- Actors: Scott Bakula, Kevin J. O'Connor, Joseph Latimore, Sheila Tousey, Susan Traylor
- Directors: Clive Barker
- Writers: Clive Barker
- Producers: Clive Barker, Anna C. Miller, JoAnne Sellar, Sigurjon Sighvatsson, Steve Golin
- Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
- Subtitles: English, French
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Fox Video
- Release Date: April 1 2003
- Run Time: 109 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 0792839706
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#4,358 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #7 in DVD > Horror > Things That Go Bump > Occult
- #10 in DVD > Mystery & Suspense > Neo-Noir
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Disjointed and senseless,
This review is from: Lord of Illusions (Unrated Director's Cut) (DVD)
OK. "I was born to murder the world."Why? Are we expected to simply accept that statement? Of course it comes at the very end of the movie, so we're left wondering just who the heck this Nix character is, and what his nature is through the entire film. The problem is, if that was supposed to create dramatic tension, it didn't. Ambitious? Sure. Did it succeed? No. There was unquestionably a story here, but telling the story mainly through the eyes of a private detective wasn't the right way to go about it. This is a problem, sometimes, with writers. They find a story, but then can't find the vessel. I think that's what happened here.
4.0 out of 5 stars
So Much Suffering.....,
By Trauma (Gotham City) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Lord of Illusions (VHS Tape)
Initially I saw this film when it was first released and had mixed feelings about it.I have been reading Barker since I was eleven years old he is to me unequaled in his writing. There is simply noone that I have come across then or now who has the depth to create such lore with ease and abandonment as he does. What seals it for me is that his stories and ideas and monsters and people all the things he writes and paints never focus on one specific emotion or notion for that matter. Nothing is just good or evil. Barker knows that there are many avenues to explore which is probally why his movies never translate well to the screen. Lord of Illusions works as well as it does because one he had his hands all over it ie.screenplay direction etc. and two because he actually found actors who could grasp the idea of the world and people he was trying to create. I watched this film for the 1st time in 9 years last night and was blown away. Scott Bakula has got to be one of the most underrated actors alive. The man can carry a film just as well as a one hour tele drama..easy. He is very beleivable as private dick Harry D'Amour a man trying to understand the evil that men do in the world to the world etc. The whole concept of magic and illusions and otherwordly forces and the power one can hold over someone desperate enough to beleive in them unfolds across the screen like white lightning. If you have a taste for the macabre and are not easily swayed or impressed by the onslaught of recent fright films like the Ring or Gothika or the hundreds of others that followed in the superior Sixth Sense then this might actually be a movie you should look into. A good double feature would be Lord of Illusions and Angel Heart two very good films in general but the fact that they use such horrific mediums to really drive home their points is what really makes them both unsettling to watch. Make sure that you get the unrated directors cut of both though.
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of his best!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Lord of Illusions (Unrated Director's Cut) (DVD)
I have seen the first clive barker film Hellraiser and I have to say that I wasn't impressed much. I was pretty hesitant to see this one but being a huge Diamanda galas fan, I decided to check it out. Overall, I think it's one of his best films as the storyline was good and the effects were not corny at all. The only complaint is that the acting was a bit underachieved in certain parts of the film. It seemed like madonna could've done a lot better. And that's not a good thing! All in all a good film.
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