Wishmaster - 1997

Wes Craven was a king in the 90s. He'd established Nightmare on Elm Street and soon enough would create Scream, but in the meantime why not produce this Nightmare-lite horror flick?

This is a flick too. It's a B movie through and through, starring horror icons in mostly cameos but shoving Andrew Divoff as its actual star, the titular Wishmaster.

Early on, a drunk dockworker spills his drink and drops a box on some dude, breaking a statue open and revealing a red ruby containing the Djinn. The Djinn comes out and he's the classic evil genie, interpreting all wishes in evil ways. Our plucky heroine has to eventually deal with said force.

Wishmaster has passable effects, passable acting, etc. It's all fine really, I truly don't have much to say about this one. Some good kills and lots of them elevates it, like the cameos. It's a fine B grade average 2.5 starrer.