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DVD : Lord Of Illusions [1995]

starring: Scott Bakula, Kevin J. O'Connor, J. Trevor Edmond, Daniel von Bargen, Joseph Latimore
directed by: Clive Barker


Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over Binding: DVD EAN: 5050070001587 Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL Label: MGM Entertainment Manufacturer: MGM Entertainment Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: MGM Entertainment Region Code: 2 Release Date: June 19, 2000 Running Time: 116 minutes Sales Rank: 34190 Studio: MGM Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: August 25, 1995	Average Rating: List Price: £15.99 Amazon.co.uk's Price: £3.97 You Save: £12.02 (75%) Prices subject to change.
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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Barker shows hints of what his films could become
Losing the strait ahead structure of his first two films Barker draws out his short story "The Last Illusion" (Books of Blood VI aka Cabal) and makes an intriguing prelude to "The Great and Secret Show" Unfortunately, it seems unlikely that the D'Amour's second story will ever see the screen.

The story centers around an occult led by nix, a petty demon-like man with some real powers, but little ambition. After he kidnaps a 12 yr old girl, his best learner, Swan, and a small band of followers ... Read More

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- Guilty pleasure
Oh what can I say? I know this doesn't work, but I do enjoy it anyway, if only to try and pick through it to see how it could be salvaged.
I think the main problem is in the structure, Barker weirdly opens with a long flashback, giving away a good few twists up front and then has his hero trying to work out what happened, something we already know. Snipping out most of this - cutting straight to D'Amour, perhaps - maybe adding it in later on in some form or other, would have made the mystery aspect ... Read More

Rating:

- More like the Lord of Baloney!
I remember watching the trailer for a horror-murder-mystery movie a few years back, and it looked so exciting. The special effects looked impressive and the production design was smooth. A very 'noir'ish thriller indeed.

Well obviously, I must have been mistaken because Lord of Illusions is defintely not it!

The film is an absoloute mess and proves along with Nighbreed (1990) that he cannot direct (but he made an awesome debut with Hellraiser... (1987). I can't reveal the whole plot ... Read More

Rating:

- Illusion is about the only thing holding this movie together
Clive Barker is a genius, but Lord of Illusions just doesn't work for me. You have this guy Nix who calls himself The Prophet; he can do all kinds of real magic, yet he seems to be content in assembling a handful of incompetent cultists in the middle of nowhere, kidnapping a young girl, and juggling fire. He walks around in a T-shirt woefully incapable of covering his huge beer-belly, so it's hard to take him that seriously. Just as we're getting to know the guy, his former disciple Swann and three other ... Read More

Rating:

- Not a bad movie
This is a nice Clive Barker movie but certainly not his best. Hellraiser is still his best movie followed by Nightbreed. The image and sound quality in the DVD version isn't perfect but is OK.

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