Wishmaster: Deusdaecon Reviews

[@Cthulhu4President]

"He cared more about the damage to the artifact than the death of his assistant" He's a greedy, wealthy collector from America. That script choice was spot on.

[@gorillawhale1046]

Greedy unsympathetic collectors, great douche characters

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

Dude, collectors from all over the world are greedy, America doesn't have some monopoly on them.

[@bloodrunsclear]

I like the Djinn: he’s a great underrated villain

[@xxironmaidenxx]

"That jaw only had two days left until retirement" Bahahaha I love your reviews man, good stuff.

[@jacksonknightproductions8697]

damn i love the Djinn's voice when hes fully transformed. awesome

[@Orsonfoe]

I think the reason why he didnt do anything with the "wish you go away" is one part cause the jin is shocked someone ask an obvious wish that he's a tad stunned. and one part is he doesn't want to go monkey paw on himself.

[@Jprager]

Orsonfoe but it was his “wish” for all intense purposes, so he shouldn’t have been able to pull out another command without breaking the 2nd wish rule

[@mariobianchi2313]

@@Jprager actually i think there are limits to the powers ...

[@Jprager]

@@mariobianchi2313 so he shouldn’t have been able to take a second command, that’s 2 wishes.

[@mariobianchi2313]

@@Jprager no i mean very big stuff like... asking for all humanity to colonize cosmo or universe all of it. Like an Isaac Asimov book.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

Actually it's rather simple, the Jinn has immense power but can't use any of it unless someone wishes for something, something the Genie from Aladdin made clear. While normally the Jinn is able to twist the words around, here "I want YOU to leave," is so simple but so concrete he can't twist it. There's no other way it can be interpreted other than him leaving the building thus he's effectively forced to obey it.

[@iain2080]

I saw Greg Nicotero in the effects credits so I'm not surprised the effects hold up

[@leadvendor]

Andrew Divoff is a visual effect in of himself. No matter how schlocky the film is, I can't take my eyes off him. He revels in his performance. If he just phoned it in, or if it were a lesser actor, the Djinn would have been completely inconsequential.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

speaking of just phoning it in you have wish master 2 to use as a "divoff not caring" example and then john novak as an example of someone who's just shite to compare and contrast the two.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

Thats quite the statement I approve, The mental image however will take time to remove.

[@leadvendor]

Do you WISH for me to remove this mental scar?

[@deusdeaconReviews]

ah I know how that would go wrong if its Divoff style you'll end up killing me in some cruelly ironic and possibly very silly way, if its Jhon Novak style you'll do something incredibly fricken random screwing the irony completely and then kill me anyway.

[@leadvendor]

I enjoy you too much to kill you, so you're golden.

[@pompe221]

What would happen if someone felt that the djinn hadn't fulfilled their wish? For example, what if the sultan had told the djinn, "What you showed me is not wondrous, it was horrifying. I am not astonished, I'm disgusted. You failed." As for Alex getting visions, I'm going to assume that it was part of the imprisoning spell the magician put into the gem, that whoever released the djinn would also be granted the power to see what the djinn is really like to prevent them from making any wishes. 31:54 Did Alex just create a time paradox?

[@oooiluvpancakesooo7781]

That’s a genuinely interesting idea! I love the concept of this really unimpressed sultan or saltana trying to fire a jinn and the jinn not being sure what it can do.

[@SuperSwordman1]

The djinn would like just invoke 'buyer beware'

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

Likely kill the person complaining. The wishes are, after all, decided by the Wishmaster and interprets wishes in many ways.

[@BatmansKitten415]

12:09 Alex does a great impression of Arnold exposed to the elements on Mars in Total Recall

[@MRWhoreoscope]

Whenever I see a bad actor who has very little lines, I like to say "nailed it." When they walk off.

[@Barnesofthenorth]

like the guy in return of the Jedi who says "You rebel scum". Loved that guy since I was a kid

[@courtneywoodbury5198]

10:15 Considering how she lost her parents it seems odd that she'd go to sleep with freaking CANDLES BURNING.

