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Overview

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Director:
Clive Barker
Writers (WGA):
Clive Barker (story)
Clive Barker (screenplay)
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Release Date:
25 August 1995 (USA) more
Tagline:
Trust Nothing Except Your Fear more
Plot:
During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour (Scott Bakula) stumbles over members of a fanatic cult... more | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
"I was born to murder the world." more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

J. Trevor Edmond ... Young Butterfield (as Trevor Edmond)
Daniel von Bargen ... Nix
Kevin J. O'Connor ... Philip Swann
Joseph Latimore ... Caspar Quaid
Sheila Tousey ... Jennifer Desiderio

Susan Traylor ... Maureen Pimm

Ashley Cafagna-Tesoro ... Young Dorothea (as Ashley Lyn Cafagna)
Michael Angelo Stuno ... Lead Male Cultist
Barbara Patrick ... Lead Female Cultist

Scott Bakula ... Harry D'Amour

Wayne Grace ... Loomis
Mikey LeBeau ... Exorcised Boy
Johnny Venocur ... Tapert (as Johnny Venokur)

Jordan Marder ... Ray Miller

Barry Del Sherman ... Butterfield
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and gore, and for language and sexuality.
Runtime:
109 min | Australia:104 min | Germany:119 min (director's cut) | USA:120 min (director's cut)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS
Certification:
Argentina:18 | Singapore:M18 | USA:R (certificate #33437) | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) (director's cut) | Germany:18 (video premiere) | Spain:18 | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:Unrated (director's cut) | Iceland:(Banned) (original rating) | Iceland:16 (cut) | Brazil:14
Company:
Seraphim Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The scene with Nix getting inside Swann's head in the cultist compound was excised and never used for the theatrical version of the film, on the grounds that it slowed the pacing of the story. It was later inserted into the unrated director's cut. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When D'amour throws Nix down the hole at the end, you can see that the hole is not rock but burlap walled. more
Quotes:
Loomis: What's the story? Was the kid really possessed?
Harry D'Amour: Probably.
Loomis: You gonna tell me by what?
Harry D'Amour: Oh, you know, the usual.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Clive Barker: Raising Hell (2004) (V) more
Soundtrack:
While the Blood Runs Warm in Your Veins more

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11 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
"I was born to murder the world.", 6 September 2002
Author: Backlash007 from Kentucky

"There are two worlds of magic. One is the glittering domain of the illusionist. The other is a secret place, where magic is a terrifying reality. Here, men have the power of demons. And Death itself is an illusion."

Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions is a terrifying glimpse into another world in which few have traveled. Those who have been there, didn't like what Barker had to show them. I wasn't even impressed with it upon my first viewing. I simply forgot it, lumped it in with the other, countless horror films I've seen and will never see again. However, I recently rediscovered it...and was completely awestruck. The theatrical release did not do the film justice. It dropped priceless minutes of film and much need footage. I strongly urge you to seek out the uncut director's version on DVD format. This is a very big horror movie, and a hidden treasure at that; hidden under a brilliant detective story and surrounded by film noir. But I promise you there is a horror spectacle buried under there. It may be a little slow going at times...but all that build-up makes whatever happens all the more effective. Lord of Illusions is an unbelievably awesome, genre-twisting experience (and was never bastardized by a sequel). Everyone needs to take this journey again. Please Mr. Barker...make another film.

Dorothea: "What the f**k are you?"

Nix: "A man who wanted to be a God...and changed his mind."

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