Bob PeryeaWishmaster - 1997
March 23rd 2009 19:37
Wishmaster (1997) 5.5 out of 10
Dir.: Robert Kurtzman
This is another Fearnet.com presentation.
The story is pretty basic. After the angels were made and before man, there was a race of beings, the Djinn, who are pure evil.
After an accident on a dock, in a scene starring Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger), the jewel containing one of the Djinn is revealed.
The rest is history.
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The good stuff: The mythology behind the story has a lot of potential. There is enough depth for it to be a Hellraiser kind of back story. There is potential interplay between angels, djinn, humans, and maybe even God. The special effects death scenes are pretty top notch and creative.
The bad stuff: The Djinn is used just a means to kill and destroy. The strong back story is wasted in a stereo-typical blood bath. At the end of the movie, the Djinn even starts swearing. He even took up smoking (something every demon would waste time with).
I give this movie a 5.5 because the special effects are good and this great backstory that inspires the imagination.
It would be higher except that it is wasted in splashes of corn syrup and cheesy bad guy one liners. What would cool for this movie would have been to not try to create another Nightmare on Elm Street (which is among my favorite horror movies) and create another Exorcist (which is the greatest and had a great back story that is still playing itself out, despite a couple of really crappy films).
Here's a scene on Youtube for you to check out!
Dir.: Robert Kurtzman
This is another Fearnet.com presentation.
The story is pretty basic. After the angels were made and before man, there was a race of beings, the Djinn, who are pure evil.
After an accident on a dock, in a scene starring Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger), the jewel containing one of the Djinn is revealed.
The rest is history.
>
The good stuff: The mythology behind the story has a lot of potential. There is enough depth for it to be a Hellraiser kind of back story. There is potential interplay between angels, djinn, humans, and maybe even God. The special effects death scenes are pretty top notch and creative.
The bad stuff: The Djinn is used just a means to kill and destroy. The strong back story is wasted in a stereo-typical blood bath. At the end of the movie, the Djinn even starts swearing. He even took up smoking (something every demon would waste time with).
I give this movie a 5.5 because the special effects are good and this great backstory that inspires the imagination.
It would be higher except that it is wasted in splashes of corn syrup and cheesy bad guy one liners. What would cool for this movie would have been to not try to create another Nightmare on Elm Street (which is among my favorite horror movies) and create another Exorcist (which is the greatest and had a great back story that is still playing itself out, despite a couple of really crappy films).
Here's a scene on Youtube for you to check out!
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