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Warlock (1989)

Warlock poster
Directed by
Steve Miner
Genre
fantasy film, action film, horror film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
R
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 443 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A warlock from the 1600s escapes being burned and travels to modern day. He is pursued by a witch hunter from his own time along with a young woman who teams up to stop the warlock from ending the world.

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What happens

Warlock is a 1989 American supernatural horror film directed by Steve Miner and written by David Twohy. Julian Sands stars as the title character, a son of Satan who travels from the late 17th century to the modern era with the mission of destroying the world. Lori Singer and Richard E. Grant co-star as a 20th-century woman and a 17th-century witch-hunter attempting to stop him, respectively. The film was released internationally in 1989 but did not receive an American release until January 11, 1991. It received mixed reviews and grossed $9 million on a $15 million budget. Two sequels followed, with Sands reprising his role in the first sequel Warlock: The Armageddon (1993), although both sequels serve as standalone films with no connection to the original. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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