Lord of Illusion (1995 film)

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Lord of Illusions (1995 film)

Summary

Private eye Harry D'Amour travels to Los Angeles and meets with a new client, Dorothea Swann. Swann reveals that she and her husband -- famed magician Philip Swann -- have been targeted by a religious cult experimenting with reincarnation. After Philip dies on stage in the midst of a dangerous trick, D'Amour must struggle to protect Dorothea from the ruthless cult members and their newly reanimated religious leader, Nix.

Details

• Release Date: 1995
• Country/Language: USA, English
• Genres/Technical: Horror, Fantasy
• Runtime: 1 hr 49 min
• Starring: Famke Janssen, Scott Bakula, Kevin J. O'Connor
• Director: Clive Barker
• Writer: Clive Barker
• Producer/Production Co: Seraphim Films
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Ratings

MPAA Ratings

• Rated: R (Violence, Nudity, Adult Content, etc.)

Tentacle Ratings

A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:

• S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)

Though not explicitly or implicitly based on any of Lovecraft's creations, the various elements of the story (the undying cult leader and his eccentric doomsday cultists, the pulp hardboiled supernatural detective and noir setting, etc.) are staples of Weird fiction.

Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.

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Private eye Harry D'Amour travels to Los Angeles and meets with a new client, Dorothea Swann. Swann reveals that she and her husband -- famed magician Philip Swann -- have been targeted by a religious cult experimenting with reincarnation. After Philip dies on stage in the midst of a dangerous trick, D'Amour must struggle to protect Dorothea from the ruthless cult members and their newly reanimated religious leader, Nix.

Notes

Associated Mythos Elements

• fiction: Clive Barker, "The Last Illusion"
• organization: Cult of Nix
• race: Human Cultists