[@benway20]

That was Reggie Bannister (Phantasm films) as the pharmacist.

[@Weasel699]

benway20 came to make a comment about that lol

[@TheSpawnfan]

29:55 i've read in TV Tropes and wikipedia that the painting was supposed to be Jack The Ripper

[@deusdeaconReviews]

Indeed it is, Still a terrible painting though hehe.

[@jasoncase9481]

Deusdaecon Reviews Not really. Jack the ripper is a disturbing murderer so it is logical to draw him monstrous.

[@shanedawndusk3290]

@@jasoncase9481 That and the fact that no one knows who Jack the Ripper was. His name isn’t even his actual name. The man behind the mask will never be revealed.

[@FalafelSultan]

"Beware of Djinn they are absolute dicks" Yeah that's 100% accurate (at least in Arabic Mythology)

[@Blisterdude123]

The cop was Private Frost from Aliens!

[@Kevinacharles]

Yup, and the crane operator was Captain Rhoades from Day of the Dead.

[@ivantrajkovski5055]

I thought Belmont was choking alex when she was freaking out because if her turtleneck sweater

[@anactualmotherbear]

no no, the moral of Wishmaster isn't "be careful what you wish for" it's "be specific what you wish for" For instance, take Homer Simpson's wish for the perfect turkey sandwich. He made sure to specify that it wouldn't be a cursed turkey or anything like that, but he didn't specify how juicy it should be, so in the end the turkey was a little dry.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

Yes but that also implies that you can never be specific enough, because the djinn will always find a loophole.

[@anactualmotherbear]

I just started going through your videos, and I like them a lot.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

Thank you I really appreciate that

[@MamaMOB]

God I love the “No, no, I must get inside.” line! It’s so great!!!

[@Dave24078]

" Only you can prevent forest fires " Thanks, Smoky the Bear.

[@ivantrajkovski5055]

also about the gem my theory is that he uses the gem to trap humans so he could show humanity the torture of being trapped inside there and as we see it isn't pleasant for humans nor for the Jin

[@jamescollett5779]

We've had reboots of Freddy, Michael Myers, The leprechaun, How has this awesome villain not had a reboot yet?

[@one_with_kevrything9825]

It was never the financial powerhouse the big boys were. Leprechaun notwithstanding.

[@MamaMOB]

Don’t jinx it!!!

[@mariobianchi2313]

@@one_with_kevrything9825 leprechaun was bad. wishmaster was amazing

[@one_with_kevrything9825]

@@mariobianchi2313 I wouldn't say amazing, but it's a much more solid franchise than Leprechaun which has 2x the films and a whole reboot. A new Wishmaster would be a welcome surprise.

[@logancole5101]

Be careful what you wish for.

[@vegetabeyond9382]

Candy Man vs The Djinn then has a conversation with Freddy!

[@guitargodthor2]

I never noticed the doorman was the Candyman. So awesome.

[@shamone805]

I'm suprised you didn't mention Joseph pilato (Rhodes, day of the dead) is the crane driver in a cameo too

[@matthewwalters117]

This is and will always be my favorite horror movie from my childhood.

[@420aims]

I wish that every wish that you grant from now on will be changed to the wish that you will be return back to a few seconds before you were trapped into that gem. There you go, day saved for the rest of time.

[@stefanfilipovits9221]

Good pick for your next reviews! Can't wait .

[@DokkaChapman]

The drunk crane operator is also the guy who played Rhodes in Day of the Dead.... I think.

[@Kevinacharles]

He is.

[@multitudeofidols]

Joe Pilato who I just learned died last year.

[@nightowl8363]

Its 2021, I binge your horror vids while playing Black Ops: Cold War 👍👍

[@jessc2282]

You've got yourself a sub! Love your reviews....binge watching!

[@truufinator]

Love these reviews. Keep it up!

[@StewartT0420]

It absolutely blows my mind that Andrew Divoff actually speaks 8 FRIGGIN LANGUAGES. And not like a little bit of each one either, he is fluent in almost all of them.

