| 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 | |
| Producer | Gale Anne Hurd |
| 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 |
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Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) is a horror-fantasy detective comedy 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 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.)
- ^ Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) – Martin Campbell | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related, AllMovie, retrieved 2022-05-08
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