Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Wishmaster (1997) ** (out of 4) Alexandra Amberson (Tammy Lauren) has a stolen jewel brought to her shop and before long she realizes the evil that it possesses. Inside of it is a Djinn (Andrew Divoff) who will do whatever he can to make her say three wishes so that he evil ways can fully come out.WISHMASTER is a film I saw when it was first released to theaters and I honestly hated it. Revisiting it twenty-years later I can't say I loved the film but at the same time it's not nearly as bad as I remembered it. Today the film is probably best remembered for featuring three horror icons. You've got Robert Englund who of course played Freddy, Kane Hodder who appeared as Jason and then Tony Todd from the Candyman series. Both Hodder and Todd are basically here in cameos but you've also got brief appearances by Ted Raimi (INTRUDER), Joseph Pilato (DAY OF THE DEAD) as well as Angus Scrimm and Reggie Bannister from the PHANTASM series.Obviously, that's a lot of star power but the highlight of the picture are the special effects by KNB. Those guys are pretty much legends now and this film here is a grand work of theirs. Not only do we get a variety of masks that are used throughout the picture we're also treated to a pretty good looking monster. The Djinn here isn't something that I'd call scary but I thought the look of it was terrific. I'd also add that the gore effects are wonderful and especially the opening sequence at a party where several people are ripped apart. The skeleton coming out of the flesh is without question a terrific sequence and it's really amazing how much the MPAA let go through.As far as the rest of the film, it's not as good. The main character really isn't all that interesting and there's certainly no suspense or terror anywhere. I must say that I also didn't care for the voice of the Djinn and there are also some fairly poor computer effects as well. The biggest problem with the film is the fact that it's really not anything original and there's nothing fresh here. As far as the gore goes, it's great. It's great seeing the various horror legends in one film. It's just outside of that WISHMASTER is a fairly standard horror picture.

Another typical clichéd horror outing boasting "Wes Craven Presents" before the title (at least it's not as bad as MIND RIPPER though), WISHMASTER is a painting-by-numbers affair which is slick, superficial, and instantly palatable. The story is your usual one of murders and serial killers, with a slimy genie taking the place of scarred Freddy Krueger. No originality exists in the film, so you're coming to the wrong place if you're looking for that. Scenes have been taken from ALIEN 3, HELLRAISER 2 and HELLRAISER 3, even BRAINDEAD, and the laughing at the end titles is more than slightly reminiscent of the end of EVIL DEAD 2.The film does, however, boast an extraordinary cast of horror film actors, and it's fun playing 'spot the actor', just like in THE DEMOLITIONIST. Angus Scrimm narrates, while Danny Hicks and Josef Pilato turn up in tiny, blink and you'll miss 'em roles. Reggie Bannister also appears (Phantasm's ice cream man), and I'm even sure I saw Tom Savini in there somewhere. However, main interest lies in appearances of four "luminaries" (at least in some quarters) in the horror genre. Kane Hodder (all-round stuntman and actor inside Jason's hockey mask) has a brief and ill-fated appearance and is at the receiving end of the Djinn's curses. Similarly, Tony Todd has another small role as a bodyguard, and makes the most of his material. Just to emphasise the links to Craven's earlier works, Robert Englund has a large role (slight bias here?) as an antiques dealer, who vomits up something nasty. And the fourth actor? That'll be Ted Raimi, who has made fleeting appearances in more films than I can remember, who is killed right at the beginning (when is this guy going to get lucky?).Tammy Lauren is sadly totally annoying and incompetent in her large role and overreacts and screams a lot (just like the obnoxious Penelope Ann Miller in THE RELIC), while Andrew Divoff is a suitably charming but purely evil bad guy who gives us the typical wisecracks (and also is strangely reminiscent of the Emperor from RETURN OF THE JEDI. What was I saying about originality?). Apart from watching out for the actors, there's also a lot of gore (a heck of a lot of gore, and the film is uncut...ironically, however, it's far more gory than some of the video nasties were). The various deaths throughout the film are well staged, while the torture parties are excellent, with blood spraying and internal organs coming out. The highlight is the skeleton at the beginning of the film which pulls itself out of someone's body and attacks another innocent victim! (ARMY OF DARKNESS anyone?). There is also a good scene with statues coming to life (although rather too JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS for my liking), and obviously CGI plays a big role again, but is not too noticeably bad here. WISHMASTER is a popcorn movie, nothing more, but it's entertaining enough for what it is and it could have been a lot worse (just thinking of MIND RIPPER gives me a headache). And I never thought I'd say this, but it's good to see a monster movie instead of the wave of boring slashers filling the cinemas at the moment.

There is No Doubt that SFX Artists were Reveling in Their New Found Ability to Splatter and Gorge more Guts and Gore on Screen in Semi-Clever and Nauseating Ways by the Late Nineties. There were even Fan Magazines Devoted to this Type of Thing. "Fangoria" and "Gorezone" come to mind.This is one of those that Celebrated this Type of Carnage Ad Nauseum. The Movie is Brightly Lit and the Color Explodes Off the Screen and the whole Thing has the Look of an R-Rated Sitcom. But if this is Your "Turn On", there is some Fun to be had Watching each Scene, Waiting for the Punchline, both Verbal and Visceral. The Money behind this is Evident, but it all went into the Makeup and SFX. The Lead Actress is just Awful, and the Supporting Cast is Not much Better. Andrew Divoff as the Djinn is Good Without the Makeup, but when in Full Costume His Voice Inflections Get on the Nerves.The Story is OK but Elementary and Executed in such a Standard Way that Nothing is Memorable. "Be careful what you wish for!" is as Good as it Gets. Made with a Franchise in Mind, the Sequels all Went STV. This one isn't Bad, its just too Artificial to be Scary, but it Contains an excessive amount of Bloody Gore, the Tone is Not Serious, and that makes it Entertaining Enough for its Target Audience.

(This a re-watch, I have seen this once before) This movie start of with a bang, I loved the first scene in the movie, very odd and very gross, the effect was really good in those scenes. I found plot really well done, I found Wishmaster not too scary, I found him a little too funny to be scary.However I found him more creepy when he had the humans face, he got one hell of a evil face.I was shocked with some of the gore in this movie , wow, I didn't not see that come, Spoiler: (He makes a prisoner, rip a cop Jaw right of his face, Ouch!) that had to hurt! , really fun to watch!This was a really good fun movie, the acting was not too bad in this, it's really suited it well and the effect were nice in as well.I going to give this movie 7 out of 10,