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	WISHMASTER 3: BEYOND THE GATES OF HELL - DVD
		Knowing that Wishmaster is a series of films dealing with an evil wish-granting Djinn, I had hope from the first accident that Wishmaster 3 would be an updating of W.W. Jacobs' marvellous short story "The Monkey's Paw", with poor, bereaved Diana foolhardily resurrecting her deceased parents.
		Wishmaster 3 is simply abominable--a horror film free of fear and the two things that made the series worthwhile in the first place: genre writer Peter Atkins, absent since the first instalment, and Andrew Divoff as the titular bogey.
		The film seems to realize its need to obscure the cast and narrative early on and does so initially with some welcome nudity and plentiful, albeit amateurish, gore.
	filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/wishmaster3.htm (764 words)

	Wishmaster 3 (2001) - A Review by David Nusair
		Wishmaster 3 is workmanlike in its execution - there's no real originality or distinctiveness separating it from other low-budget creepers.
		One particularly idiotic character puts up a tough-guy front for the Wishmaster and says to him, "blow me!" which is exactly what the Djinn does; he blows him across the room and impales him onto a moose head.
		Wishmaster 3 isn't even the last in the series - a fourth installment was filmed concurrently with this one and is scheduled for release next Halloween.
	www.reelfilm.com /wish3.htm (424 words)

	Pulpmovies Reviews » Wishmaster
		Wishmaster is an unwatchably bad disaster of a film and Wes Craven must have been really struggling financially when he allowed his name to be attached to it.
		This film (aka Wes Craven’s Wishmaster) is both uninspired and unoriginal and displays none of the humour which may have dragged it out of the bargin bins (although I doubt that anything could have saved this film from well deserved obscurity).
		Wishmaster is a seriously dull film and one that I would have switched off after about twenty minutes if I hadn’t wanted to comment on it here.
	www.pulpmovies.com /reviews/wishmaster (371 words)

	Horror Movie Review \| Wishmaster 1 (1997), Wishmaster 2 (1999) Andrew Divoff, Tammy Lauren
		"Wishmaster" is a low-budget horror film (at least from a Hollywood perspective) about a Djinn, an evil genie, that grants wishes; seeing as the Djinn is evil, his wishes all have costs associated with them.
		As the film opens, the Djinn is about to achieve his goal when he's imprisoned in a red ruby; flash forward to the present, where the ruby arrives in the hand of jeweler Alex (Tammy Lauren).
		As horror films go, the gore in "Wishmaster" is quite good, and although the Djinn's makeup early in the film looks a little cheap, the kill scenes are inspired.
	www.beyondhollywood.com /reviews/wishmaster1and2.htm (972 words)

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		Wishmaster was directed by Robert Kurtzman, better known (to horror nerds like me) as one-third of the special-effects make-up team Kurtzman, Nicotero, and Berger.
		The film features Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger), Kane Hodder (Jason in the last few Friday the 13ths), Tony Todd (Candyman), Reggie Bannister and the voice of Angus Scrimm (both from the Phantasm series).
		Wishmaster is a lazy slap in the face to horror fans, who expect and deserve better from the man who directed Scream and the studio that released it.
	www.angelfire.com /movies/oc/wishmaster.html (580 words)

	Wishmaster 2 : Evil Never Dies
		The film starts off with a raid on an art gallery where the statue from the first film, in which the Djinn is imprisoned, is currently on display.
		The special effects (by SOTA effects this time) are very poorly done, and the film seems to totally twist the rules of the first, in part one the Djinn looked like Andrew Divoff because he took the face from one of his victims, whereas here the Djinn automatically looks like that for no reason.
		Also, in the first film it was established he needed to obtain 3 wishes from the person who released him to unleash hell, here he has to collect 1000 souls before asking them (Why?).
	www.horrorseek.com /horror/realm/wishmaster2.htm (501 words)