[@7teenagesmokers309]

I remember watching this on HBO back in the 90s when I was a kid. It freaked me out.

[@DynomitePunch]

the Buddha lookin guy is called a NIO in Chinese myth they are the guardians of Buddha and are some of the oldest and most powerful of the Buddhist pantheon

[@SNESfan8]

I wish they’d bring this series back

[@noone-pf5zq]

the djinn is a better hellspawn movie monster than pinhead that's for sure...he has an actual...you know...purpose and motive...grant someone 3 wishes opens up a gate to let his fellow djinn out into the earth...an actual...hellraiser....pinhead on the other hand....do the xenobites even have any actual purpose

[@deusdeaconReviews]

the cenobites (which means member of a religious order) basically worship pain pleasure and sensation, so their purpose is to do what we see them do in the films really, well in the the first and second film anyway, the rest of the films is any bodies guess.

[@noone-pf5zq]

sooo hostel with kinky black leather wearing hellspawns instead of humans?....well they certainly have the pain aspect down though I aint ever see them deliver any pleasure outside of like...that one moment with frank in the first ever movie where he has sensory overload and literally jizzes himself....and that was the book or something I believe not even the movie...either way...its a rather weak motive and purpose don't you think...just...sadists for the sake of it...specially when its not even survival horror where the main characters only purpose is just...you know...a battle for survival with movie monsters like freddy or chucky or Jason or even the likes of alien or predator etc etc

[@deusdeaconReviews]

hey Im just explaining what the cenobites are about I agree with you, hellraiser is a huge misnomer personally i prefer hellraiser cause as you said yourself its not really the traditional kind of horror film, and yes pinhead is definitely not a slasher

[@noone-pf5zq]

oh err did I come off as upset or offended...my apologies I certainly wasn't was just having a friendly chat and sharing thoughts not trying to correct you or defend a point or anything as for hellraiser...its alright but I prefer a more classic survival horror,or as its more commonly known slasher film style of horror...to me the entertainment doesn't really come from the scare factor...at my age being frightened by a film is unlikely nor do I care for gore that has no appeal,to me the entertainment quality comes from the individuals struggle for survival...their attempts at solving the problem aka surviving....how to stop what is essentially to them an "unstoppable force"....which is why I'm fonder of more classic 80s survival horror like the Jason and freddy series...even if the protagonists all tend to be insufferable highly idiotic teenage twats most of the time

[@deusdeaconReviews]

thats fair enough just wanted to make sure we were on the same level but yeah i agree that hellraiser is definitely not everyones cup of tea

[@putch1773]

I cant believe i didnt notice until now. The crane operator at 3:21 is played by day of the deads joseph pilato!

[@TheHangarHobbit]

Looking at the comments I'm shocked I don't see anybody mention yet another horror movie cameo, the drunken dockworker? Its Joseph Pilato from Day Of The Dead.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

Trust me, there are comments mentioning that

[@stefanfilipovits9221]

I'd really like to see your take on all the Exorcist sequels

[@theblasblas]

I think the point of the "I want you to leave" bit is that it's a wish that does not involve the person making the wish. Another person who made such a wish, the bum, also managed to get away unharmed.. at least until his soul got stolen. If instead the guy said "I want you to get out of my face" or something, the Jinn would be able to interpret it in such a way as to harm the guy.

[@TSTD_Punisher]

Holy shit that line cell had in dba abridged makes sense now

[@christiangerhardt2408]

Hey look the Jinn looks like Apocalypse from the X-men.

[@galaxymaster]

29:58 For getting this question answered who that "Painting killer guy" was. It was a damn good version of Lon Chaney. A silent film actor who played that character. Here you can see a picture of Chaney as that killer character: de.web.img3.acsta.net/r_1280_720/medias/nmedia/18/71/69/93/20206287.jpg

[@chaptermastermarneuscalgar6926]

07:30 I wonder if the vague connection to the Djinn and being able to "see" what happens to the people who die from the wishes the Djinn grants is a nod to the original Pumkinhead movie because something similar happens in that film. In Pumkinhead the person who summoned Punkinhead is able see the people who Pumpkinhead kill as a form of punishment for condemning people to death by summoning the Pumpkinhead to settle a grudge.

