Cast a Deadly Spell
1991 American TV series or program / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) is a horror-fantasy detective television film[1] with Fred Ward, Julianne Moore, David Warner, and Clancy Brown.[2][3] 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.
Cast a Deadly Spell | |
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Genre | Urban fantasy Comedy thriller |
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 | English |
Production | |
Producers | Gale Anne Hurd Ginny Nugent (line producer) |
Cinematography | Alexander Gruszynski |
Editor | Dan Rae |
Running time | 96 minutes |
Production companies | HBO Pictures Pacific Western |
Budget | $6 million |
Original release | |
Network | HBO |
Release | September 7, 1991 (1991-09-07) |
Cast a Deadly Spell combines two disparate genres – film noir detective stories, and eldritch tales of the Cthulhu Mythos. It is set in 1948 Los Angeles, in a world where magic is common. A detective is hired to locate a stolen grimoire, the Necronomicon. Several of the people searching for the book intend to use it to summon one of the Old Ones.
A sequel entitled Witch Hunt was released in 1994, with Dennis Hopper playing Ward's role of Harry Philips Lovecraft. (The character's name, as well as a number of plot elements, make reference to the work of weird fiction writer Howard Philips Lovecraft.)