Horror Extreme Movie Catalog

I watched this and the others in the series a few times. I love the originality of the Jinn, the special effects, the script and even the humourous moments. (Gotta love "reggie" from Phantasm playing a store pharmacist and how funny it is to watch him with the bum he keeps telling to get away from the front of his store. LOL) Overall this is original and rich enough to watch more than once. Plus, I do not think the director and writers intended it to be oscar material, but to be the best for what it was supposed to be, a unique tale on the Jinn and the antics of the characters.

I can't believe a movie can be so awful! Jeez... I think this is going to be a short review because there is so much lame stuff going on in Wishmaster I just feel like giving up on trying to make any points why not to watch it. Just don't watch it! Trust me!

All that happens in this movie is the Djinn (Andrew Divoff) goes around killing people with the wishes they ask for. That's it. Yeah sure you can say there is plot building as he gets more powerful, but come on!! He isn't doing anything different! Djinn says, "What do you wish for?" and the idiot asks for some greedy thing and poof they die. EVERY FREAKING TIME!!!!! Sometimes they die normal and sometimes they die really gory. But that's all that happens. By the end of the movie all these people are dying by various grisly methods and I have to wonder: When did the Djinn have time to ask them what they wished for and how come all of the wishes end up being freaked out deaths? It doesn't make sense I tell you.

Okay the cast wasn't bad when it comes to the acting, and Divoff is particularly cool with his modified voice and "Genie from Hell" costume. Also how the Djinn was thwarted was cool too. But that's it. The script might be serviceable in the terms of the dialog spoken, but the story sucks stinky monkey sweat socks. The plot is nothing but a throwaway from your standard third-rate slasher/monster movie. The special effects do nothing to further the film and to me seem like they are just there to make things look interesting. What else can I say? Don't bother wasting your time watching this unless you are into nothing but mindless violence and moderate gore.