Really Surprised!

good back-story, and good acting

Absolutely Fantastic

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Never mind my rating: it's not a good movie, it's a fun movie, same goes with quality chocolate vs a Nestlé chocolate bar or filet Mignon vs a hamburger, one will make you feel complete, the other will satisfy a craving.Let me first start off by saying, this is why I love SOME B-Series horror movies: The acting is poor, the story is seldom believable, the make-up and special effects are acceptable, but the lore is interesting and the story is original, if a lot of moments and events in the movie are obvious rip-offs of other famous horror titles, not to mention a villain with a great sense of humour, literally "killing" his audience and at least it wasn't shot with an "in-story" cameraman afflicted with Parkinson or a week-day afternoon soap shooting.From today's perspective, considering what's on the market, aside from a few jump scares, I would put this more in the odd and frequent genre (in B-series) known as horror-comedy rather then literal horror.What do I mean: a good villain, powerful, a trickster, a master deceiver with witty come-backs and jokes at every kill with killer o-p dialogue (no pun intended), mixed with the bad acting, it's hard to take this movie seriously, which is a good thing.With movies such as the Hellraiser series (never mind the one about that video game based on the Lament Configuration or that last one with the two teenagers on a trip to Mexico (that was awful, to say the least)), the Leprechaun series (one of my personal favorites: so bad it's hilarious, and therefor, good), this movie adds nicely to my collection, where gore is turned into comedy, where horror laughs at itself.For you people out there who have a sick sense of humour and are kind of tired of today's more serious take on life in general medias, this movie will bring enough mixed emotions caught between general amusement and visceral disgust to make you over-look the B-ness and dull plot of the movie.If on the other hand you're looking for something either believable or of decent quality and aren't into cheap jokes, step away from the movie, walk on by and don't look back.With this said, for those of you who *wish (ha-ha) to stick around, enjoy the show and Be careful what you for (duh).

This 1997 horror film stars Tammy Lauren, Andrew Divoff and Robert Englund. This focuses on gemologist, Alexandra (Lauren) who unwittingly unleashes an evil genie, a Djinn (Divoff) that's been imprisoned in a ruby who intends on becoming mortal, but needs her soul. As a way of getting to her, he starts granting wishes to people with deadly results and she can see visions of them. Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street) plays Beaumont, an antique collector. This isn't that bad, except for some of the acting. Divoff is creepy in it, Harry Manfredini's score is chilling and there's some gruesome make-up effects. Kane Hodder (Jason Goes to Hell), Tony Todd (Candyman), Reggie Bannister (Phantasm), Ted Raimi (Army of Darkness), George 'Buck' Flower (The Fog) and Joe Pilato (Day of the Dead) make brief appearances as well as K.N.B. make-up artists, Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger and Robert Kurtzman. If you're into horror, give this a try at least once.

A drunken crane operator drops a priceless statue over Raymond Beaumont on the harbor. Alexandra (Tammy Lauren) receives the stone and gives it to her friend Josh for evaluation. Tammy accidentally awakens the Djinn and Josh winds up dead. The Djinn grants people three wishes and manipulates them, collecting their souls in the process. The Djinn needs Alexandra's wishes the most to unleash his hell upon the earth. Wishmaster is a movie that gets undeserved indifference from Horror fans and critics alike. It'll never be known as a classic horror movie, but as far as entertainment is concerned, this movie delivers in a lot of ways. I think they were hoping for another successful franchise like Nightmare on Elm Street. They didn't succeed at that, but you really can't go wrong with buckets of gore and lots of fun. Those that need their blood fix will be overjoyed at the copious amounts of gore in this movie. It only takes until three minutes in until the fun begins! Bodies are strewn everywhere. There are gore scenes that you didn't think were possible! The best part is the Beaumont party. Fun times! We even get Robert Englund paying homage to a scene in Nightmare on Elm Street 3 by spitting up a creature. If that doesn't convince you, how about the Djinn having brief face- offs with The Candyman & Jason himself? (Tony Todd & Kane Hodder) It has a bit of everything for horror fans. The storyline is nothing special, but it's presented in such entertaining fashion that it manages to rise above the ordinary material. The performances are quite strong. Tammy Lauren plays the heroine like a champ. You can feel the desperation and vulnerability from her. She manages to convey all the proper emotions and hit a home run with her show. She reminded me a lot of Lisa Wilcox from Nightmare on Elm Street 4 & 5. Andrew Divoff is plenty of fun as The Djinn. He did come across as a bit too hammy in situations that needed more seriousness, but he killed it 90% of the time with his sinister show. He had some great one-liners as well. (I did think he looked a bit rubbery in the Djinn get-up) Horror fans will love all the cameos from some of the horror greats as well. My only complaint is Robert Englund's screen time as Beaumont. More of him would have been nice! This is an entertaining horror movie! The Djinn is no Freddy by any means, but he gets the job done. This movie deserves a little more loving from horror and movie fans alike! Just be sure to avoid the DTV sequels!7/10

In ancient Persia, an evil creature called the Djinn wreaks havoc on a local kingdom before being sealed inside a fire opal.Centuries later, the stone, encased in a statue, is discovered when the statue is broken apart in a loading accident.A young gemologist, Alex, examines the jewel to appraise it. But she unwittingly awakes the Djinn inside.Soon the Djinn is loose on the streets, twisting people's wishes and and killing them so he can steal their souls.Eventually the Djinn disguises himself as an elegant man-about-town, Nathaniel Demarest.In both human & Djinn form, he pursues Alexandra to trick her into making three wishes, to enable his unholy legions to conquer the Earth...Even thought the film is as subtle as a sledgehammer, it's the nearest cinema has had to a new Jason/Freddy/Michael Myers in a very long time.Ignore the Presented by... moniker, it's for status,and get ready for some proper B-movie cheese. Divoff is excellent as the titular character, and chews his lines with glee. ##Kills are inventive, but beyond these two aspects, the film is just you average horror.The inclusion of (at the time) horrors greatest stars, is a little cringe worthy, and the effects are really bad, even for the limited budget.But if you can overlook, these little flaws, it's quite an good spin on the horror genre, with something original, which was lacking at the time of release (hello ironic horror).