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Scott Bakula and Famke Janssen in... Clive Barker's...

Lord of Illusions

( Catalog Number ML105294 )
(1.85:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
12 minutes of footage too shocking to be shown in theatres!
Exclusive documentary containing interviews with Clive Barker and Scott Bakula, behind-the-scenes footage, a still gallery, and
Running Audio Commentary by Clive Barker
Original Theatrical Trailer
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LaserDisc

Lord of Illusions
1995 - 108 min. - Color
Genre: Horror
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Thirteen years ago, cultist Philip Swan murdered his group's leader, an evil prophet named Nix who possessed unparalleled skills in black magic. Then he hid the body -- very well.
   Now a successful magician in his own right, Swann finds himself stalked by Nix's followers, who want Nix's corpse so they can bring it back to life. Swann's wife Dorothea, aware of the dangers facing her husband, hires hard-boiled detective Harry D'Amour to watch over Philip. Soon D'Amour becomes deeply embroiled in the dark, unstable world of the supernatural, where nefarious illusionists, strange conjurings, creepy cultists, and the mysterious Mrs. Swann all turn his life into a living nightmare.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Swann, the anti-hero of Clive Barker's "Lord of Illusions," is a master magician in the style of David Copperfield; audiences attending his performances on Hollywood Boulevard arrive in tuxedos, which is a dangerous trick in itself. "I tell them it's illusion; they believe me," he sighs. Actually, he uses real magic.

His guru was a man named Nix (Daniel Von Bargen). Nix ruled a desert commune with sadism and mind games, and in a prologue we see Swann (Kevin J. O'Connor) and other former disciples arriving at the compound to bring an end to his reign of terror. After Nix massages Swann's skull from the inside (his fingers penetrate the bone), he is shot by a young girl named Dorothea (Famke Janssen). This slows him down enough for the others to screw an iron mask over his face and, thus incapacitated, he can be buried - forever, they hope.

Cut to the present day, and a New York private eye named Harry D'Amour, who with a name like that should be investigating adulteries in hot-sheets motels, but instead gets involved in trickier cases: PRIVATE EYE IN BROOKLYN EXORCISM TRAUMA, shouts the headline in the Post. ("Was the kid really possessed " asks a friend. "Yes," says D'Amour. "What by " "You know. The usual.") He's called West by Dorothea, who is now married to Swann ("in name only"), and is worried about his safety - although D'Amour doesn't know exactly why until it's way too late.

One of the best scenes in the movie involves a new illusion that Swann unveils before the black tie audience; he's shackled to a revolving wheel beneath another wheel from which many swords hang suspended, each one over a vital part of his anatomy. The trick is to release each limb just before the sword lands in it. The trick does not work, and Swann dies a grisly death, one extremity or vital organ at a time.

Or does he D'Amour, played by Scott Bakula with what can only be called heroic detachment from the underlying goofiness of the movie, discovers alarming secrets about the true nature of Swann's relationship with Dorothea - and with Valentin (Joel Swetlow), Swann's bearded assistant. The trail leads to the famous Magic Castle, in the hills above Los Angeles, where behind a locked door lies a depository of every magic secret known to man.

Barker's specialty, in this film as in the "Hellraiser" series, is a bloody finale with lots of special effects, and this time he outdoes himself.

Faces morph into bones and rotting sores, characters fly through the air, tunnels are opened into the bowels of the earth, nightmares become real, and Nix's evil lusts are horrifyingly revealed. This sound-and-light show went on just a shade too long for my taste, but it was well-mounted, and horror fans will get their money's worth.

What I liked - enough to make me recommend the movie - wasn't so much the conclusion as the buildup, with D'Amour developing a curious relationship with Dorothea and Valentin, and penetrating into the inner circles of black magic.

Barker, who directed as well as wrote, establishes an effective rhythm in these scenes, and Bakula finds just the right note to play them. The only wrong note comes during a round-table discussion at the Magic Castle, when a magician observes, "Houdini said he used spirit guides." Houdini said quite the opposite, as Barker knows perfectly well. --- Review by Roger Ebert

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Cast for Lord of Illusions

Scott Bakula - Harry D'Amour
Kevin J. O'Connor - Philip Swann
Famke Janssen - Dorothea
Vincent Schiavelli - Vinovich
Barry Del Sherman
Sheila Tousey - Jennifer Desiderio
Joel Sweto - Valentin
Susan Traylor - Marueen Pimm
Daniel Von Bargen - Nix
J. Trevor Edmond - Young Butterfield
Joseph Latimore - Caspar Quaid
Wayne Grace - Loomis

Crew for Lord of Illusions

Clive Barker - Producer / Screenwriter / Director
Steve Golin - Producer
Joanne Sellar - Producer
Sigurjon Sighvatsson - Producer
Ron Schmidt - Cinematographer
Allan E. Baumgarten - Editor
Steve Hardie - Production Designer
Marc Fisichella - Art Director
Bruce Hill - Art Director
Anna C. Miller - Associate Producer
Simon Boswell - Songwriter / Composer (Music Score)
David Koneff - Set Designer
Luke Reichle - Costume Designer
Lou Carlucci - Special Effects
Benita Allen - First Assistant Director
Thomas C. Rainone - Supervisor/Manager / Makeup
Stephen Halbert - Sound/Sound Designer
Sharon Howard-Field - Casting

Feature Details

Title: Lord of Illusions
Feature Release Date: 1995
Genre: Horror
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 108 Minutes
Chapters: 53
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 20 Feb 1996
Catalog Number: ML105294
UPC: 027616529466
ISBN: 0-7928-2809-7
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Publisher: MGM/UA Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 3
Cover: Gatefold Jacket
Sound Analog Right: Dolby Digital 5.1
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: ML105294-C
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Rare Dolby Digital AC-3, Widescreen, Unrated, Director's Cut, LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint LaserDiscs and Gatefold Jacket with a large corner cut-off and heavy shelf-wear

Scott Bakula and Famke Janssen in... Clive Barker's...

