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So this is for the 1997 release Wishmaster Yes, this is a Serial resin co-piece that I got from a freight crate So if you don't know I do freight crate unboxings and this one is particularly cool and It reminded me that you know taking a look at it that I should rewatch wishmaster and actually do a review of it So it's been a few years since I've actually watched wishmaster, but wishmaster But when I first watched it, I remember quite enjoying it and being like why don't more people actually talk about this film I mean, it's a Wes Craven executive produced film a lot of people talk about Wes Craven stuff except shocker Which I have a review for shocker on here that movie So anyway, let's talk about wishmaster and one of the most impressive things about this film in my opinion is the fact of how many Big now big slash big names for people who are in the horror are in this film Obviously, it's headed up by Wes Craven, but you have some really awesome names in there, which I'll talk about late Well, I'll just throw it out now. I mean they have like Greg Nick Attara worked on this film. I mean that's awesome in itself. The narrator for the film was Angus scrim I love Angus scrim a big phantasm fan. You had Ted Raimi, Tony Todd Robert Engel and Reggie Banister Kane-Hotter. I mean, it's like and Then the fact that people don't really talk about this film all that much It just boggles my mind because of all like the horror star power that comes together in it for nothing other than that I think people should talk about it, but it's a fun film. That's the other thing I think it's a lot of fun. Is it a perfect film? Is it a great film? No, but it's fun All right, so it was directed by Robert Kurtzman. So Robert Kurtzman hasn't done a whole lot of directing He's he's done a little bit more than Wishmaster and there was a second Wishmaster I think it's Wishmaster 2 evil never dies. I think is what it was called But he hasn't done a whole lot directing. He mainly does special effects practical effects And so I'm gonna give you a rundown of some of the films. He's done practical effects on It's a little bit of a long list, but I'm giving you a lot of these names to illustrate to you How many awesome films this guy's been involved with? Dr. Sleep the haunting of Hill House Gerald's game. So obviously he's worked with Mike Flanagan a bunch yoga hosers and tusk So he's worked with Kevin Smith and the people in safe great films But it follows John dies at the end Bubba Hotep 13 ghosts the faculty very bad things spawn Scream dust from dust till dawn in the mouth of madness West Craven's new nightmare army of darkness the people under the stairs misery Bride of reanimator nightmare on Elm Street 5 Evil Dead 2 night of the creeps phantasm 2 And that's just some those are those are like the bigger horror names that I kind of picked out I mean, I know very bad things is technically horror, but Got some horrific stuff to it. So kind of horror Jason, but Impressive Robert Kurtzman, and I thought you did a pretty good job directing wishmaster just same So this film is written by Peter Atkins who also wrote Hellraiser 2 Hellraiser 3 and Hellraiser Bloodline those are just the other ones I pulled out from from his list of things and Hellraiser 2 is Really really awesome. I think it's a wonderful Follow-up to the first Hellraiser Hellraiser 3 is still solid and bloodline. I don't think is bad either It's after that that you start getting kind of Executive produced by West Craven like I talked about Harry Manfredini Did the music for this film which if people don't know he did a lot of the music for Friday the 13th So his stuff is pretty iconic. So that's a kind of a big name as far as music goes The budget for this film was five million dollars and it actually ended up making 15.7 million So that's pretty good for back in 1997 to be honest. I mean they like tripled their money um Yeah, that's good To do all right So the actual events of it the opening portion that shows horrific chaos That the gin has released In the past does a really good job of showing this level of power Plus, it's just like a balls to the wall nuts Scene of just like here's craziness and the cool thing about that scene is that it basically comes full circle because Exactly what goes on in that scene is exactly what goes on at the very end of the film. So it's like Forshadowing how the film is gonna end basically, you know a in the beginning a a wizard shows up and takes care of it But what is the modern-day wizard is Tammy Lauren's character? She is the modern-day wizard As a scientist because you know wizardry and science Science is the new wizardry and magic in a sense and there are kind of some quotes Alluding to that whole thing that I'll talk about a little bit as we go on But yeah, I really liked it that a it starts off like super crazy with that party and things are just going nuts B I love that it ends the same way because it's just such a fun way to end the film And I just like that it it does that kind of full circle thing. It's super cool So this is like don't drink on the jobs folks because you could end up unleashing an evil gin upon the world That's I just thought it was funny that like they they show you this guy just like pouring booze into his coffee And that's just like oh man, I dropped it. It's all broken, but It's not all that dude's fault obviously because then someone found the jewel and they try to sell it so you know not to say that a lot of people wouldn't do that but Not drink on the job, but if they found the jewel try to sell it That dude just won't stop trying to get a date Makes makes you okay with him getting it first the her buddy the The guy who's like, I'm no gemologist who she goes to to like analyze the gem I forget what his name is, but he was just crazy persistent with like want to have a date want to have a date She's like no no no so I guess in the end because after she puts everything back to being right She goes home is just like what are we doing for a date tonight? He's like, oh, okay? I guess she did like him From the get-go, but it was just kind of like afraid of losing him as a friend like she says that But