Lord of Illusions
Dir: Clive Barker
Star: Scott Bakula, Famke Janssen, Trevor Edmond, Daniel Von Bargen

[18] Nightbreed seems a very long time ago now, doesn't it? And Hellraiser, positively prehistoric. Ah, yes, I remember the days when Clive Barker actually seemed to have talent. Not that LoI is actually bad, it looks very nice, there are some great effects, and an effective Simon Boswell soundtrack. However, it all treads familiar ground; it is too obviously not just a Clive Barker film, it's the Clive Barker film. While Scott Bakula is a decent Harry D'Amour, perhaps he exacerbates the problem that the movie plays too much like an 18-rated episode of The X Files, without the benefit of any 18-rated Gillian Anderson scenes. It all ends up on a loop, with the climax looking a lot like the start, as evil incarnate is fought.

D

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