Cast a Deadly Spell
6.8 /10 1 Votes6.8
Initial DVD release December 4, 1991 Language English | 6.8/10 Genre Comedy, Fantasy, Horror Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 7, 1991 (1991-09-07) Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing - Limited Series, Movie Or A Special Cast (Det. Harry Philip Lovecraft), (Amos Hackshaw), (Connie Stone), (Harry Bordon), (Larry Willis / Lilly Sirwar) Similar movies A Walk Among the Tombstones , Goodfellas , The Godfather , The Departed , Gremlins , Ace Ventura: Pet Detective |
Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) is a comedy horror detective film with Fred Ward, Julianne Moore, David Warner and Clancy Brown. It was directed by Martin Campbell, produced by Gale Anne Hurd, and written by Joseph Dougherty. The original music score was composed by Curt Sobel.
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Plot

Ward stars as 1948 hardboiled private detective H. Philip Lovecraft, in a fictional universe 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.
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. Additionally, many characters have different background stories than in Cast a Deadly Spell. For example, Lovecraft refuses to use magic in Cast a Deadly Spell on principle, and because of a bad experience in Witch Hunt.
Cast
Awards
References
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