	Beyond the Slimy Wall: Wishmaster
		Thus was born the idea for this weekly column, devoted to horror films of all shapes and sizes, but concentrating on those B- and C-grade films that mainstream reviewers disdain, but are the bread-and-butter of every spook movie lover's viewing.
		For Wishmaster, we are presented with the age-old fantasy of the genie in the lamp or bottle, who grants three wishes to the lucky mortal who releases him (or her, if you're a ‘60s sit-com).
		Of course, this being a horror film, the manner in which the wishes are granted owes more to the monkey's paw than the kind and obedient genie we're heard tell of in fairytales and the stories in the Arabian Nights.
	www.boxofficeprophets.com /column/index.cfm?columnID=9090 (1240 words)

	Wishmaster 2 Film Review (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		is foolishly given the reins of a film sequel project so like he did with the terribly dissappointing Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, he deems it neccessary to inject it with a cocktail of intellectual banality and inappropriate homo erotic meanderings.
		Thankfully this time, the film is not so intent upon exploring the lurid fascinations of a teenage boy and his fruity gym teacher but a couple of suspect set pieces are evident.
		The effects in the first film were impressive and worked well, afforded some notable screen time and brought plenty to the stage as the Djinn went about his vicious machinations.
	www.domicilium.com.cob-web.org:8888 /loganandglitz/reviews/g-wishmaster2.htm (1102 words)

	Digital Kent Stater Movie Guide
		But since everyone thinks she's still in shock from not being able to save her parents from their burning house when she was a kid, the Wishmaster has plenty of time to make her life miserable, demolishing everyone she knows by granting their deepest wishes in exchange for their souls.
		The film was directed by Robert Kurtzman, who is responsible for all the monster makeup.
		There's some dumb fun in watching the Wishmaster wreak havoc on unsuspecting players, but he can be pretty obscure for an arch demon.
	dept.kent.edu /idl/digitalstater/Stories/wishmaster.html (460 words)

	Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999)
		The only person to return from the original film is Andrew Divoff in the title role, whose icy cold, gravel-voiced and darkly magnetic ruthlessness again adds much to the film.
		The film's novel spin is in placing the character in jail where it is amusing to see him still smiling up against hardened killer-types.
		The climax with the Wishmaster getting loose in a Las Vegas casino - a riff taken directly from Leprechaun 3 (1995) - with a woman excreting coins and people being sliced up with flying playing cards and a razor-tipped roulette wheel - is immensely silly.
	www.moria.co.nz /horror/wishmaster2.htm (599 words)

	WISHMASTER: THE PROPHECY FULFILLED - DVD
		Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled avoids the trap of monotony into which many a horror sequel falls--the picture has free-floating ideas to spare.
		Most of the film is devoted to a compellingly pathetic Beauty and the Beast scenario that has--and this is where the reader's fists clench--more integrity than Disney's retelling of the classic fable, just worse computer-animation.
		the film in its entirety), and even he has a hard time listening to the philosophical musings of Novak as the eccentric thespian deconstructs the emotional thrust of the picture's climax.
	www.filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/wishmasterprophecyfulfilled.htm (493 words)

	Amazon.com: Wishmaster/Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies: DVD: Andrew Divoff,Paul Johansson,Holly Fields,Bokeem ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Like its predecessor, Wishmaster 2 twists the classic genie-in-the-lamp legend into a sick joke; every wish is granted in the most literal terms, leaving the recipients victims of their own greed and desire in often gory spectacles.
		The basic difference between film one and two is that in the second film the woman's name is Morgana (Holly Fields) and her friend Gregory (Paul Johannson) has a part longer than 3 minutes.
		In contrast to Tammy Lauren's protagonist in the first film, it is difficult to accept that Field's character is capable of outsmarting and thereby defeating the cunning and intelligent centuries-old djinn.
	www.amazon.com /Wishmaster-Evil-Never-Dies/dp/6305493863 (2727 words)

