Review of Wishmaster (1997) by Jason D — 10 Dec 2008

Wishmaster is one of my favorite films, which is about a Demonic Djinn (genie) that is released from it's gem like prison to gather souls from people whose wishes he grants before ultimately granted the 3 wishes of the person who freed him, which would allow all of the Djinn's the rule the Earth.

Though the story may seem a bit silly, the direction in this is surprisingly well, thanks to Robert Kurtzman, the K in KNB effects, whose team also does all of the very cool animatronic/prosthetic effects, which are all glorious and pretty darn gory.

For once, a movie has a lead female in it (Tammy Lauren) whose engaging, fun, realistic, and someone whom I don't want to punch in the fucking face for once. The real fanboy treasure lies within this film as it features a smorgasbord of Genre Icons throughout this entire film including Robert Englund (Freddy), Kane Hodder (Jason), Tony Todd (Candyman), Angus Scrimm and Reggie Bannister (both from the Phantasm films), George Buck Flower, Ted Raimi, Joseph Pilato, Walter Phelan (Dr.

Satan), Verne Troyer (Mini-Me), and even all of the KNB guys show up here and there. Even the actual Wishmaster, Andrew Divoff, gives a pretty top-notch performance. Very good film.