Wishmaster
The 1997 fad Greco-Roman slasher filmWishmasterfeatures a slew of cameo by some of horror ’s all time greats , and here ’s a full summation . Wishmasteris one of those movies that few horror sports fan would attempt to defend as the best the genre has to offer . That enjoin , it ’s still a band of play , and is an unapologetic B - movie in the best potential way . It ’s got gory kills . cool monstrosity effect , well - done composition on scoundrel The Djinn , an original premiss , comical one - liner , and good of all , a reverence for the music genre .
This reverence is made cleared by the large amount of cameos made by genre icons in the motion picture , and the loving way in which many stock horror tropes are played with or indulged in duringWishmaster ’s runtime . That ’s largely due to it being the directorial launching of Robert Kurtzman , the K in keep extra effects studio apartment KNB . Kurtzman ’s horror sketch coming intoWishmasterwas full of literary genre classics , includingA Nightmare on Elm Street 3 : Dream Warriors , Evil Dead 2,In the Mouth of Madness , andScream . In short , he bang his stuff .
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Kurtzman ’s horror background also certainly played a role in his power to get so many iconic literary genre performing artist to come along inWishmaster , as he likely formed friendships with most of them by that point . The recent filmDeath Housemay have dubbed itselfThe Expendablesof horror , but theWishmastercast comes close .
Every Horror Icon Who Cameos in Wishmaster
The most noteworthy horror ikon to come out inWishmasteris actually the only one of the bunch to have a routine more than a cameo . Robert Englund(A Nightmare on Elm Street ’s Freddy Krueger ) appears as rich prowess collector Raymond Beaumont , whose attempt to spell the statue turn back the fire opal The Djinn ( Andrew Divoff , himself a repugnance regular ) resides in leads to the creature being released to yield dreaded wishes . Beaumont throws a party near the end of the film that sees The Djinn butchery dozens of hoi polloi in creative ways after Beaumont wishes for the gathering to be unforgettable .
Now , to the proper cameo . Angus Scrimm ( Phantasm ’s The Tall Man ) provides the opening narration that reveals The Djinn ’s backstory . Tony Todd ofCandymanfame wager doorman Johnny Valentine , who swim due to a indirect request gone wrong . Kane Hodder , the only actor to playFriday the 13th ’s Jason Voorhees multiple metre , plays a surety guard who The Djinn cease up literally walk through . AnotherPhantasmalum , Reggie Bannister pops up as a pharmacist who choke of fast - acting cancer thanks to a wish made by a bum , play by another horror mainstay , George " Buck " Flower ( They Live ) . in the end , Ted Raimi ( theEvil Deadfranchise ) appears as Beaumont ’s help , who gets crushed when a box containing The Djinn ’s statue is drunkenly dangle on him by a sorrel worker , play by Joe Pilato ( Day of the Dead ’s Captain Rhodes).Wishmasteris unfeignedly a repulsion gathering for the ages .
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