1989 Directed by Steve Miner
In 17th century New England, witch hunter Giles Redferne captures an evil warlock, but the conjurer eludes death with supernatural help. Flung into the future, the warlock winds up in the 1980s and plans to bring about the end of the world. Redferne follows the enchanter into the modern era and continues his mission, but runs into trouble in such unfamiliar surroundings. With the help of a young woman, can Redferne finally defeat the warlock?
Julian Sands Lori Singer Richard E. Grant Mary Woronov Kevin O'Brien Richard Kuss Allan Miller Anna Levine Thomson David Carpenter Kay E. Kuter Ian Abercrombie Kenneth Danziger Robert Breeze Frank Renzulli Brandon Call Nancy Fox Juli Burkhart Rob Paulsen Peter Sherayko Gyl Roland Meta King Bill Dunnam Wendy Feiner Harry Johnson Art Smith
Warlock, o Demônio, Warlock 1
Featuring Julian Sands drinking the fat of an unbaptized child in order to fly which inspired a Canadian kid to stab his friend and eat his flesh. That means it's good.
Warlock is the tale of 17th-century New England, witch hunter Giles Redferne (lolol) and his quest to take down evil warlock who evades him by using supernatural powers to cast himself into the 1980s in hopes to continue his plan TO BRING ON THE END OF THE WORLD. (Ya know, high stakes shit). Redferne follows the diabolical enchanter into the 80’s but runs into a tad bit of trouble in such unfamiliar ‘modern’ surroundings... hilarity ensues. He teams up with a young woman and together they attemp to destroy the dastardly evil doer!
It’s fun and the cast is solid (especially Julian Sands, obvi) but Warlock was never a big revisit for me, despite its semi heavy rotation on cable television back in…
"Warlock" ist ein B-Movie-Spaß aus den 1980igern und dreht sich um den Hexenjäger Giles Redferne (Richard E. Grant), der im Jahr 1691 einen Hexenmeister (Julian Sands) dingfest macht. Doch bevor die männliche Hexe hingerichtet werden kann, erschafft Satan ein Zeitportal, das es dem Hexenmeister (englisch: „Warlock“) ermöglicht, ins Los Angeles der 1980er Jahre zu flüchten. Redferne verfolgt ihn zwar, er kann aber nicht verhindern, dass der Hexenmeister Kassandra, eine Kellnerin die an Diabetes leidet, mit einem Fluch belegt und ihren Mitbewohner tötet. Redferne verfolgt den Hexenmeister quer durch L.A., während er versucht ein Hexenbuch zusammenzutragen und Kassandra vom Fluch, der sie täglich um 20 Jahre altern lässt, zu befreien.
Ich mochte "Warlock" eigentlich immer. Die Effekte sind gut und Julian…
An enjoyable little witchcraft flick which owes its mild success to Julian Sands and Richard E. Grant's stellar performances!
It's like digging up a time capsule buried back in the 80's! And it's filled with 80's cheesy goodness!
Final Word: I hope one day for the release of an uncut version featuring the Woman channeler ripping open her blouse to display the eye's of satan which have curiously replaced her nipples! To retrieve the eye's the warlock freezes her then proceeds to stomp on her chest til she shatters so he can retrieve the eyes!
They took this classic apeshit 80's schlock out because of some stupid screening where the screeners laughed at the eyeball nipples and were offended by the violence imposed on the woman to retrieve the eyes! In my eye's it was a no brainer they should have left the film in tact and instead removed the screeners!
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17th century - right before our witchy dude is to be burned at the stake (over a basket of kittens no less!), a twisty tornado cgi storm starts a brewin', tossing our soon to be charred body into the mystical, magical world of... 1989!! A witch hunter on his tail, a valley girl caught in the chaos, and something about a book that can un-create the entirety of existence... y'know, pretty low stakes stuff.
There's lots of fun fish-out-of-water scenarios as our beefy hunter tries to manage in the far flung future, while racing cross country…
So Hocus Pocus is really just a combination of Warlock and The Midnight Hour then?
Hooptober Fest 5.0
Film 9/46
Two flying things that kill you films (1/2)
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A seventeenth century warlock (Julian Sands) escapes execution in Boston the way Dorothy escapes Kansas in The Wizard of Oz: via a powerful storm that's actually a time-space portal courtesy of the Devil himself.
Wait, that's not right. (or is it?)
Our warlock makes a bumpy landing in the future when he ends up crashing through the window of Lori Singer's place in Los Angeles, and has unknowingly been followed through the time portal by the witchhunter who first captured him (Richard E. Grant). But soon the warlock is trying to assemble the scattered pages of an ancient spellbook that will grant him ultimate power over…
I loved every corny moment of this. All of the magic, all of the dialogue, all of the plot, all of the relatively minor but still corny gore. Pure cheeze. Right down to Lori Singer's outfits.
The scene where Warlock randomly starts flying around with that hilarious green screen background! Look how fast he goes! And how cool he looks! That was some high adrenaline nonsense coming through the television like a fountain of cheese whizz! Shlocky late 80s entertainment, the Warlock hits a lot of those comfort zones. Very much a product of the video store era of horror, it's an ambitious slab of low budget wizardry.
An ancient Warlock has crash landed right in the middle of modern America! Hellbent on finding the three pieces of the Devil's Bible he'll do anything to complete his mission. Biting off tongues, chopping fingers off, sucking peoples souls through their mouths you name it! CRASH! What was…
Let me just say up front that my approach to rating movies on Letterboxd is to relinquish any pretence of objectivity, because personally I find the whole idea of objectively evaluating art to be utter bullshit - which is what makes art prizes and things like the Oscars so ridiculous. My rating is always down to how much I enjoyed a movie on that viewing - it's always as much about me as it is about the movie.
So, I'm aware Warlock is not a very finely crafted piece of cinema. It has flaws by the bucket load. But it was a Sunday night, and I had a blinding flash of inspiration that what I needed to vanquish the Sunday…
Surprisingly dope. Valley girls, demonic possession, Mary Woronov being a freak, posh talking dude with a ponytail makin' tongue omelettes and cutting up little boys to achieve the ability to fly. It's got that great Steve Miner pace and direction and it's basically a Black Magic Terminator movie in structure. Fun!
Prayers to the family and friends of Julian Sands, and most importantly the actor's safety, in light of his disappearance while hiking in California. His dramatic approach drives this fantasy-horror, but also the cleverness of David Twohy's screenplay. An element of alchemy never foreshadowed, similar to Army of Darkness (1993), adds a sense of unexpected fun. Like the extraction of a psychic's eyes, played by Mary Woronov, to guide the sorcerer's quest for pages of a centuries-old spellbook.
Once collected into a tome, the diabolical Sands plans to enslave humanity in modern day. Only his nemesis (Robert Grant), who also jumped from the 17th century, aims to stop his designs with the help of a hapless tagalong (Lori Singer). Likely from budgetary limitations, Warlock grows less inventive, resting on the pair's chemistry until a showdown in a cheap cemetery set. No matter, this has unique charm that its sequels failed to recapture. Watched via Trimark's DVD.
