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Lord of Illusions is a american film of genre Drama directed by Clive Barker released in USA on 25 august 1995 with Scott Bakula
Lord of Illusions (1995)
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Add to a movie listLord of Illusions is a 1995 American horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, based on his earlier short story, The Last Illusion (from Books of Blood Vol. 6). The film presents Barker's signature character Harry D'Amour onscreen for the first time. It stars Scott Bakula as D'Amour, alongside Kevin J. O'Connor, Famke Janssen and Daniel von Bargen.
Barker asserts that the director's cut of this film is his definitive version, as the theatrical release does not represent his true vision.
Synopsis
In the Mojave Desert in 1982, a man named Nix (von Bargen) has gathered a cult in an isolated house. Nix calls himself "The Puritan" and has the ability to use real magic. He plans to sacrifice a young girl that he has kidnapped. While Nix is preaching to his followers, a group of former cult members –Swann (O'Connor), Pimm (Traylor), Quaid (Latimore) and Jennifer Desiderio (Tousey)– arrive to stop him. After the initial confrontation with the cultists, Nix's assistant Butterfield escapes and Swann is attacked by Nix. Nix uses his powers, inducing in Swann the vision of “Flesh with a God's Eyes", causing him to see his friends as monstrous figures. The kidnapped girl shoots Nix through the heart with Swann's gun. Quaid and Jennifer shoot him until he falls. Swann snaps out of his vision and fastens an ironwork mask over Nix's head, who appears to die. Swann declares that they will bury Nix so deep that no one will ever find him.Actors
Scott Bakula
(Harry D'Amour)
Kevin J. O'Connor
(Philip Swann)
Famke Janssen
(Dorothea Swann)
J. Trevor Edmond
(Young Butterfield)
Joseph Latimore
(Caspar Quaid)
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