[@thunderwalker2000]

Thanks for reviewing my favorite horror movie. I can't speak too highly of the sequals, but this one hit the mark for me.

[@tDarKnight]

His smile fair as spring as towards him, he draws you...

[@Kayenn76]

"Must be an NHS pharmacy" Hahahahahah 😂

[@azrealvega1660]

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH oh I'm sorry I guess I'm under a lot of stress."

[@ermacjones4821]

Hmmm, the Djinn has the same exact eyes as Jason in Jason X. I need to buy those contacts, I like the red and orange.

[@Vain737]

19:54 Man, these UNICEF ads are getting really invasive.

[@T5ComixCartoonz]

Honestly, I always rather liked the first movie in this series...but sadly it did go downhill fast after the second one. 14:01 As far as the folklore is concerned, it's very much the latter.

[@thethiefking]

I love your Dark Souls poster. :)

[@BricklyDragon]

"I want you to leave" is a smart way to beat him in my opinion. It's something super short meaning there's no room for twisting the gaurd's words.

[@FloatingMammoth]

The Djinn is an eternal creature. He knows everything about every culture... past, present and future. The fish out of water argument is null

[@stevenpaige2005]

The DVD shelf looks like it's gonna break and fall any minute

[@KewlImp]

It might be sympathetic magic. After being housed there for so long, he is bound to the gem as the gem is bound to him.

[@frankparker1191]

I can't even look at Ted without "Joxer The Mighty" immediately entering my mind.

[@WolfHreda]

That's only right.

[@jackwells8107]

Have you ever heard of Nick Polotta? He wrote a number of comedy genre novels, including the Bureau 13 series. The first novel - Judgement Night - had a hilarious scene with one of the heroes using an ancient djinn.

[@zdmgordon8052]

I thought that Alex was played by Linda Hamilton for a good 10 minutes

[@mickeyd343]

Now I get why TFS used that line for Imperfect Cell.

[@andrewceballos5404]

I was wondering if anyone else saw that

[@dangrus123]

Because the according to the original myths of the creature most of them where Elemental spirits they were causing trouble and this was some kind of work release prison program on the idea that they couldn't cause any more trouble that was mistaken as if movie shows it can and it will

[@MamaMOB]

That’s a long sentence

[@thelonewolfronstringer6266]

I immediately thought of skyrim when I saw that guy get shot with an arrow in his knee area

[@christopherdaniel5919]

Lots of great Horror cameos here. I just watched this film last week, for about the 20th time.

[@sarlaccstapeworm990]

I'm up for watching ANY movie that features The Tall Man, Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger AND The Candy Man!!🤣👍

[@johnnymcauliffe1289]

They should've cast Bruce Campbell to play "Alex's Boss." That would've been amazing!! Hahahaha.

[@NerfZombieHunter]

9:04 He's from ancient Persia, I'm pretty sure he knows what tobacco is.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

The Djinn was locked away in 1127AD as the beginning of the movie shows, tobacco comes from America, America was discovered "officially" in 1492, tobacco was "officially" introduced to the world circe 1586, and tobacco reached Persia circe 1600, so I think you can do the math on that one.

[@gearsofdawn]

While playing the RE: 2 remake I got a red gem for a puzzle and immediately thought: fire opal.

[@jonnybarnard3171]

The pharmacist is reggie from phantasm, angus scrimm and reggie bannister, this movie really is full of icons.

[@KiramidHead]

Heh, I've been waiting for this reupload ever since Wishmaster came up during the podcast. I remember first seeing this a very long time ago, and rather liking it. Then I watched 2 right after and remember thinking "what the fuck?"

[@Shiirow]

Djinn Mustard.

