Lord of Illusions (1995)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Clive Barker

Writers (WGA):

Clive Barker (story)
Clive Barker (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 August 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller | Fantasy

Tagline:

Prepare for the coming

Plot:

During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour (Scott Bakula) stumbles over members of a fanatic cult...

Plot Keywords:

Cult | Illusionist | Resurrection | Fanatic | Crushed To Death

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions

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

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

Filming Locations:

Lacy Street Production Center - 2630 Lacy Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Seraphim Films

Trivia:

The tattoo on D'Amour's back was included after Scott Bakula researched the character.

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.

Quotes:

Nix: I was born to murder the world.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Clive Barker: Raising Hell (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

The Dream of Gerontius, op. 36

A morbid, violent and frightening film, Barker makes a film in "Hellraiser" style...

If you liked the first two films of the series "Hellraiser" and appraised "Nightbreed",you will have a thankful surprise with 1995's "The Lord of Illusions", the last film that Barker directed ( he is currently re-writing his story "The Thief Of Always" for the screen), and that carries his characteristics and basic ideas. The film is morbid, violent and very frightening as well as "Hellraise" was, back in the eighties.It explores delicate themes as mysticism, demons and sects. One of the great qualities of Barker's last project is to dare, telling a tense and complex story in an imaginative and bloody way. The homosexual context of the work is evident, Clive Barker once again tried to join the concepts of pain, fear, horror, pleasure and meat, but he didn't obtain an excellent result as he achieved in "Hellraiser" . However, "The Lord of Illusions" is a more sophisticated film, with a tuned cast, formed by Scott Bakula and Famke Jansem,just to mention a few,and with an above-the-average production. The atmosphere, and the scenery, in this English movie-maker's filmography, is quite significant element, if in "Hellraiser" the atmosphere was dark and sordid, "The Lord of Illusions" is punctuated by clear, stunning and luminous sceneries, exalting the whole magic and madness' aspects. The story is very intricate, and it involves a rich and famous magician who sold his soul for the devil and who is now sorry, his temptress and reluctant wife and an ambitious detective who will find himself a prisoner in a tissue of murders, strange creatures and homosexuality.So, if you like Clive Barker's ideas, watch this film today!! "The Lord of Illusions" is rated R for strong violence, gore, language and sexuality and it runs 108 minutes.