you kind of don't know in the beginning if she's just saying that in the sense of I just want to get him off My back I have no interest in dating him because you know people people say things for that reason, but also You could see it the other way where it's just like I'm afraid that I won't have any interaction with him I do like him and would like to date him But I'm afraid that things go wrong and then I have no ties to him So I'd rather have just friendship as opposed to nothing at all and that's kind of what it seems at the very end In the beginning it just seemed like get off my case get away from me But at the end it seems more like oh well, I actually did like him and now that I spent some time with him being dead I appreciate that I should go for it with this guy. So I Thought that was an interesting kind of full circle on that as well The gin just talks like he's evil basically and and it just makes me think it's funny that people like Want to interact with him with the way that he talks He just talks like an evil dude, even when he's a human and that's just creepy So a lot of these people the fact that they're just like, oh, hey, oh, how's it going and just having a conversation is a little like Unrealistic because people just be like get away from me weirdo The gin stages of existence and transformation look pretty awesome When he first shows up, I mean just the overall makeup of the gin itself Looks really good, which is very similar to this. This is a really good resin piece It just looks good, but what here's the thing like what what is it with these? What's the deal with these tentacle things? Not on this but in the movie like what's the deal with it because they like move a little bit, too And it's just like do gins have tentacles like head tentacles It's a really weird design idea and I was just like I don't really get it But it doesn't seem to serve any purpose, but whatever, you know But I like the design of the gin But I really like the design of when he comes out of the the gem initially and he's kind of like in this like Stripped down phase. It's almost like a la hellraiser to be honest where you know They're without skin and there are actually a bunch of moments of like people flayed or people without their faces Which is a big kind of callback to hellraiser in my opinion So yeah, I just like the look of that. Did anyone notice the Pazuzu statue in Raymond Beaumont's house slash museum Did you did you? He was in the background when when the I think it was when the The girl first goes over there when Tammy Lawrence character first goes over there And they're walking through like you see them walk past it. It's in the background. So cool reference to the exorcist like that I like how the gin suggests wishes. It's actually kind of a funny thing. It isn't one of those those Situations where you know because this is a very old story about you know a genie in a bottle It's just an evil horror twist on it and in the like the original Versions of the story people have to make the wishes themselves, but I like how in this version he like suggests it He's like, oh, wouldn't you like this or wouldn't you like this and they're just like yeah And he's like there you go and and it's not gonna be what you thought it was. I just like that little twist to it There are a few crappy kills in this one that don't hold up in my opinion Just because they seem kind of lazy the one being the girl being turned into the mannequin. I think that's just dumb the one with Kane hotter as the Security guard getting put into the glass door and then he walks through him I mean with that one It would have been a little bit better if he like walked into the glass and it shattered then or he just blew up the glass As opposed to he walks through it and it like warps and then it explodes after the fact So I just thought it was pretty dumb and then also the death for Tony Todd's character as the bouncer the fact that he was just like In a container of water in a straight jacket Like it's dumb. It's lazy. It's stupid But there are some other good kills in this and the practical effects in general look awesome And that's one of the best things about this film and it keeps me coming back to it Well, I mean I haven't watched it a ton, but I've watched it a few times But that's what I like about the film and and what makes me interested in watching it more is It looks really good practical effects wise. I really appreciate good practical effects So but it just bothers me when there were some of these kills that were just like super lazy and dumb in my opinion I Like the point they make that in a world that doesn't believe in magic something that is magic rains That's kind of what the gin tells her when when the gin has The old the older woman's face on when he's masquerading is her And he's just like oh, you know there's no way that this thing can be stopped because there's no such thing as magic in this world But like I was saying in the end Science she is a scientist science is the new magic in a way is what they're kind of saying But in the end she just kind of beats him with logic I guess by making a very careful wish I'll talk a little bit more about that in a minute The gin blowing his brains out was actually a pretty funny moment where she's just like I'd like you to blow your brains out He's just like okay, and then he just sprouts another brain in the top of his head He's just like you know if it's any consolation that really hurt. I thought that was funny. That was some pretty good writing enjoyed it that I Like the the dog thing that's inside of the gem when she gets transported in there When Tammy Lawrence character gets transported in there. I really like that dog thing the design of it was really cool It looked really good what I did didn't particularly like are like the walls of the gem It looks really hokey and like low budget and crappy And it kind of reminds me of killer clowns from outer space the inside of their their big top circus ship Just saying The party scene is awesome Yeah, and like I was saying that's where it comes full circle because you have that crazy party scene in the beginning And it's just it feels like a really cool payoff at the end