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

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)

Trailer

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