Cast a Deadly Spell

1991

Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery

18
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 58% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 58% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 5659 5.7K

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Plot summary

In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.

Director

Martin Campbell Photo
Martin Campbell

Top cast

Julianne Moore Photo
Julianne Moore as Connie Stone
Clancy Brown Photo
Clancy Brown as Harry Bordon
Ritch Brinkley Photo
Ritch Brinkley as Owl Wagon Manager
Lee Tergesen Photo
Lee Tergesen as Larry Willis / Lilly Sirwar
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794.47 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 3
1.45 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 22

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by merklekranz 7 / 10

"Dark comedy" ... unique and entertaining ........

Fred Ward is excellent as the 1948 private eye hired to find a stolen witchcraft book, the "Necronomicon". It had to be a unique film that blends noir, monsters, virgins, zombies, and magic into a "black comedy", and that film is "Cast a Deadly Spell". There are at least a bunch of surprises along the way, as our hero tries to locate the book. The sharp tongued dialog is perfect, droll, and often hilarious, as Fred Ward, the only one who doesn't use magic, tries to survive witches spells, gangsters, and solve the case. This movie proves that you don't need CGI, if you have a creative mind behind the script, and some excellent makeup for the monsters. - MERK
Reviewed by the_tevildo 7 / 10

A classic B movie

Just watched this on the recommendation of a friend, and was very pleasantly surprised. It's not High Cinematic Art by any means, but it's entertaining and funny, the acting is very competent indeed, the effects, although not exactly convincing, work well with the overall theme of the piece, and the plot is coherent and credible (unusual both for mainstream comedy and mainstream horror).I particularly like the way that it combines multiple B-movie themes most convincingly; the hard-drinking private detective (with suitably glamorous femmes fatales), the evil wizard/scientist who wants total world domination, and the well-timed slapstick comedy. The none-too-subtle references to several more serious films (Alien, Gremlins, Witness, to name but three) add a suitably post-modern touch of irony to the humour.Just one thing. _Don't_ watch this if you're a Lovecraft fan. You'll have an apoplectic seizure. :)
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