Warlock (1989 film)
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| Warlock | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Steve Miner |
| Produced by | Roger Corman |
| Written by | David Twohy |
| Starring | Julian Sands Lori Singer Richard E. Grant Mary Woronov Anna Levine |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | David Eggby |
| Editing by | David Finfer |
| Release date(s) | 1989 |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Followed by | Warlock: The Armageddon |
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Warlock was a 1989 horror film from New World Pictures. It was directed by Steve Miner, written by David Twohy, and produced by Roger Corman. The cast includes Julian Sands, Lori Singer, and Richard E. Grant. The sound track was by Jerry Goldsmith.
The film runs for 103 minutes in color with Dolby sound and in the English language. It received an MPAA rating of R (under-17 restricted).
There was a 1993 sequel to this movie called Warlock: The Armageddon and a third film in 1999 called Warlock III: The End of Innocence.
Acclaim Entertainment released a video game based on the films for the Super NES and Sega Genesis in 1995.
[edit] Plot
The Warlock (Sands) was taken captive in 1691 Boston by the witch-hunter Giles Redferne (Grant). He is sentenced to death for his activities, but before he can be killed, Satan appears and propels both the Warlock and the witch-hunter forward in time to 20th century Los Angeles.
The Warlock is tasked with assembling the three, separated sets of pages of The Grand Grimoire, a Satanic book that will reveal the "true" name of God (the backwards utterance of which will lead to the uncreation of the world). Arriving in late 1980s Los Angles, the Warlock is innocently taken in by Kassandra (Singer) and her homosexual roommate. The Warlock chops off the roommate's finger and eats his tongue (killing him), and inflicts on Kassandra a curse of rapid aging. Redferne arrives soon after, and joins forces with Kassandra to hunt down the Warlock before he can reassemble the book (and so that Kassandra can reverse the aging curse).
In the climactic scene in an old cemetery, the Warlock (having collected the final set of pages) assembles the book and learns the name of God. However, he is dispatched by Kassandra and Redferne, prior to actually speaking it in reverse. Redferne is then returned to his own time, and Kassandra (now young again) sees Redferne's name on a headstone (and an inscription from Redferne, to her, left hundreds of years earlier).
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