	Wishmaster 3
		Although I have not seen either of the previous two Wishmaster films, I was never lost or confused in trying to follow this third instalment.
		Wishmaster 3: Sword of Justice was directed by Chris Angel (A Twist of Faith, Fear: The Resurrection, and Mr.
		Wishmaster 3: Sword of Justice: A second sequel appears to be in the works for this B-grade horror franchise and 'Nightwing' has some details on the filming schedule: "Wishmaster Productions Inc.
	jasonconnery.tripod.com /wish.htm (1199 words)

	DVD Reviews - W (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The film is direct by Yun Jae-yeon, one of the few Korean women that direct horror films.
		Like most films from this section of the world, the film is dark and heavily suspense oriented as opposed to American and Italian films with tons of gore.
		The Story/ The Film Itself: A woman named Linda (music video vixen Tawney Kitaen) is possessed by an evil spirit through the use of a ouija board believing the spirit to be that of a ten year old boy.
	www.iconsoffright.com /DVD_W.htm (3409 words)

	Wishmaster (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wishmaster and its three sequels are films about a Djinn that is released from a jewel and seeks to capture enough souls to open a portal and free his fellow Djinn from their prison.
		The Wishmaster is chiefly known for his inventive methods of twisting the words of the wish into something that brutalizes or kills the wisher, usually in an ironic manner similar to those found in The Monkey's Paw.
		Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled (2002) was filmed back-to-back with Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell (2001).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wishmaster_(film) (375 words)

	Wishmaster (film) at AllExperts (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Wishmaster and its three sequels are films about a Djinn that is released from a jewel and seeks to capture enough souls to open a portal and free his fellow Djinni from their prison.
		The Wishmaster is chiefly known for his inventive methods of twisting the words of the wish into something that brutalizes or kills the wisher.
		In each movie, the Djinn goes about this a different way, but in all of the movies the three wishes must be granted to the "Waker", the person who released the Djinn from the imprisoning gem (in all four movies a woman).
	experts.about.com.cob-web.org:8888 /e/w/wi/Wishmaster_(film).htm (379 words)

	Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
		From the get-go, we could tell this was going to be an inferior film to its predecessor.
		Like the original Wishmaster, some of the wish-granting was forced and contrived (the "Freeze!" was downright insulting), but on the other hand, many of the evil-ways-of-granting-a-wish were better than in the original.
		The film revolved around him, and it was fascinating to see what he was up to, what clever new ways he could mis-grant wishes, and how he took to our world and time.
	www.xmission.com /~tyranist/horror/reviews/w/Wishmaster2.html (625 words)

	Djinn's Horror Homage-WISHMASTER
		Wishmaster parades famous faces of fear such as Angus Scrimm (Phantasm’s Tall Man), Tony Todd (The Candyman), Robert Englund (Freddy), Kane Hodder (Jason) and "Reggie" (Phantasm) hamming it up in cameo appearances, which give the film it's undeniable charm.
		This film, in my opinion was vastly underated and dismissed before the cinema audiences really got a chance to see it.
		Although Wes Craven had hardly anything to do with "Wishmaster", having merely lent his name to the movie mostly in order to give it better box-office exposure in the wake of his smashing success with "Scream", the movie displays a Cravenesque note throughout.
	members.tripod.com /~djinn1928/index-2.html (743 words)

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		The majority of film follows Alexandra in her quest for information about the djinn, and following the djinn as he collects souls for random wishes.
		The special effects and lots of splatter made this film what it is, other than that it is just a gimmick film that was poorly written.
		The death scenes are what make Wishmaster a film to keep handy and watch every once in a while.
	members.cox.net /adiceclay/wish.html (261 words)

	Wishmaster (1997)
		He is the K in the KNB E.F.X. Group (also known as the Kurtzman, Nictotero and Berger EFX Group), responsible for the effects on films like Army of Darkness (1992), Lord of Illusions (1995), In the Mouth of Madness (1995), Spawn (1997) and many others.
		The first five minutes or so of the film contain a showstopping effects extravaganza with jaws being ripped off, people flung against and then dissolving into a brick wall, people with tree heads and snake bodies and an amazing sequence where a skeleton tears its way out of its owner's body.
		This is the highlight of the film and nothing else in the film quite matches it.
	www.moria.co.nz /horror/wishmaster.htm (684 words)

