Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Cast a Deadly Spell is a american film of genre Fantastic directed by Martin Campbell released in USA on 7 september 1991 with Fred Ward

Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)

Cast a Deadly Spell
If you like this film, let us know!
Released in USA 7 september 1991
Length 1h36
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Fantastic,    Comedy,    Horror comedy,    Fantasy,    Horror,    Crime
Rating63% 3.196183.196183.196183.196183.19618

Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) is a horror/detective HBO movie with Fred Ward, Julianne Moore, David Warner and Clancy Brown. It was directed by Martin Campbell and written by Joseph Dougherty. The original music score was composed by Curt Sobel.

Synopsis

Ward stars as 1948 hardboiled private detective H. Philip Lovecraft, in a fictional universe where magic is real, monsters and mythical beasts stalk the back alleys, zombies are used as cheap labor, and everyone—except Lovecraft—uses magic every day. Yet, cars, telephones and other modern technology also exist in this world.

Actors

Fred Ward

(Det. Harry Philip Lovecraft)
Julianne Moore

(Connie Stone)
Clancy Brown

(Harry Bordon)
David Warner

(Amos Hackshaw)
Charles Hallahan

(Det. Morris Bradbury)
Trailer of Cast a Deadly Spell

Bluray, DVD

Streaming / VOD

Source : Wikidata

Comments


Leave comment :

Suggestions of similar film to Cast a Deadly Spell

There are 258 films with the same actors, 17 films with the same director, 57066 with the same cinematographic genres (including 0 with exactly the same 6 genres than Cast a Deadly Spell), 5550 films with the same themes (including 3 films with the same 5 themes than Cast a Deadly Spell), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.

