Cast a Deadly Spell

Cast a Deadly Spell
Genre Comedy
Fantasy
Horror
Mystery
Written by Joseph Dougherty
Directed by Martin Campbell
Starring Fred Ward
Julianne Moore
Clancy Brown
David Warner
Charles Hallahan
Alexandra Powers
Music by Curt Sobel
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Producer(s) Gale Anne Hurd
Ginny Nugent (line producer)
Cinematography Alexander Gruszynski[1]
Editor(s) Dan Rae
Running time 96 minutes
Production company(s) HBO Pictures
Pacific Western
Distributor HBO
Budget $6 million
Release
Original network HBO
Original release
  • September 7, 1991 (1991-09-07)

Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) is a comedy horror detective film with Fred Ward, Julianne Moore, David Warner and Clancy Brown.[1] It was directed by Martin Campbell, produced by Gale Anne Hurd,[1] and written by Joseph Dougherty.[1] The original music score was composed by Curt Sobel.[1]

Plot

Ward stars as 1948 hardboiled private detective H. Philip Lovecraft, in a fictional Los Angeles where magic is real, monsters and mythical beasts stalk the back alleys, zombies are used as cheap labor, and everyone—except Lovecraft—uses magic every day. Yet, cars, telephones and other modern technology also exist in this world. When he takes on a case, he finds himself embroiled in a plot involving magical hitmen, pure damsels, old flames and older evils all connected by a mysterious grimoire.

Sequel

HBO produced a sequel, Witch Hunt. Witch Hunt takes place in the 1950s during the red scare, in which magic is substituted for communism. Dennis Hopper played Lovecraft in place of Fred Ward. Many characters reappear from Cast a Deadly Spell, though some have different backstories. For example, in the first film Lovecraft refuses to use magic on principle, though in Witch Hunt it is stated that he had a bad experience with magic which caused him to stop practicing.

Cast

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 J. O'Connor, John (September 10, 1991). "Review/Television; A Detective and Sci-Fi In Los Angeles Magic". The New York Times.
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