Wishmaster / Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (Double Feature)

Full Moon specialized in made - for - the - video market place in the 80s and 90s . Lots of robots, monsters, vampires, other "out there" subjects for ever hungry monster kids. The Wishmaster series fell right in there. They were not as repetitious as some of the European films got. But you can do much more with a Djinn gone bad than you can with a more standard character. What would have happened if Aladdin's best buddy went rogue?

IN SEEING......WISHMASTER TWO......WE ARE ONLY ESCAPING THE NOVELTY OF THE ORIGINAL FRANCHISE. ANDREW DIVOFF IS STILL THEMASTER OF VOICES, HUMAN AND OTHERWISE HUMAN, AND FABULOUS COSTUMES. EVEN IN HIS SIMPLE PRISON GARB, HE IS UNUSUAL.IN THIS MOVIE. HE FINDS HIMSELF INCARCERATED AND USES THE GUARDS AND THE PRISONERS TO MAKE A WISH. THE PARTICIPANTS HAVEABSOLUTELY NO CLUE SO SOME VERY WEIRD AND TERRIFYING RESULTS OCCUR. FOR EXAMPLE, MELTING PARTIALLY THROUGH BARS TOESCAPE, AND OTHER REALLY HEINOUS ACTS. WHEN WE MAKE THE TRANSITION TO....HIS.....KINGDOM, IT IS BREATHTAKINGLY SCARY.THIS IS A GREAT SEQUEL AND MORE FOLLOW. I CANNOT IMAGINE ANYONE FROM FULFILLING THE ROLE BUT MR. DIVOFF.

Pure fun and escapism, blue moon beer and hot wings add to the adventure, indulge yourself.

I first saw Wishmaster at a midnight screening at the London Trocadero in summer 1998. I had been awake for nearly 24 hours but needed to kill some time. I was only 17, not old enough to get into the 18-rated movie, and it scared the hell out of me.As we get older, fewer and fewer movies have the ability to scare us as we all get more savvy and jaded to the formulaic nature of most horror films. I don't know what it was about Wishmaster that spooked me so bad, but I've been a fan of the film ever since.On a technical level, Wishmaster suffers from shoddy production design and direction that is barely above that of a cheap daytime soap opera. The acting is mostly appalling (with the exception of Andrew Divoff, who ravages the role of the Djinn/Demerest), and some of the dialogue is clunky. But, as a whole, the movie excels on pure energy alone. I mean, not only do you have more in-jokes than you can possibly count but even Jack the Ripper himself turns up before Lemmy sings hard rock over the closing credits.There's so much potential, imagination, and over-the-top carnage that the film just whizzes by. A lot of the potential isn't taken full advantage of (the 90 minute runtime keeps things to the bare minimum) but it sets up enough mythology to justify three sequels, the first sequel being the only decent one, however.The plot focuses on the Djinn, that's Wishmaster to you, and his efforts to take over the world. As you can see...it's pure hokum but it's the gory bits in between and the Djinn's wisecracking that make this movie worth the money. The Djinn will never be as infamous or as iconic as Freddy, Jason, Michael Myers etc, but that's not to say that he's not an utterly brilliant character. Divoff is absolutely perfect in the role. Even if all he did was real aloud from phone book he'd be mesmerizing.If you like gore, ghoulish make-up effects, and don't mind horror humor that feels like it was conjured up by a bunch of drunken frat boys, then you'll find plenty to like about Wishmaster.The franchise is as low-profile as it can be, but it hit its height with Wishmaster 2, which improves upon the original in terms of story, but is restricted by a lower budget.That doesn't stop director Jack Sholder from going completely over-the-top with the gore effects or pushing the series more and more away from horror and into black comedy. Once again, Andrew Divoff is absolutely brilliant as the wisecracking Djinn/Nathaniel Demerest. Words fail to describe how funny and clever he is. He completely owns the movie despite the hotness of Holly Fields as the lead character, a thief who accidentally frees the Djinn from the fire opal.The series descended into straight-to-DVD trash after this (which Divoff wisely passed on), but don't misjudge Wishmaster 2, it's surprisingly good and more intelligent than you'd expect.The DVD is old and murky. Lionsgate really ought to issue a Blu Ray double feature.

Great little gem of a cheesy horror spin on the Djinn. Andrew Divoff delivers a delightfully hammy performance thats like Silence of the Lamb's Hannibal Lector amped up to caricature status when in human form. Other times he stretches the lines of menacing, evil, and um, goofy rolled into one. The Djinn form is pretty neat. The formula of the three wishes being twisted is present resulting in grisly deaths. the two movies have the Djinn granting wishes to release his Djinn brothers to this realm and to rule it. The heroine of the movie fights against him to trap him into the magic gem from hence he was released and save the day. Robert Englund delivers a great performance as an expert on Zoroastrianism and collector of antiquities in the first one. Both movies are the best of the Wishmaster series. They are just cheesy greatness. The rest of the series is terrible.

I've always found the original "Wishmaster" to be a very underrated horror film with some unique ideas. Andrew Divoff is phenomenal as the Djinn and I'd love to see this series be revived someday. Wishmaster 2 is also alright, but the original is truly a hidden gem.

The last decent movie in the series, the first was a low budget flick that made it into theaters but this one was direct-to-video and while there's still fun to be had, it doesn't match the quality of the first.This time a burglar awakens the Djinn and with her priest friend, tries to thwart him from harvesting 1001 souls to conquer the world. Again, Andrew Divoff is the star of the show as the evil Djinn. We get to see him navigate a prison setting and a final showdown I'm Vegas. And that's for the best because the main characters are weaker this time around. There's some funny kills too, but they're less imaginative and convincing due to the budgetary restrictions.Still, it's entertaining enough for Wishmaster fans to check out.

Andrew Divoff IS the Wishmaster!!!! He's SOOO under-rated!! His acting abilities are so great, and he can speak so many languages, that I feel he's under-utilized in Hollywood. I absolutely LOVE Wishmasters One and Two!! They make you think about the phrase: "Be careful what you wish for". I don't think I would have been such a great fan had I not seen Andrew Divoff's version of the Wishmaster first. These two movies should stand independently from the last two. Honestly, give these two a chance. I was happily impressed. I did not like the last two.

Qué bueno que conseguí esta dupla de clásicos del terror de Wes Craven

BIEN RECU !!MERCI BEAUCOUP !!!!!

very cheap and worth my money

It’s entertaining to watch, I love the history of the djinn! It’s exciting seeing the power the djinn has, I recommend!

Fun movie