Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)
- Directed by
- Martin Campbell
- Genre
- comedy horror, neo-noir
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 125 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1948 Los Angeles magic is real and widely used. A private detective is hired to find a stolen magical book that several people want to summon an ancient evil.
noirwrysupernaturalwhimsicaldetectiveperiodoccultlow-key
What happens
Cast a Deadly Spell is a 1991 horror-fantasy detective comedy television film with Fred Ward, Julianne Moore, David Warner, and Clancy Brown. It was directed by Martin Campbell, produced by Gale Anne Hurd, and written by Joseph Dougherty. The original music score was composed by Curt Sobel. Cast a Deadly Spell combines two disparate genres – film noir detective stories and eldritch tales of the Cthulhu Mythos. It is set in 1948 Los Angeles, in a world where magic is common. A detective is hired to locate a stolen grimoire, the Necronomicon. Several of the people searching for the book intend to use it to summon one of the Old Ones. A sequel entitled Witch Hunt was released in 1994, with Dennis Hopper playing Ward's role of Harry Philip Lovecraft. (The character's name, as well as a number of plot elements, make reference to the work of weird fiction writer Howard Philips Lovecraft.) (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Reservoir Dogs (1992)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.