Wishmaster

Plot:

The Wishmaster was a type of genie that granted wishes, but made people wish they never asked. He’s captured in a jewel and the movie then jumps to the present day, or present at the time anyway. The jewel is taken to an auction house and given to Alex, an appraiser. She accidentally releases the Wishmaster, who begins granting people’s wishes in dark and disturbing ways. Alex is the only one capable of stopping him before he turns earth into hell.

Trivia:

Horror movie connections: Robert Englund (Nightmare on Elm Street, etc.), Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th, etc.), Ted Rami (The Grudge, Evil Dead franchise), Tony Todd (Candyman) and Andrew Divoff.

Thoughts:

This is another one of those movies that I originally saw in the theater and I now think I own three different copies on DVD, which was an accident. I bought the movie originally because it was cheap, then found a copy with the first two movies and then I picked up one of those super cheap sets that included other movies I didn’t have. Wishmaster is kind of a bad movie. I have to give big props to all the horror movie icons that were assembled here, including Wes Craven who was executive producer. The movie just doesn’t seem all that interesting to me now.