Warlock
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Movie Reviews of Warlock
Movie Review: Great movie and story!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my favorite Julian Sands movie, the story and movie are great.
unfortunately the sequels fell short. Alot like the Wishmaster films, the first
movie is great. But the sequels fall short and die! This is a classic story
of good verses evil, and a great view! ENJOY Thank You
P.S. another hidden treasure is "Halloween 3" and "Motel Hell"
Movie Review: WARLOCK IS A CLASSIC!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this movie off of Amazon because it looked good.It was AWSOME!Ask anyone who's seen it and they will tell you they loved it!Julian Sands makes a great Warlock!It is very creepy and there are a few scenes that will make you jump.Well you probably get the picture,it rules!Any true horror fan will not be disappointed!In shorter words,JUST GET IT!Movie Review: WARLOCK REVIEW
Summary: 5 Stars
THE MOVIE I RECEIVED FROM AMAZON WAS GOOD QUALITY AND I RECEIVED IT ON TIME AS PROMISED. IT IS VERY HARD TO FIND MOVIES LIKE THIS IN YOUR REGULAR VIDEO STORE. I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON AMAZON TO DELIVER. I LIKE THIS MOVIE BECAUSE IT WAS A GOOD STORY PLOT AS WELL AS ENTERTAINING IF YOU LIKE HORROR AND SUPERNATURAL MOVIES.Movie Review: A Goth Must Have
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are into Vampires and all things Goth or horror films from the 80's then this is it. This 80's classic is campy, funny, and all in all a MUST WATCH!
Buy it today and then get the sequel. Julian Sands does an Excellent job as most great actors do!
Movie Review: a Scotsman in a fur coat and a kooky white girl who rocks out to Mexican radio hunt down the son of Satan...
Summary: 4 Stars
I can't hate on WARLOCK; I think it's a cool horror adventure flick. The special effects aren't so special, yeah, but that's one of the few negs I can come up with. The cast is terrific, and the story moves like a mother, one of them frantic cross-country chases with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. Pretty cool shizzy, and here and there WARLOCK finds time to throw in bits of quirky humor.
When the bread don't rise, when the beer goes flat, when the horse sweats in the morning, then you know you got big trouble. In the year 1691, in Boston, Massachusetts, it is the eve of a warlock's - a male witch's - execution, except that the warlock is able to summon the forces of evil and he escapes into the future. Three hundred years into the future, to modern-day Los Angeles. There, he begins gathering the three segments of the Grand Grimoire, the indestructible Bible of black magic, somewhere in which pages is hidden the lost name of God, and whosoever utters this name, back to front, will bring about the unmaking of creation. The only hope lies in Giles Redferne, the intrepid witch hunter who had originally captured the warlock. Redferne himself had been flung into the future, and he doesn't waste time going after the warlock, armed with his superstitious savvy, his bullwhip, his blood-activated witch compass, an iron weather vane, and lots and lots of salt. But try to ignore that shabby fur coat.
There isn't a lot of gore in WARLOCK, but the story is nevertheless fraught with atmosphere and tension. Partly it's because the film's pace is brisk. There isn't a lot of down time in the film. The protagonist is no-nonsense and his 20th century companion is caught up in her own desperate straits, and so both stay on mission. And I guess I'll mention that Lori Singer is in this. She plays Kassandra ("with a K"), a diabetic free spirit who dreads getting old. Kassandra survives the warlock's early attentions, but not before he curses her with accelerated aging. You get the definite sense that Kassandra is more bent on (very reluctantly) going after the warlock more to regain her youth than because the end of the world is nigh. But at least she's refreshingly honest about it. It's also fun watching Grant's driven intensity clash with Singer's more laid back California vibe. One of the film's strengths is the odd couple chemistry between Singer and Richard E. Grant (the witch hunter). I really enjoy their interactions:
- Kassandra, hesitantly, after surviving that first attack: "That guy was a warlock?"
- The Witch Hunter, almost with relish: "The rudest that ever troubled daylight."
There are some nice action sequences, and you feel good with this witch hunter on your side because he seems to really know what he's doing. I particularly liked the sequence at the Mennonite farm, liked the contrast of the picturesque scenery outside with the evil lurking up in the household rafters. I'm not so down with the semi-tacky f/x of the warlock darting around in the air. And there are moments when Lori Singer occasionally forgets when she's in her old lady phase.
WARLOCK's not so secret weapons are Julian Sands and Richard E. Grant. Both go over-the-top and yet their performances are amazing in the way that only Brits can get away with. Well-kempt Julian Sands as the warlock and supposed "son of Satan" spews a delectable malevolence, and most of his deeds are performed off-screen or in the viewer's imagination. Except for when he chops off that finger. That was pretty nasty. Sands chews the scenery, tears into his lines, chews the tongue off a guy's mouth...
Even more than Sands' wallowing in gothic-flourished language, I got a kick out Richard E. Grant and his cool Scottish accent. As reflective of his witch hunter's 17th century period, he's got a wonderfully twisty way about his dialogue. Stuff like "Are you daft? 'Tis mine own casket!" or "Never can no witch set foot on consecrated ground." roll marvelously off his tongue. It's awesome stuff. Not to mention, there's huge entertainment value in watching our time-misplaced witch hunter acclimate to his modern-day surroundings. I couldn't help but grin when our normally undaunted hero develops a case of the bad sweats over the notion of flying in an airplane...