Wes Craven's Wishmaster

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Movie
German title Wes Craven's Wishmaster
Original title Wishmaster
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1997
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Robert Kurtzman
script Peter Atkins
production Noël A. Zanitsch ,
Pierre David ,
Clark Peterson
music Harry Manfredini
camera Jacques Haitkin
cut David Handman
occupation
chronology

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Wishmaster 2 - Evil never dies

Wes Craven's Wishmaster is an American horror - B-movie director, special effects - and make-up specialists Robert Kurtzman in 1997, that of Wes Craven was produced.

action

The film tells the story of the Djinn, an evil demon who wants to usurp world domination. In order for this to be successful, he must get the person who calls him to want him to have three wishes fulfilled. In the 12th century, however, the Djinn was cast into a fiery red opal by a powerful magician, which was then built into an idol statue.
Centuries later, in 1997, this idol statue is loaded into a port in the USA, where an accident occurs. The statue breaks and the opal is exposed. After the opal is discovered, it is given to an auction house for appraisal and ultimately falls into the hands of Alexandra Amberson, who in turn has the opal examined by one of her friends and accidentally frees the Djinn from his prison. From now on the Djinn tries to grant Alexandra three wishes. The disadvantage of these wishes is that they have fatal consequences for each and every one of the desiring people, because the Djinn reinterprets all wishes in a cruel way. Numerous people die because the Djinn has to gather souls to strengthen his power. He can only be stopped by Alexandra, who freed him. And so in the end she wishes that the opal would never be freed from the statue by the accident at the harbor, and so changes the story. The accident never happens and so the Djinn is not released.

background

  • The film had a budget of five million US dollars and was released in US theaters on September 19, 1997. He made over 16 million US dollars.
  • The shooting took place in Los Angeles .
  • Robert Kurtzman is a co-founder of the KNB Effects Group, and Wishmaster was his second directorial film after The Demolitionist .
  • Among those who express wishes to the Djinn are several icons of the modern horror film: Robert Englund alias Freddy Krueger , Kane Hodder alias Jason Voorhees and Tony Todd alias Candyman .
  • The film was indexed from 1999 to 2016, a re-examination by the FSK resulted in a release from the age of 16.

criticism

  • Video power : “ Banal, bloody, brutal. One could have made so much of the good idea. "
  • Moviestar : “ The grim, dark fantasy horror Wishmaster is finally again serious, consistently hard adult horror without teen actors and annoying slapstick interludes. "
  • Cinema : “ … great splatter shudder. "
  • Lexicon of international film : “ Commercially available, straightforward staged horror film, which can come up with solid special effects, but whose actors lack a similar routine. "

Awards

  • The film was nominated in two categories for the Saturn Award : 1997 for Best Film and 1998 for Best Home Video Release , but it could not win any award.

Sequels

Due to the great success, three sequels have been released so far, all of which have been released directly on video or DVD. Part two was directed by Jack Sholder . Parts three and four were both directed by director Chris Angel. Andrew Divoff only took on the role of Djinn in the first sequel and was then replaced by John Novak .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ schnittberichte.com, accessed on August 31, 2016
  2. ↑ Wes Craven's Wishmaster. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 15, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used