbs and bodily features morphed into various monstrosities, a person's skeleton rips itself free of its body, demonic hallucinations and other rather fun encounters here that makes this such a fantastic opening display of his powers which is continued throughout here with a rather nice amount of wish-granting. The main factor of generating all kinds of twisted fates and occurrences that befall the minor characters he runs into that propels the first half here which not only makes it fun to see how he twists around their wishes but also manages to get this one pretty gory and bloody here in regards to how he kills those is quite appealing here and generates the kind of enjoyment in the plot it makes this one even more fun. Even better here is the more physical torments unleashed here, which provides this with the kind of action required here to help this along as scenes like the trip inside the stone to see where he had been imprisoned to show the inner mass of the wailing wall of crying souls, a throne of skulls and twisted stone pieces and the giant monster-like dog that patrols the different hallways and corridors in a pretty chilling sequence, while the finale party here gives this one an incredibly enjoyable end with the absolutely crazy assault on the guests, the numerous chasing around by the various beings under its' control and the fantastic deaths that are a part of the tormenting done against her to force her into action, and to wrap it all up in the manner here of finally trapping it against really gives this one quite a lot to like here. There's not a whole lot here that doesn't work, which all centers around the first half here which falls into a really predictable manner of meeting up with strangers and changing around their wish to suit him while she experiences the flashing image of the attack, a process itself that comes and goes whenever it's convenient for the story, but the repetition of it all does seem to cause this one some pattern that drops a lot of suspense from the tactic. As well, the joking nature of this one might wear thin for some, but there's not a whole lot that really hurt this one as beyond that, it's still quite a bit of fun.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.
This movie was definitely a gore fest, but it is surprisingly good considering I watched it for the first time 18 years after it came out. The times have definitely changed because you hardly ever see gore like that in the movies today. If you're into gory movies from the 90's, then this is definitely a movie to watch. It starts from the opening scene all the way to the end. It has a nice plot that is easy to follow, and the pace isn't slow. The part in the movie where she is going to Beaumont's (spelling?) party to get her sister is interesting. Why? Because the door guard is the same actor that played the namesake of the movie Candyman. Seeing that makes me want to watch Candyman. I think I will watch Wishmaster 2 and follow it up with Candyman 1 and 2 tomorrow night.
unfortunately i saw this movie first in a German speaking region (austria) when it came out. for Germany the movie was a cut version, even though it received an "adults only" rating, in austria every movie is uncut or at least should be. if there is no German uncut version (they would have to ad-lib the cut scenes and that would cost more money) even in austria it's cut then.that's why the movie really was boring and pretty bad for me when i first saw it. because the stuff that makes this movie really awesome is, the nice gore effects and the voiceacting of Andrew Divoff playing the wishmaster. Tammy Lauren the main character sucked in both versions and is the main flaw in this movie.i recommend this movie to anybody who likes horror films with a charismatic and funny to watch bad guy. well, don't expect much from the plot, but many horror movies suffer from that. it is really enjoyable!5 stars : average horror film+ 1 star for Andrew Divoff's awesome performance+ 1 star for the fresh idea of having a Djinn granting wishes as bad guyand if you liked this one because of the gore, Andrew Divoff's performance and the stupid "good" main characters, GO AND WATCH "wishmaster 2 - evil never dies", it's a good sequel, just don't continue with wishmaster 3 and 4, leave the series after wishmaster 2, since Andrew Divoff is only in 1 & 2 and he is the one who makes these movies so iconic.