Lord of Illusions (1995)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.5/10   

Director:

Clive Barker

Escritores (WGA):

Clive Barker (story)
Clive Barker (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

25 agosto 1995 (USA)

Género:

Horror | Suspenso | Fantasía

Frase comercial:

Trust Nothing Except Your Fear

Plot:

During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour (Scott Bakula) stumbles over members of a fanatic cult...

Plot Keywords:

Cult | Fanatic | Resurrection | Crushed To Death | Demon

Premios:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Not my taste, but well done

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 5	1:20 AM	MAX
Sun. July 12	6:10 PM	MAX

Reparto

J. Trevor Edmond	...	Young Butterfield (as Trevor Edmond)
Daniel von Bargen	...	Nix
Kevin J. O'Connor	...	Philip Swann
Joseph Latimore	...	Caspar Quaid
Sheila Tousey	...	Jennifer Desiderio
Susan Traylor	...	Maureen Pimm
Ashley Cafagna-Tesoro	...	Young Dorothea (as Ashley Lyn Cafagna)
Michael Angelo Stuno	...	Lead Male Cultist
Barbara Patrick	...	Lead Female Cultist
Scott Bakula	...	Harry D'Amour
Wayne Grace	...	Loomis
Mikey LeBeau	...	Exorcised Boy
Johnny Venocur	...	Tapert (as Johnny Venokur)
Jordan Marder	...	Ray Miller
Barry Del Sherman	...	Butterfield

También conocida como:

Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions
Lord of Illusions: el señor de las ilusiones (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and gore, and for language and sexuality.

Duración:

109 min | Australia:104 min | Germany:119 min (director's cut) | USA:120 min (director's cut)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

DTS

Clasificación:

Argentina:18 | Singapore:M18 | USA:R (certificate #33437) | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) (director's cut) | Germany:18 (video premiere) | Spain:18 | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:Unrated (director's cut) | Iceland:(Banned) (original rating) | Iceland:16 (cut) | Brazil:14

Locaciones de Filmación:

Lacy Street Production Center - 2630 Lacy Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Compañía:

Seraphim Films

Trivialidades:

The scene with Swann (Kevin O'Connor) biting his finger and pouring his blood on the screws in order to drill the mask into Nix's head was excised from the original cut in order to obtain an R-rating from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). The scene was later reused for the unrated director's cut edition of the film.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: When D'amour throws Nix down the hole at the end, you can see that the hole is not rock but burlap walled.

Citas:

Nix: Are you ready for my wisdom?

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Clive Barker: Raising Hell (2004) (V)

Banda de Sonido:

Imagination

Not my taste, but well done

While magician Nix entertains his young audience by holding fire and even juggling it, Philip Swann and others are rescuing young Dorothea, who has been kidnapped and is being held in the same building. In the process of getting the girl out, Nix is killed--or is he? 13 years later, New York private detective Harry D'Amour is hired to go to Los Angeles to work on an insurance fraud case. He visits a fortune teller and is shocked to see a man dying violently. There may be a connection between this death and Swann, who is now married to Dorothea.

Valentin works for Swann and wants D'Amour to meet with Dorothea, who wants D'Amour to work for him (and also looks good in a swimsuit). D'Amour goes to one of Swann's shows, where one of the illusions doesn't go as planned. This gives Swann something to investigate. An interesting investigation follows.

My primary motive for watching this movie was seeing Scott Bakula, who I liked in 'Quantum Leap'. D'Amour is intelligent and a smart-aleck, sometimes funny, with just the right mix of confidence and vulnerability; he did not disappoint. Had I judged the movie from just its first 10 minutes, to paraphrase a line spoken by one of Dorothea's rescuers, I would have said bury this thing deep where it can never again be found. The same applies to the horrifying, graphically violent ending. And there is plenty of blood and gore in between the opening and the final scenes. I'm pretty sure the language was cleaned up for UPN as well--who actually would say 'Forget you' in a theatrical film? Sometimes the audio didn't sound right in situations where profanity would be expected.

The movie had redeeming qualities, though. Kevin O'Connor showed confidence onstage but often seemed afraid or nervous otherwise--I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and call that good acting. Vincent Schiavelli had a brief but effective scene as an illusionist in a meeting with others practicing the profession. Joel Swetow was good as Valentin.

Although they were not what I would call entertaining, I would say the visual effects were quality work. Certainly the gore factor was quite high, but someone did an impressive job with what is called morphing.

And Daniel von Bargen did an outstanding job as the very frightening Nix. I did not like the character at all, but one has to be impressed with the talent shown.