	WISHMASTER3review
		Wishmaster, like the Elm Street series, had a very good villain who was the main character - would you have replaced Robert Englund?
		The effects are pretty good though, a little gore here and there'll keep you with the film - but it's really not enough, and nothing groundbreaking.
		I suggest you avoid contact with this thing unless you like to suffer, or are a huge, HUGE fan of the series.
	www.geocities.com /djinn409/WISHMASTER3review.html (396 words)

	Wishmaster 2
		Ignoring much of what was established about the Djinn in the original and adding it's own set of rules, ‘Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies' is more of an exercise in sustained boredom than a horror movie.
		‘Wishmaster 2' also featured a few good make-up effects and some gory moments but these were outweighed by many bad and misplaced CGI effects.
		‘Wishmaster 2' is certainly not one to have any special interest in; it's just more of a time-passer.
	www.horrormoviefans.com /wishmaster_2.htm (350 words)

	Wishmaster News
		Wishmaster News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		The last time we told you about Robert Kurtzman's upcoming return to directing, The Rage, it was with the news that Midnight Syndicate would be scoring the film.
		January 3: Kurtzman's latest is all THE RAGE FX artist Robert Kurtzman gave Fango the scoop and some pics from THE RAGE, the new film he's directing through his Precinct 13 Entertainment company, which has...
	www.topix.net /movies/wishmaster (338 words)

	Wishmaster 3
		Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell, aka The Sword of Justice, aka majorly disappointing, even after a mediocre Wishmaster 2.
		Well, the film had at least some budget, with stunts, two car explosions, special effects, and was shot at a real college, but it just felt cheap.
		The best part of the film came at the end, when I realized the man who played the professor-slash-villain was the son of the greatest film icon of the last fifty years.
	www.xmission.com /~tyranist/horror/reviews/w/Wishmaster3.html (691 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Wishmaster [1998]: DVD: Tammy Lauren,Ted Raimi,Andrew Divoff,Robert Englund,Tony Todd,Kane Hodder,Chris ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The story is a woman finds a gem and releases a djinn (genie) and she has 3 wishes but the trick is they are morbid wishes.
		Wishmaster is a good horror film, different from the rest and surprisingly refreshing.
		There is a part in the film where a shop assisstant says "I wish I looked like her" about a manniquin so he turns her into one.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Wishmaster-Tammy-Lauren/dp/B00004TLAN (771 words)

	Laramie Movie Scope: Wishmaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		June 9, 1999 -- The "Wishmaster" is the latest (I think) in a series of scary movies by Wes Craven, who is the executive producer of this one, directed by Robert Kurtzman, who has supervised makeup effects on a number of horror films.
		The film stars Tammy Lauren as Alexandra Amberson, a gem expert who accidentally releases a genie from an ancient gem.
		The film is not really scary or even creepy, it is sort of a tongue-in-cheek gorefest devoted to that old saying, "Careful what you wish for, you might get it.
	www.lariat.org /AtTheMovies/wishmaster.html (464 words)

	dOc DVD Review: Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled (2002)
		In this fourth installment of the Wishmaster saga, the ancient, evil, wisecracking Djinn (John Novak) is once again up to his usual nasty tricks, trying to coerce wishes out of unsuspecting humans in order to bring about some kind of Armageddon.
		Any knowledge of the other three Wishmaster films isn't really essential to enjoy this one, as this is pretty much a stand-alone story.
		Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled could really serve to make Tara Spencer-Nairn a genuine horror movie pinup star, what with her readiness to doff her duds at a moment's notice as well as put up with an assortment of Djinn-fueled deadly mischief.
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=4087 (1124 words)

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