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Wishmaster (1997) -- A demonic djinn attempts to grant its owner three wishes, which will allow him to summon his brethren to earth.
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Peter Atkins (written by)
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Release Date:
19 September 1997 (USA) more
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Be careful what you wish for. more
Plot:
A demonic djinn attempts to grant its owner three wishes, which will allow him to summon his brethren to earth. full summary | add synopsis
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Also Known As:
Wes Craven's Wishmaster
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MPAA:
Rated R for horror violence and gore, and for language.
Runtime:
90 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Features numerous horror-movie actors, including Robert Englund (the A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) movies), Angus Scrimm (Phantasm (1979)), Tony Todd (Night of the Living Dead (1990), the Candyman (1992) movies), Kane Hodder (various Friday the 13th (1980) movies), Reggie Bannister (Phantasm (1979)) and Ted Raimi (Darkman (1990), Army of Darkness (1992)). more
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Continuity: When the Djinn traps the guard inside the glass door, the man is facing the Djinn, and is trapped in the door still facing that direction. But when the Djinn opens the door to walk in the shop, the guard inside the door is now facing the other direction, toward the inside of the shop. more
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Narrator: Once, in a time before time, God breathed life into the universe. And the light gave birth to Angels. And the earth gave birth to Man. And the fire gave birth to the Djinn, creatures condemned to dwell in the void between the worlds. One who wakes a Djinn will be given three wishes. Upon the granting of the third, the unholy legions of the Djinn will be freed to rule the earth. Fear one thing in all there is... FEAR THE DJINN.
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References "I Dream of Jeannie" (1965) more
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Listen to the Heart more

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Make your wishezzzzz, 28 January 2009
9/10
Author: Sandcooler from Belgium

The cool thing about "Wishmaster" is that it doesn't look like anything else. You can recognise a shot from "Wishmaster" quite easily, because Robert Kurtzman, who usually spends his time as a special effects/make-up guy, has a highly developed visual style in his direction. Just take for instance the memorable opening scene. Things look awesome. The idea is good too because the plot is very unpredictable, and on top of that it provides some very decent gore. I could just watch that party scene over and over again. All the other things aside, Andrew Divoff just steals this movie as the Djinn in his human form. There's no make-up involved, he just has that natural evil smirk we know and love. It just seems carved right into his face, it's even more prominent in the sequel but it gets tiresome there. The main actress was a disappointment, that's the only bad thing I can say about this movie. Just doesn't carry the movie, completely colorless. Apart from that this is among the best horror had to offer in the 90's.

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