Wishmaster Collection (1997-2002)

[Kukulele]

It looks like the hinting streak by Vestron Video' FB page continues!

So after the January hint for Parents, a February hint for The Gate, I'm pretty sure that this time around they have soft hinted at Wishmaster Hopefully the whole collection We'ii find out soon, I guess.

Wishmaster - 1997 - Official Trailer - YouTube

[DJR662]

Finally!

[thatguamguy]

ful-FILL the prophe-SEEEE.

[meremortal]

Oddly enough I bought the double feature pack of the first two movies on dvd when they were released about fifteen years ago and never did watch them. But a few months ago I noticed they were on Netflix and then saw them back to back for the first time. The dvds are still sealed.

[Catastrophe]

That...really seems like grasping at straws.

But it'd be nice if we got a blu of Wishmaster. I'd buy the hell out of that!

[Gargus]

Hope it's at least 1 and 2 like the dvd set.

[starsteam]

Maybe it can be two double-feature sets. But I won't be disappointed if it's only the first film.

That FB page drops some fun hints.

[slasherdisc]

Very nice! I like the first one, Great end credit song too from Motorhead. Wishmaster 2 wasn't bad, I'll take it.

[tylerc904]

I think it is a taaaaad premature to suggest anything from that comment.

[starsteam]

Lets keep in mind that their hints for Parents and The Gate were just as ambiguous.

Guy: What's next?
Vestron: Ask your Parents.

[schwano]

I love these movies, even 3 and 4. But I'm not holding out hope that we see anything beyond 1 and 2.

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by schwano

I love these movies, even 3 and 4. But I'm not holding out hope that we see anything beyond 1 and 2.

As long as I get 1 & 2 I'll be satisfied, however because all 4 are available in HD I'm sticking with what I've felt all along and that it will be a box set ala The Leprechaun Collection (though at a higher price point).

To be honest, a part of me wonders how much impact the Leprechaun collection had in helping get this line green lit as well. It appeared to sell well and I still see it on shelves from time to time. I wouldn't be surprised if the sales from that set were the confirmation Lionsgate needed (beyond seeing what other studios were doing) to dig into their catalog.

[Catastrophe]

So how was Wishmaster 2? I've avoided it like the plague due to it being DTV.

Someone sell me on it?

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by Catastrophe

So how was Wishmaster 2? I've avoided it like the plague due to it being DTV.

Someone sell me on it?

It's better than the first in my opinion. It takes place within a prison and has an incredibly memorable scene when one of the inmates tell's The Djinn (in disguise)... (Spoliers ahead)

[Show spoiler]to tell his lawyer to go **** himself.

I'll let you guess what happens next.

In all honestly it takes the formula from the first and feels like an extension of that story. It's been a while since I last watched it but I never picked up on the fact that Wishmaster 2 was a DTV sequel. Part 3 and 4 feel that way, but if you told me the 2nd film was released theatrically I would have believed you based on my (admittedly hazy) memory. I just remember watching it a bunch when it first came out and always really liking it... (preferring it to the first in most cases).

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by Catastrophe

So how was Wishmaster 2? I've avoided it like the plague due to it being DTV.

Someone sell me on it?

I don't know if I would say that any of the Wishmaster movies is "good", but the first two have Andrew Divoff, who is pretty great. The first one has to establish the rules, but the second one is able to be a lot more gonzo with the idea. If you want it to be scary, you probably won't enjoy the second one, but it's a fun bad movie. The third one was just bad-bad, and I don't think I watched the fourth one. I only saw it recently, on cable, and it was kind of refreshing, because most of the DTV/DT-cable horror movies these days are bloody and gory torture/chase movies.

[mstrsmth]

Great. More films I haven't felt motivated to watch in almost two decades, but will dump $25 on and then feel obligated to after such a monetary investment and have pangs of buyers remorse, but hang onto to them with the idea that they will become ZOMG SO RAREZ!!11 in five years.

[Worship.my.wreck]

Finally!!

Please let this be a 1-4 set. Been waiting for these a long time.

[SWF]

Originally Posted by Kukulele

It looks like the hinting streak by Vestron Video' FB page continues!

Where are these replies showing up on Vestron's page? I look and I can never find them.

[StingingVelvet]

Hope it is one and two together. Will buy!

[freddy=legend]

Would definitely be my first Vestron purchase if so.