Warlock

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Cast

Richard E. Grant
as Redferne

Julian Sands
as The Warlock

Lori Singer
as Kassandra

Kevin O'Brien
as Chas

Mary Woronov
as Channeller

Julie Burkhart
as Daughter-in-Law

Richard Kuss
as Mennonite

Juli Burkhart
as Daughter-in-Law

Chip Johnson
as Farmer

David Carpenter
as Pastor

Anna Levine
as Pastor's Wife

Stephen Flanagan
as Stewart

Ian Abercrombie
as 1st Magistrate

Kenneth Danziger
as 2nd Magistrate

Melissa Skoff

Kamala Lopez
as Waitress

Allan Miller
as Detective

Peter Sherayko
as Cop

Charles Walker
as Escort Officer

Brandon Call
as Little Boy

Nancy G. Fox
as Mother

Kay E. Kuter
as Proctor

Rob Paulsen
as Gas Station Attendant

Meta King
as Flight Attendant

Bill Dunnam
as Railroad Employee

Gyl Roland
as Ticket Agent

Frank Renzulli
as Cabbie

Mindy Sterling
as Tentative Woman

Harry Johnson
as Farmer

Stephen Flanigan
as Steward

Robert Breeze
as Jailer

Art Smith
as Scribe

Wendy Feiner
as Passenger

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Critic Reviews for Warlock

Audience Reviews for Warlock

• Apr 29, 2013

  Probably the franchise Julian Sands is best known for...but that's probably not the best thing to shout about. I remember seeing this in the videoshop as a kid, top row, where young hands couldn't reach. It was considered a bit of a video nasty I think, to do with witchcraft, evil demons, the devil etc...not the stuff for young developing minds. First time seeing this recently and it did kinda remind me of 'The Evil Dead' a little bit. Not totally of course but the plot revolves around the good guys getting their hands on the pages of a Grimoire which isn't too dissimilar from those early Raimi flicks. The soundtrack is odd and doesn't really match the action, its kinda of quirky when it should be impending doom. A young Richard E. Grant plays the good guy but is miscast really, pretty bad Scottish accent there, at least I think its suppose to be Scottish. The only good thing about this film is Sands lets be honest here. The guy is good looking in that blonde British aristocratic Sting kind of way, he's well spoken, he looks badass in his costume and his hair looks cool I can't deny it. He merely trapes around killing people in nasty ways and that's it, with the odd bit of fancy witchcraft dialog. I liked this for being a typical crummy cheesy ass 80's horror flick. The effects look awful now, truly horrific, especially when the Warlock is flying around yikes!. I'm guessing back in the day they weren't too bad but I dunno because I never saw it back in the day. Other than that the film doesn't really hold up too well these days, it looked cheap for its time so now it looks even worse. A case of the films visuals/special effects looking so bad its cool. Whilst the acting and general feel/atmosphere of the film is darn corny nowadays, its great fun to watch hehe. Not sure why its such a cult film though.
  Phil H Super Reviewer
• Nov 17, 2010

  Warlock is classic fun
  Chris O Super Reviewer
• Oct 21, 2010

  Magic Casting Makes the Movie This is fairly bog-standard B-Movie action/horror fare with a basic plot and a modest budget which is lifted into a much better film by some inspired casting. Richard E Grant is excellent as the Witchsniffer and Julian Sands creepily convincing and sinister as the VERY EVIL Warlock of the title. The script has a nice balance of action, horror and tongue-in-cheek humour and the cinematic values are quite acceptable too. All in all a watchable and enjoyable movie that certainly would have been far less memorable without the MAGIC of Messrs Sands and Grant.
  The S Super Reviewer
• Sep 30, 2010

  What a terrific bad movie! If you're going to go in with a ridiculous premise for a film, you can't do it half-cocked; You have to run with it with furious gusto and and hysterical glee, which is exactly what happened here. This movie is actually pretty well-made: the effects are quite admirable (well, except for the flying warlock) and the writing is actually pretty tight. The dialogue is a little cheesy, but the characters are really well crafted. I think this film should get extra points for not falling into the trap of making their characters (especially the heroine) lunkheads for the sake of advancing the plot. Redferne and Kassandra actually make a pretty adept witch-hunting team and formidable adversaries for the devilishly slimy Warlock. Oh man. Julian Sands is great in this movie. You can just tell that he's having fun being evil, and that sense of delicious fun is infectious. The Warlock is one of my new favorite cinema villains. I was really impressed with the fire effects, even moreso considering this movie was made in the late 80s. This movie is wonderful trash. I think I might have enjoyed it even more since I was a huge fan of Hocus Pocus as a child. The parallels are unmistakable. This is like Hocus Pocus for grownups, and Sands is as wicked in this movie as Bette Midler was in that one.
  Emily A Super Reviewer

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