If you liked Cast a Deadly Spell, you will probably like those similar films :
Vertical Limit, 2h4
Directed by Martin Campbell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Alpinisme, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney, Scott Glenn, Izabella Dorota Skorupko, Temuera Morrison
Rating59% 2.950792.950792.950792.950792.95079
While climbing in Monument Valley, siblings Peter (O'Donnell) and Annie Garrett (Tunney) lose their father, Royce (Stuart Wilson). After two falling amateurs leave the family dangling, Royce forces Peter to cut him loose to save Peter and his sister. Peter has since retired from climbing and is a full-time wildlife photographer, and Annie has become a renowned mountain climber. Three years later during an wildlife shooting at lower Himalayans in Pakistan, Peter's assistant falls and injures his leg. Peter is dropped off at K2 base camp and searches for Annie who is planning a summit attempt on K2, the world's second highest and most dangerous mountain, due to unpredictable weather conditions and difficult technical climbing sections. The expedition is funded by wealthy industrialist Elliot Vaughn (Paxton) who is also part of Annie's expedition, with the help of renowned climber Tom McLaren (Nicholas Lea).
Tremors
Tremors (1990)
, 1h36
Directed by Ron Underwood
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Comedy science fiction films, Giant monster films, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
Actors Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Reba McEntire, Michael Gross, Victor Wong
Rating70% 3.547933.547933.547933.547933.54793
Valentine "Val" McKee and Earl Basset work as handymen in Perfection, Nevada, an isolated ex-mining settlement in the high desert east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. They eventually tire of their jobs and leave for Bixby, the nearest town, but as they leave, they discover another resident, Edgar, dead at the top of an electrical tower, though still holding on to the beams with a .30-30 Winchester rifle. Jim Wallace, the town doctor, determines that Edgar died of dehydration, apparently afraid to climb down after being trapped for a few days. Later on, an unknown force kills an elderly shepherd, "Old Fred," and his flock of sheep. Upon discovering his severed head buried in the sand, Val and Earl become convinced that a killer is on the loose and head back to town to warn the other residents. They try to get help, but upon discovering that the phone lines are dead, they find the only road out of town blocked by a rock slide that downed the phone lines. On the way back to town, they get their truck stuck on what they later find to be a snake-like creature that wrapped itself around its rear axle.
Waxwork
Waxwork (1988)
, 1h37
Directed by Anthony Hickox
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about computing, Films about magic and magicians, Medical-themed films, Films based on science fiction novels, Wolves in film, Dracula films, Frankenstein films, Werewolves in film, Vampires in film, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Comedy horror films, Cyberpunk films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Disaster films
Actors Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, Michelle Johnson, David Warner, Dana Ashbrook, Miles O'Keeffe
Rating60% 3.0498453.0498453.0498453.0498453.049845
In a small suburban town, a group of university students--Mark Loftmore (Zach Galligan), China Webster (Michelle Johnson), Sarah Brightman (Deborah Foreman), Gemma (Clare Carey), James (Eric Brown) and Tony (Dana Ashbrook)--visit a mysterious wax museum, where they encounter several morbid displays, all of which contain stock characters from the horror genre. Tony and China unintentionally enter two separate pocket worlds, as depicted by the waxwork displays, by crossing the exhibition barrier rope. Tony is at a cabin where a werewolf (John Rhys-Davies) attacks him. A hunter and his son arrive and try to kill the werewolf. The son fails and is torn in two, while the hunter shoots the werewolf, and then shoots Tony as he begins to transform into a werewolf. China is sent to a Gothic castle, where vampires attack her and Count Dracula (Miles O'Keeffe) turns her into a vampire. Two of the other students, Mark and Sarah, leave the waxwork unscathed. Later, Jonathan (Micah Grant), "a college jock", arrives at the wax museum, looking for China, but The Phantom of the Opera display gets his attention as David Lincoln (David Warner) walks him into the display. Mark goes to a pair of investigating police detectives, Inspector Roberts (Charles McCaughan), and meets Lincoln as he lets Roberts investigate the waxworks. As Mark and Roberts leave the Museum, Mark recognizes Lincoln.
Necronomicon, 1h36
Directed by Christophe Gans, Brian Yuzna, Shūsuke Kaneko
Origin USA
Genres Anthology film, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Films based on works by H. P. Lovecraft, Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Bruce Payne, Richard Lynch, Jeffrey Combs, Tony Azito, Belinda Bauer, David Warner
Rating58% 2.902422.902422.902422.902422.90242
The film is broken into four separate features: "The Library", "The Drowned", "The Cold" and "Whispers". "The Library" segment is the wrap-around story, which begins and ends the movie.
In the Mouth of Madness, 1h35
Directed by John Carpenter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about films, Films about writers, Films about religion, Films based on works by H. P. Lovecraft, Films set in the future, Giant monster films, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, David Warner, John Glover, Peter Jason
Rating71% 3.5508353.5508353.5508353.5508353.550835
Dr. Wrenn (David Warner) visits John Trent (Sam Neill), a patient in a psychiatric hospital, and asks Trent to recount his story:
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, 1h33
Directed by John Harrison
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Comedy horror films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Debbie Harry, Christian Slater, Matthew Lawrence, David Johansen, Steve Buscemi, William Hickey
Rating62% 3.100093.100093.100093.100093.10009
The movie opens with Betty, an affluent suburban housewife and modern-day witch (Deborah Harry), planning a dinner party. The main dish is to be Timmy (Matthew Lawrence), a young boy whom she has captured and chained up in her pantry. To stall her from stuffing and roasting him, the boy tells her three horror stories from a book she gave him, titled Tales from the Darkside.
John Dies at the End, 1h39
Directed by Don Coscarelli
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Comedy horror films, Alternate history films
Actors Paul Giamatti, Clancy Brown, Chase Williamson, Glynn Turman, Rob Mayes, Daniel Roebuck
Rating62% 3.149953.149953.149953.149953.14995
Slacker David Wong beheads a zombie skinhead with an axe and asks whether an axe that had its handle and head replaced over time is still the same axe. David next appears in a restaurant and recounts his story to reporter Arnie Blondestone. When David claims to have psychic powers, Arnie reacts skeptically but listens to a story about how David and his friend John try to help a woman harassed by her dead boyfriend. When they realize that they're perceiving her differently, she explodes into snakes and reforms into a monster made of frozen meat. The monster demands a showdown with its nemesis, TV infomercial psychic Albert Marconi, who destroys it over the telephone.
Tremors II: Aftershocks, 1h40
Directed by S. S. Wilson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Comedy science fiction films, Giant monster films, Comedy horror films
Actors Fred Ward, Christopher Gartin, Helen Shaver, Michael Gross, Marcelo Tubert, Thomas Rosales Jr.
Rating60% 3.0031753.0031753.0031753.0031753.003175
Some years have passed since the events of the first film. Val has moved away and married Rhonda, while Earl has squandered his fortune on a failing ostrich ranch. He is approached by Carlos Ortega, who informs him that graboids are killing his workers at his oil field in Sonora, Mexico. Earl initially refuses his assistance, but Ortega's taxi driver, Grady Hoover, convinces Earl to change his mind and joins Earl in the hunt, with the oil company paying Grady full fees for his services, as well. Upon arrival in Sonora, Earl meets geologist Kate Reilly, and her assistant Julio, who are scientifically investigating the graboids.
Body Bags
Body Bags (1993)
, 1h31
Directed by John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films, Comedy horror films
Actors Stacy Keach, David Warner, Sheena Easton, Mark Hamill, Twiggy, Robert Carradine
Rating61% 3.0993753.0993753.0993753.0993753.099375
Prologue A creepy-looking coroner introduces three different horror tales involving his current work on cadavers in "body bags".
Ice Cream Man, 1h25
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Serial killer films, Comedy horror films
Actors Clint Howard, Olivia Hussey, Justin Isfeld, Anndi McAfee, Jan-Michael Vincent, E. E. Bell
Rating47% 2.3605152.3605152.3605152.3605152.360515
In a black-and-white prologue, a young boy witnesses the murder of an ice cream man in a small town. Years later, the boy, named Gregory Tudor (Clint Howard), returns to the town to become ice cream man himself. He has spent the intervening years in a mental hospital. He kills some people (and a dog) while doing his duties as ice cream man, leading to suspicion from local kids and the police.