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The Warlock

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The Warlock is the antagonis in the 1989 film, Warlock.

In 17th-century New England, witch hunter Giles Redferne captures an evil warlock but the conjurer eludes death with supernatural help. Flung into the future, the warlock winds up in the 1980s and plans to bring about the end of the world by reuniting the thrree parts of the Grand Grimoire and reciting the name of God backwards to undo creation.. Redferne follows the enchanter into the modern era and continues his mission but runs into trouble in such unfamiliar surroundings.

Appearance

The Warlock looks like a human male dressed in black but barefoot.

Powers and Abilities

The Warlock possesses the following powers and abilities:

  • Uses magic/Casts curses
  • Help from Satan
  • Gains the power of flight
  • Consumes firey magic from the Grand Grimiore
  • Gains Satanic physical strength and regeneration

Fate

The Warlock is dissolved when Cassandra injects salt water into his neck just as he is about to undo creation by speaking the name of God backwards, killing him in a melting gob of goo.

Trivia

  • Julian Sands was initially considered for the role of Redferne and Richard E. Grant for the Warlock. Director Steve Miner opted to cast each of the actors against type by reversing their roles.
  • The fate of the unbaptized male child was intended to be shown but was ultimately deemed to be too gruesome.
  • Scene in the theatrical previews indicating that the Warlock was the satanic Messiah was cut some time before video distribution.
  • The structure that the Warlock is imprisoned in at the beginning resembles a medieval Hexenturm, or Witch Tower, used to imprison those that were accused of or convicted of witchcraft.
  • The channeler's death was originally much more violent. The scene involved a topless Mary Woronov being frozen after the devil's eyeballs emerged from her breasts. The Warlock then stomps her to pieces to free them.
  • The warlock's goal is to bring together all three parts of a book that will allow him to learn the "true" name of God, and undo all of Creation by speaking the name backward. In many spiritualistic pagan religions, evil spirits were said to have personal names kept from all others, for learning the true name of a spirit would allow an entity to gain control over it.
  • Elements of David Twohy's original script, in which the Warlock was actually a good but misunderstood man, remained in the re-write.
  • Although the makeup tests had been finalized and approved, on the day of shooting Lori Singer decided she didn't want to don the elaborate prosthetic for her transformation into a 40-year-old, and she later refused to sport some of the makeup designed for her 60-year-old transformation.

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