Warlock (1989)

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Warlock
He's come from the past to destroy the future.
Credits
Title	Warlock
Directed by	Steve Miner
Written by	D.T. Twohy
Produced by	Morgan Michael Fottrell; Arnold Kopelson; Steve Miner; Brian Yuzna
Music by	Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography	David Eggby
Edited by	David Finfer
Distributed by	New World Pictures Trimark Pictures
General Information
Release date(s)	June 2nd, 1989 (UK) January 11th, 1991 (US)
Film Rating	R
Running time	103 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	$7,000,000
Gross revenue	£958,167 (UK) $9,094,451 (US)
Preceded by	—
Followed by	Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)

Warlock is an American horror film of the supernatural thriller subgenre. It was directed by Steve Miner and written by David Twohy. It was produced by New World Pictures and released theatrically in the United Kingdom on June 2nd, 1989. It premiered in the United States on January 11th, 1991 and was released by Trimark Pictures. The movie is followed by one theatrically released sequel and one direct-to-video sequel. The film stars Julian Sands as the unnamed Warlock, Lori Singer as the heroine, Kassandra, Richard E. Grant as witch-hunter Giles Redferne and Mary Woronov as the channeler.

Plot

In Colonial Boston, Massachusetts in 1691, the Warlock was about to be executed when a time portal took him and a witch hunter named Giles Redferne 300 years into the future.

Giles meets Kassandra, a waitress who helps him find the Warlock to destroy him before returning home to 1691.

Cast

Actor	Role
Julian Sands	Warlock
Lori Singer	Kassandra
Richard E. Grant	Giles Redferne
Mary Woronov	Channeler
Kevin O'Brien	Chas
Richard Kuss	Mennonite
Allan Miller	Detective
Anna Levine	Pastor's wife
David Carpenter	Pastor
Kay E. Kuter	Proctor
Ian Abercrombie	Magistrate #1
Kenneth Danziger	Magistrate #2
Art Smith	Scribe
Robert Breeze	Jailor
Frank Renzulli	Cabbie
Brandon Call	Little boy
Nancy Fox	Boy's mother
Harry Johnson	Farmer
Juli Burkhart	Daugther-in-law
Rob Paulsen	Gas station attendant
Peter Sherayko	Cop
Gyl Roland	Ticket agent
Meta King	Flight attendant
Bill Dunnam	Railroad employee
Wendy Feiner	Passenger

Production & Release

• Production on Warlock began on February 3rd, 1989.

• Was screened at the Cannes Film Market in May, 1989.

• Warlock was released to DVD by Lions Gate Entertainment on September 9th, 1998.

• Warlock was released as Swedish import Region 2 Blu-ray under the title Warlock: The Magic Wizard.

Cast & Crew

• This is the fourth horror film directed by Steve Miner. He previously directed the 1986 horror/comedy House. His next film is the 1998 slasher sequel Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later.

• This is screenwriter David Twohy's second film. Credited under the name D.T. Twohy, he previously wrote the script for the 1988 sci-fi creature feature Critters 2.

• Associate producer Michael Fottrell is credited as Morgan Michael Fottrell in this film.

• Actor Julian Sands is also known for playing the role of Percy Bysshe Shelley, husband of noted Frankenstein author Mary Shelley in the 1986 quasi-biographical film Gothic. Following Warlock he played Doctor James Atherton in Arachnophobia. He played a vampire named Alex in the independent film Tale of a Vampire. He came back to the franchise to reprise the role of the warlock in Warlock: The Armageddon. In 1998 he played the titular phantom role in Dario Argento's remake of Phantom of the Opera. In 2002 he played Nick Hardaway in the Stephen King miniseries Rose Red.

• Actress Lori Singer is also known for playing the role of Sydney Bloom - the main character from the short-lived sci-fi series VR.5.

• Actor Richard E. Grant will go on to play the role of Doctor Jack Seward in Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 adaptation of Dracula.

Notes & Trivia

• Known as Warlock: The Magician in Filipino releases.

• Warlock was released the same year as Witchcraft, which explored many similar themes.

The year in film

Other films that were released in 1989 include:

Amityville: The Evil Escapes A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child B.O.R.N. Basement, The Beverly Hills Vamp Bride of Re-Animator Church, The Deadly Games: Dial Code Santa Claus Elves Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan Fright Night Part II Girlfriend from Hell Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers Hellgate Howling V: The Rebirth Leviathan Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker Moonstalker Nick Knight Pet Sematary Phantom of the Opera, The Psycho Cop Puppet Master Return of Swamp Thing, The Shocker Silent Night, Deadly Night III Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland Society Warlock Witchcraft WitchTrap

Recommendations

• The Covenant
• Tales from the Grave
• Warlock: The Armageddon
• Warlock III: The End of Innocence
• Witchboard
• Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway
• Witchboard III: The Possession
• Witchcraft

See also

17th century 1980s Boston Burn victims California Cemetery Coffin Colorado Dead animals Dogs Executions Eye injuries Flaying Impalement Levitation

Los Angeles Magic spells Massachusetts Mystic texts Occult Satanism Séance Severed fingers Severed tongues Stabbings Torture Utah Warlock Witchcraft

External Links

• Warlock at AMG
• Warlock at IMDB
• Warlock at Wikipedia
• Warlock at Horrormovies.org
• Warlock at Rotten Tomatoes
• Warlock at Obscurehorror.com
• Warlock at The Video Graveyard

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