[@Shiirow]

some women are... to die for. and also the whole "arrow to the knee" is reference to marriage (on bended knee) and retirement, not a literal arrow.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

"arrow to the knee" is reference to marriage" I'm sorry, but i hope that was a joke, otherwise its the kinda of overthinking, pseudo intellectual bollocks, i frequently rail against.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

My apologies I now realise your talking about when its used in skyrim, and not saying the film is making a reference to those things and if you think thats a weird assumption to make trust i've heard weird theories about about films.

[@Shiirow]

historically thats what the phrase means, a joking way of saying a man married and retired from frivolous pursuits to settle down and raise a family. the same way one would refer to their wife as "the old ball and chain" in a way insinuate being in prison. Skyrim just used the phrase and popularized it until it became a meme. you wouldnt realize how so many people actually took the turn of phrase to literally mean the man got shot in the knee with an arrow. And no worries, I realize I should have been more succinct with my comment and its meaning.

[@razapitbulldogs7288]

Shiirow omg!!! 😂😂😂😂😂Good one bro

[@VintageRubyFilms]

1:26 Can't recall if I've ever posted a comment on this particular review of yours (I rewatch your catalogue on the regular for background entertainment) but regardless of whatever age your happen to be living in, "astonish me, Djinn, show me wonders" is pretty frankly an incredibly uninteresting and foolhardy waste of a wish. Guy has to know he only gets three of them, and yet he just up and wastes one on the equivalent of saying "eh, put something entertaining on the TV for me, would ya? I'm bored."

[@alanscott5151]

Just getting into your reviews but at 1510 is that Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk?

[@TheKeyser94]

I really like the ending of this, when I first see it I trough that it would be another dumb B horror movie, but the ending, wow, that blow my expectations, the last wish, it was actually intelligent, she actually won against the Djinn in his own terms.

[@Barnesofthenorth]

This is the kind of series that seems like its not bad but could have been better in a few areas, like being cleverer with the screwing over wishes, maybe do away with it being wishes as most of them don't make a wish they just say they'd like something, do away with random screaming woman who seems entirely unconnected to everything for ages.

[@brittanypaulsness4786]

I like the part where the jin can be gotten rid of without any harm befalling that person who wished him away as if the jin was like " well idk how I'm supposed to make me going away a bad thing for you bc my present is damn delight" 😂

[@wugglesx]

man robert eglund, tony todd, and kane hodder, and all 3 get taken out by the djinn. hmm freddy would be tricky but i think if he could food candyman he might have a shot jason doesnt speak at all though so it'd be kind of like jason vs tina again just with the djinns powers a bit more so.. question would be could he make jason no longer a regenerating immortal zombie without someones wish involved?

[@christinawilkephillips7684]

I cant believe I've never seen this movie!

[@Aster_Risk]

Have you watched it yet?! This was one of my favorites as a kid. :D

[@sebastianemond5313]

25:52 - 26:04 😂😂😂He must've just passed by Bette Midler's Winnefred with her- "🧙‍♀️😈Pull over! Let me see your driver's permit!"

[@rsmith4339]

Despite her parents dying in a house fire when she was a child , Alex sleeps with candles burning . All sorts of wispy curtains blowing in the breeze even .

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

So thinking about it what would happen if say the person who woke up the Djinn died before he could grant the three wishes, he'd basically be stuck as the rule is he specifically has to grant three wishes of the person who freed him, but if that person dies then he literally can never accomplish that. Surprised the movies never tried that.

[@thomtheaccountant5638]

@23:28 "That which is eternal cannot die" is a complete bastardization of the H.P. Lovecraft quote" That is not dead which can eternal lie. And with strange aeons even death may die. " from "The Call of Cthulhu".

[@deusdeaconReviews]

It is possible thats it a complete bastardisation because it's not intended to imitate the call of Cthulhu at all, it just happens to sound a little like it. after all theres no other Cthulhu references

[@thomtheaccountant5638]

I'm a bit unsure what you mean by this. Are you intimating that a reference is not a reference because there are not multiple examples of same? After all, I provided the full quote and also the "reference" as a comparison. But you seem to be saying that it might (or might not) be a reference because you know the inner thoughts of the writer ("... because it's not intended to imitate the call of Cthulhu at all,..."). I think that from the comparison of that which was said in the film, to that which was quoted from HPL, himself, undeniably confirms it is a reference, regardless if there are no other similar comparisons made. To be fair, how about we call it a "shout out" instead? After all, multiple sources were sampled in this film, by your own admission.

