Synopsis
In 17th century New England, witch hunter Giles Redferne captures an evil warlock, but the conjurer eludes death with supernatural help. Flung into the future, the warlock winds up in the 1980s and plans to bring about the end of the world. Redferne follows the enchanter into the modern era and continues his mission, but runs into trouble in such unfamiliar surroundings. With the help of a young woman, can Redferne finally defeat the warlock?
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Cast
- Julian SandsWarlock
- Lori SingerKassandra
- Richard E. GrantGiles Redferne
- Mary WoronovChanneler
- Kevin O'BrienChas
- Richard KussMennonite
- Allan MillerDetective
- Anna ThomsonPastor's Wife
- David CarpenterPastor
- Kay E. KuterProctor
Recommendations
- 100
Orlando Sentinel
Excellent flick. [22 Feb 1991, p.13] - 75
Washington Post
Except for a few gory flourishes and several jolly special effects, Warlock is a surprisingly old-fashioned horror adventure that benefits from the superbly malevolent presence of Julian Sands as said warlock. - 70
The New York Times
Warlock is unexpectedly entertaining, having been concocted with comic imagination by D. T. Twohy, who wrote the screenplay, and Steve Miner, the director. - 60
Empire
This is a hoot, the kind of hammy horror romp you wouldn't kick out of the video on a wet Wednesday night. - 58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
As directed and produced by Steve Miner, the film is gory (eyes gouged out, a tongue bitten out, children murdered), but it also features better than usual actors (including Richard E. Grant as a 17th-century warlock-hunter who also jumps into the future) and has such a giddy sense of humor that it's hard to ever get too indignant about its splatter violence. [12 Jan 1991] - 40
Austin Chronicle
Director Miner (Friday the 13th, House) executes some of the scary scenes competently (one in which Sands gives his male host the ultimate French kiss is grossly memorable), but he never takes the material beyond its rather limited parameters. - 38
The Seattle Times
The best that can be said of this campy but witless time-travel thriller is that it's acted with some authority. [12 Jan 1991, p.C7] - 25
Portland Oregonian
A dull and hackneyed would-be thriller, it takes such elements as Satanism, time-travel and cross-country treasure-hunting and combines them to no effect whatsoever. [18 Jan 1991, p.R13]