Lord of Illusions

( Catalog Number ML105294 )
(1.85:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
12 minutes of footage too shocking to be shown in theatres!
Exclusive documentary containing interviews with Clive Barker and Scott Bakula, behind-the-scenes footage, a still gallery, and
Running Audio Commentary by Clive Barker
Original Theatrical Trailer
See Many More Rare Dolby Digital AC-3 LaserDiscs at DaDon's...
LaserDisc

Lord of Illusions
1995 - 108 min. - Color
Genre: Horror
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Thirteen years ago, cultist Philip Swan murdered his group's leader, an evil prophet named Nix who possessed unparalleled skills in black magic. Then he hid the body -- very well.
   Now a successful magician in his own right, Swann finds himself stalked by Nix's followers, who want Nix's corpse so they can bring it back to life. Swann's wife Dorothea, aware of the dangers facing her husband, hires hard-boiled detective Harry D'Amour to watch over Philip. Soon D'Amour becomes deeply embroiled in the dark, unstable world of the supernatural, where nefarious illusionists, strange conjurings, creepy cultists, and the mysterious Mrs. Swann all turn his life into a living nightmare.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Swann, the anti-hero of Clive Barker's "Lord of Illusions," is a master magician in the style of David Copperfield; audiences attending his performances on Hollywood Boulevard arrive in tuxedos, which is a dangerous trick in itself. "I tell them it's illusion; they believe me," he sighs. Actually, he uses real magic.

His guru was a man named Nix (Daniel Von Bargen). Nix ruled a desert commune with sadism and mind games, and in a prologue we see Swann (Kevin J. O'Connor) and other former disciples arriving at the compound to bring an end to his reign of terror. After Nix massages Swann's skull from the inside (his fingers penetrate the bone), he is shot by a young girl named Dorothea (Famke Janssen). This slows him down enough for the others to screw an iron mask over his face and, thus incapacitated, he can be buried - forever, they hope.

Cut to the present day, and a New York private eye named Harry D'Amour, who with a name like that should be investigating adulteries in hot-sheets motels, but instead gets involved in trickier cases: PRIVATE EYE IN BROOKLYN EXORCISM TRAUMA, shouts the headline in the Post. ("Was the kid really possessed " asks a friend. "Yes," says D'Amour. "What by " "You know. The usual.") He's called West by Dorothea, who is now married to Swann ("in name only"), and is worried about his safety - although D'Amour doesn't know exactly why until it's way too late.

One of the best scenes in the movie involves a new illusion that Swann unveils before the black tie audience; he's shackled to a revolving wheel beneath another wheel from which many swords hang suspended, each one over a vital part of his anatomy. The trick is to release each limb just before the sword lands in it. The trick does not work, and Swann dies a grisly death, one extremity or vital organ at a time.

Or does he D'Amour, played by Scott Bakula with what can only be called heroic detachment from the underlying goofiness of the movie, discovers alarming secrets about the true nature of Swann's relationship with Dorothea - and with Valentin (Joel Swetlow), Swann's bearded assistant. The trail leads to the famous Magic Castle, in the hills above Los Angeles, where behind a locked door lies a depository of every magic secret known to man.

Barker's specialty, in this film as in the "Hellraiser" series, is a bloody finale with lots of special effects, and this time he outdoes himself.

Faces morph into bones and rotting sores, characters fly through the air, tunnels are opened into the bowels of the earth, nightmares become real, and Nix's evil lusts are horrifyingly revealed. This sound-and-light show went on just a shade too long for my taste, but it was well-mounted, and horror fans will get their money's worth.

What I liked - enough to make me recommend the movie - wasn't so much the conclusion as the buildup, with D'Amour developing a curious relationship with Dorothea and Valentin, and penetrating into the inner circles of black magic.

Barker, who directed as well as wrote, establishes an effective rhythm in these scenes, and Bakula finds just the right note to play them. The only wrong note comes during a round-table discussion at the Magic Castle, when a magician observes, "Houdini said he used spirit guides." Houdini said quite the opposite, as Barker knows perfectly well. --- Review by Roger Ebert

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Cast for Lord of Illusions

Scott Bakula - Harry D'Amour
Kevin J. O'Connor - Philip Swann
Famke Janssen - Dorothea
Vincent Schiavelli - Vinovich
Barry Del Sherman
Sheila Tousey - Jennifer Desiderio
Joel Sweto - Valentin
Susan Traylor - Marueen Pimm
Daniel Von Bargen - Nix
J. Trevor Edmond - Young Butterfield
Joseph Latimore - Caspar Quaid
Wayne Grace - Loomis

Crew for Lord of Illusions

Clive Barker - Producer / Screenwriter / Director
Steve Golin - Producer
Joanne Sellar - Producer
Sigurjon Sighvatsson - Producer
Ron Schmidt - Cinematographer
Allan E. Baumgarten - Editor
Steve Hardie - Production Designer
Marc Fisichella - Art Director
Bruce Hill - Art Director
Anna C. Miller - Associate Producer
Simon Boswell - Songwriter / Composer (Music Score)
David Koneff - Set Designer
Luke Reichle - Costume Designer
Lou Carlucci - Special Effects
Benita Allen - First Assistant Director
Thomas C. Rainone - Supervisor/Manager / Makeup
Stephen Halbert - Sound/Sound Designer
Sharon Howard-Field - Casting

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