when everything's just going nuts at the party and You start to get I mean I do I don't know about you you all out there But you start to get kind of excited when the conversation that the gins having with Beaumont goes to why through this amazing party He's just like oh man. I I wish I could have a party like that something to that effect, and you're just like oh You're like oh please fingers crossed and then it happens and you're just like this is an awesome payoff This is great because then you see a lot more of that awesome practical effects And it feels like they just throw everything including the kitchen sink at that scene, and it's just fun like it's fun And it's a great payoff like I said love it The gin makes some very annoying noises at the end of his sentences like he keeps doing things It'll just be like I'm the gin There's a whole lot of that that goes on that in the beginning I was okay with it But it keeps going throughout the film and it gets very very very annoying That's probably my biggest gripe with this film in general Along with the the lazy crappy kills is you just kept going like At the end of sentences and it's like stop it's annoying stop Who thought to do that? I wonder if it was the actor if that was his idea or if it was directed that way There's a really awesome quote in here that I wrote down because I want to make sure I threw this out there I don't need you dead. I just need you to wish you were that is a great piece of dialogue That was written in the script Well, I assume I was written the script and not ad-libbed But that's when the gin says it to Tammy's trying to get her to make the third wish He's just like I don't need you dead. I just need you to wish you were I was like so good love it So wishing the guy wasn't drinking on the job in the end. That's how she beats him Wasn't I I feel like this is kind of a plot hole because it's presented as in oh She's so smart because she thought let's take it back to before anything even became a problem before the the gem was Exposed so the guy shouldn't have been drunk drinking on the job. Well With other wishes there are a lot of ways that the gin got around it and made it terrible So he easily could have done it on this one. So that's why I say this is kind of a plot hole because If she was just like, oh he I don't want him to have been drinking on the job He could be like, okay. Well, then he was doing drugs and the same thing happened Okay, he fell asleep because he didn't have a good night to sleep the night before He fell asleep and the same thing happened Like there are so many options to for him to alter it so that the same thing ends up happening And he has that power obviously so plot hole it Kind of dumb in a sense The movie feel so I'm done with like the actual events of the film and I talk about it in general The movie feels like it's consistently moving at a good pace That is one of the other things I really like about this It doesn't feel like it drags at any point and I greatly appreciate that about any film really when they pull that off The awesome practical effects and and the anticipation of how the wishes will go wrong are basically what keep you engaged in watching You I don't know You just kind of have this feeling that while the gins on the loose that anyone He encounters could be a potential victim and you just don't know how many of those people there will be and that's what keeps your interest You keep being like all right. What's next? What's next and I like that about it Andrew div off He was the guy who played the gin I think he did a good job He did a really good job when he was in his human form with his facial expressions He looked a very menacing obviously he did a good job with his voice minus the whole like Thing at the end of sentences and just to let you know he was in the hunt for right October and Air Force one Which were you know, two of the more high-profile films that he's been in before so if he looked familiar You might know him from those films. I don't know So this is a modern twist on a very old story that highlights the issues of human greed It's like I said before it's a very old story. It's just changed and modernized and made more Gory and evil which I'm all for that. I love when horror the horror genre does that they take these old stories And they just kind of like Bring them up to date and make them very evil and horror related love it And the wishes end up being tied to very base human emotions and things come out terribly It kind of makes the point of logic over emotions will keep you safe And it's an intelligent and well thought out wish that finishes things in the end So basically it seems to kind of make the point that when people are doing these wishes What's putting them in danger and making things happen awful that happened horribly is when they're going off of base emotion Like I want this I want that it's all about me and it's base emotion related Which ties into life if you just go through your entire life Going off your base emotions and I want I want I want You're gonna end up in some horrible horrible situations much like in this film You know loosely But in the end what wins out and what makes sure make sure everything is good and is running smoothly again are well thought out logical Choices slash wishes so that's kind of saying in real life When you stop and you think logically about something you make better choices and you're gonna have a better life So that's just kind of my thought on the overall theme of the film It's not anything kind of like groundbreaking especially given that you know It's an old story that kind of tells that story anyway, so whatever, but I enjoy Wishmaster And I actually haven't seen the second Wishmaster movie But I've been meaning to get to it and now that I just rewatched wish Wishmaster I feel like I want to bump that second one up my list more so put down a comment Let me know first of all, let me know your thoughts on Wishmaster if you've seen it second of all Tell me if you really think that I need to get to Wishmaster too soon And if I do do you want a review on it because I could or could not I don't know It's up. 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