History Film / Warlock1989

{{Horror}} film directed by Steve Miner and starring Julian Sands, RichardEGrant, and Lori Singer. The story opens in the year 1691, where the eponymous villain (Sands) is sent 300 years into the future, arriving in [[TheNineties 1991]] (technically 1988, as the film was completed in that year, but didn't find a distributor until 3 years later). He is pursued by witch-hunter Giles Redferne (Grant).

* DeadLittleSister: [[spoiler:Redferne's wife, who was killed by the Warlock.]]

* BuryYourGays: Poor, poor Chas.

* {{Gorn}}: The Warlock doesn't spare any power when it comes to murdering people in visceral fashion.
* InNameOnly: Julian Sands reprises his role as the Warlock to bring about the end of the world, and the similarities stop there. His previous weaknesses to salt and nails are forgotten, the original folklore is non-existent, he isn't a warlock sent through time but rather the ''son of the Devil'', and then some.

* AndIMustScream: The Art Collector and his secretary.

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* IKnowYourTrueName

* YoungerThanTheyLook

* JerryGoldsmith

* EvillyAffable: The Warlock

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Redferne asks if the Mennonite farmer is Amish, but the Amish didn't exist before 1693, and only came to America in the 18th century.
* EstrogenBrigadeBait

* WouldHurtAChild: Especially when it gives you the power of {{{{flight}}}}!

* InfantImmortality: Averted in the first film.

* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: Or [[spoiler:Why Don't Ya Just Shout The True Name Of God Backwards Instead Of Gloat Your Victory]].

* CompleteMonster: The Warlock

* EvilIsSexy

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: This film features a ''very'' disturbing way of showing kids just why they should never talk to strangers.

* MagnificentBastard
* {{Narm}}
* NightmareFuel: Particularly nice example of this is a scene in the third film, where [[{{Hellraiser}} Ashley Laurance's]] character is in front of a mirror, and turns around... her reflection doesn't, and starts silently screaming.
* NeutralEvil: The Warlock

{{Horror}} film directed by Steve Miner and starring Julian Sands, Richard E. Grant, and Lori Singer. The story opens in the year 1691, where the eponymous villain (Sands) is sent 300 years into the future, arriving in [[TheNineties 1991]] (technically 1988, as the film was completed in that year, but didn't find a distributor until 3 years later). He is pursued by witch-hunter Giles Redferne (Grant).

!This film contains examples of:

* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: Pretty much the crux of Satan and the Warlock's plan. In the 1600s, The Warlock was being hunted by Redfrene and everyone knew to be on the lookout for witches and their modus operandi. Sending the Warlock into the future to 1991, where modern people thought of witches as fantasy, would have allowed him to operate with impunity. That is until [[{{SpannerInTheWorks}} Refrene follows him to the present]].

* SpannerInTheWorks/ OutGambitted: While Redrene is deliberately trying to stop the Warlock and defeat his plan, following the Warlock into the present was definitely not planned by either party.

* SavedFromDevelopmentalHell: This film was completed in 1988, but didn't find a distributor until 1991.
* SpannerInTheWorks/OutGambited: While Redrene is deliberately trying to stop the Warlock and defeat his plan, following the Warlock into the present was definitely not planned by either party.

{{Horror}} film directed by Steve Miner and starring Julian Sands, Richard E. Grant, and Lori Singer. The story opens in the year 1691, where the eponymous villain (Sands) is sent 300 years into the future, arriving in [[TheNineties 1991]]. He is pursued by witch-hunter Giles Redferne (Grant).

* FishOutOfWater: Subverted, as Redferne mostly adapts to our time suprisingly well, sometimes even better then its native residents.

* ChekovsGun: [[spoiler:Kassandra's diabetes syringe.]]

* NightmareFuel