[@Quandry1]

The sentiment and basis behind the quote from this movie is not necessarily From HP Lovecraft. It's a sentiment that has existed in various forms long before H.P. Lovecraft ever wrote a single word. You can find versions of it as far back as ancient gods and their immortality as just one example. Much of what is presented here about the Djinn itself actually extends from ancient myths about them in particular. Things like twisting wishes because they don't like granting them and even further that they can't grant wishes for themselves. Being seen as a creature of Fire and some of their other aspects that many of the ancient stories about them are more warnings about avoiding them and not getting mixed up with them than anything. I really wish that people wouldn't attribute everything horror based these days to him. I think it goes fairly overboard. Since not everything that he puts forth is original. They are simply one mans interpretations of the great many things that he didn't understand and frightened him. He just happened to present many of them in a rather compelling fashion.

[@joshua8414]

It always amuses me that he got a suit from Structure. Or I am amused that I am amused that he got a suit from Structure. The end result is the same, I suppose. Solid video, look forward to watching the rest of the episodes.

[@ZillMob]

I may have fallen asleep a sec, but what was that bit about the security guard getting shot with an arrow about? Reference I don’t get or what?

[@michaelkeha]

The fuck you line has got to be one of the funniest lines imagine if that happened in Scream or the Ring the person just cussing out the evil monster trying to kill them over the phone. "You have seven days to live" "Fuck You" "The killer is inside the house" "Fuck you" I have to imagine both times the response from the evil side would be " Well now that's justr rude."

[@richdee6667]

I never noticed before that the pharmacist is Reggie Bannister from Phantasm

[@AbbiXIII]

Man i was hoping the intro song would be Wishmaster by Nightwish instead of your default one.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

I would prefer not to kick that particular copyright hornets nest, really.

[@jasoncase9481]

I'm surprised you didn't comment Alex's 1st wish is dumb. She wishes to know what the Djinn is which she knows after the folklore teacher told are that djinns are evil, also seeing the Djinn is immortal or eternal because shooting his head he easily healed.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

I think she was hoping if he told her everything about him that would include how to beat him.

[@PongoXBongo]

The scariest thing about movies like these is how characters go to sleep _with candles burning._ Do you want to die in a house fire? Cause that's how you die in a house fire.

[@Minority119]

The guy that pops out of the painting I think is supposed to be the one from london after midnight

[@Aster_Risk]

Yeah! This movie is filled with nods to other horror films. I love it. :)

[@psychoabattoirhorror]

The opening narration was done by Angus Scrimm (Tall Man from Phantasm)

[@wugglesx]

A robin Williams genie going around killing people would be terrifying but i don't think i could look away

[@andreykuzmin4355]

Techically, Djinn (air spirit) in the "Wishmaster" is closer to Ifrit (fire spirit). In arabian folklore, Ifrits were malevolent and prone to, well, creatively interprent their masters wishes, or outright kill them upon release from the lamp.

[@benitoabreu4785]

Indeed, for it's time and technology available then in 1997, it was a hell of a good movie!

[@Dorvita]

I LOVE these movies x

[@pumbaaj]

Is the pharmacist from "Phantasm"?

[@thescrybe]

I loved the WishMaster Movies. Saw this one in the theaters. Very underrated.

[@danbuckig4564]

i watched this when it was new and still like it today lol (i loved and forgot how many other horror actors who played villans were in it)

[@deusdeaconReviews]

I’m glad its aged well for you

[@stephenmartin8331]

In case you missed it, the pharmacist is Reggie from Phantasm.

[@Amoreline11]

There was a similar move to the wishmaster movies that i cannot seem to find. Anyone remember or know something similar?

[@danielclark-hughes692]

That Djinn is really channeling Palpatine