Review of Wishmaster (1997) by Movie R — 25 Jul 2011

It's been a really long time since I last saw this. I used to watch it a lot when I was younger, probably when I was 13 or so. I used to think it was a great story and cool effects. Well, now the story pretty much sucks, it's just the typical set up that's an excuse for the villain to do creative deaths.

Of course, there's nothing really wrong with that in turn of horror films. But man, the main character is so annoying, basically the last third of the film is her yelling "Shannon!" The title villain is pretty good, but not nearly as menacing as The Leprechaun or the Warlock or similar villains.

Plus there could have been much better deaths, some of them are pretty tame and bland (the water tank, the mannequin). I guess the best part is probably the opening scene. Whatever, nothing special.