Jan 20, 2022
Wishmaster (1997)
"Spells, sorcerers... Alexandra, you were born into an age of reason, an age of science. All the sorcerers are dead and all the spells lost to time."
"But the Djinn itself -"
"The Djinn, if it existed, would be all there was. Imagine that: the only magical thing in a rationalist world, a vulnerable world of disbelief where no reason would ever rescue you, nor science save you."
#wishmaster#horror imagery#horror film#1997#robert kurtzman#peter atkins#tammy lauren#andrew divoff#robert englund#chris lemmon#wendy benson landes#tony crane#ashley power garner#ricco ross#reggie bannister#tony todd#ted raimi#kane hodder#george 'buck' flower#jenny o'hara#gretchen palmer#harry manfredini#went in pretty blind and with fairly low expectations (esp once i realised it was 'Wes Craven presents' and not actually a Craven film)#but then this goes absolutely ham in the opening few minutes. a guy's skeleton climbs out of himself! it's nuts! the fx here are harcore#which makes sense once you realise this is directed by a legendary fx artist. add in an embarrassment of horror icons (Englund! Todd! my#man Reggie Motherfucking Bannister!) and you've got a film which might not be any kind of critical or commercial triumph but which is#undeniably A Good Time. one of the most fun horror films to come out of the arse end of the last millennium (the late 90s is stony ground#for horror films as far as I'm concerned). a goofy gory mess which mixes some cool lore with terrible puns and an eyebrow raising plot#im still not convinced by the neatness of the conclusion but i enjoyed myself thoroughly and really isn't that enough sometimes