Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell

Plot synopsis:
For the third time, the evil Wishmaster returns with more evil to wreck the lives of more innocents. This time, his victim is a beautiful, innocent and studious teenage girl named Diana Collins who accidentally opened up the Djinn's tomb (a strange box with a jewel inside) and released him. After gaining his freedom, the Djinn is asked by Professor Barash to let him be the one who makes the wishes. The professor wishes for two of the world's loveliest ladies to be with him, in love.
However, as soon as the Djinn grants this wish, the women (who were dressed in very revealing belly-dancer outfits and being seductive) kill the professor; the Djinn takes the face off of the dead professor and is able to steal his identity. He then kills a secretary by her wishing for "files to burn up" but instead of the files, she burns, along with his needing the student file of Diana as an effort to find her and force her to fulfill her three wishes. While Diana is on the run, she must endeavor to prevent the Djinn from subjecting the entire world to Hell's wrath. While in a Church thinking it was safe, the Djinn is there instead of the priest where apparently her friend Ann is now the "professor's Teaching Assistant" and made the wish of "wanting to lose a little weight" to which she pukes up her guts in pain. Diana uses her first wish for her to stop having pain, but of course that to the Djinn means to kill Ann.
Diana noting that she is in a St. Michael church, uses another wish to summon the archangel Michael who possesses the body of her boyfriend, Greg (it was about to be her body, but Greg pushed her away as the spirit went into him). A slight fight ensues with the Djinn actually somewhat winning, but Michael and Diana escape into a stage theater. Meanwhile as the Djinn tries to follow them, he goes a different way and encounters a female student named Elinor who puts the moves on him, and then wishes for him to "break her heart", in which he literally does resulting in her death. Next, the Djinn goes into the room of Diana where her friend Billy is, with some sort of strangling him Billy tells the Djinn to "blow him" in which he does blow his body into a wooded head of a bull in which the horns pierce into the body of Billy in which the bleeding kills him. The Djinn then picks up a photo of Diana and her friends, and threatens to hurt Katie unless Diana makes her 3rd wish. Michael has revealed to her that only her using his sword can she kill the Djinn, but she isn't ready and when he does try to give her the sword, it severely burns her arm, but Michael heals it.
Katie happens to find the dead body of Billy and finds herself being pursued by the Djinn in a chase, it ends in a science room as the Djinn tricks her into thinking she could successfully hide from him, and then she wishes "for a place to hide" with him sticking her head into a cage of lab rats that presumably nibble at her head, resulting in her death. A 2nd battle ensues between Michael and the Djinn, actually resulting in the Djinn's hand being cut off by the sword, but it grows back. Michael is now in a car with Diana but then the Djinn runs to the car, jumps on top of it, and tries to hurt them but then Diana drives his side unto another car, thus making him fall off. In a crazy twist, she then drives into an information post and the car in flipped into a similar position in which her parents died in a car crash explosion, luckily this time no fatalities as it blows up. In the end, Diana's attempt to commit suicide by jumping off a building which if killed her would have the Djinn defeated (but then the Djinn saved her) actually gives her the ability to wield Michael's sword and she kills the Djinn with it, but is fatally injured when they both fall in the process. Michael heals her wounds before returning to Heaven, and Diana is finally able to admit she loves her boyfriend, who has returned to normal, though injured.

Tags: violence

Review:
d) Introduced us to a frightening screen villain that joined the ranks of the classics: the Djinn.What made the Djinn so eerie was his cruel wish-making and, of course, the voice and presence of Andrew Divoff.When I first heard that they made Wishmaster 3 and Wishmaster 4 together and with a new actor as the Djinn, I was a bit disappointed.
I thought that Wishmaster 2 was pretty bad enough, especially with the Djinn design change, but when I saw this one, I was so insulted by it, I started thinking that Wishmaster 2 was a masterpiece.I had a few main problems with the film.A) The lame wishes.
The actors are talented people, but they acted like they didn't even WANT to be in the movie.
A.J. Cook (talented, but bad material), Tobias Mehler (good actor, bad projects (especially that Godforsaken Carrie remake!!!), and Jason Connery (who doesn't seem to have as great an acting capability as his father) just never seem to be believable.C) The Djinn himself.
With Andrew Divoff, even in the most ridiculous scenes imaginable, he always found a way to make the Djinn dark and scary.
Does this even need to be talked about?If you want to rent a good horror film, rent either Jeepers Creepers, the original Wishmaster, or Jason X (not 100% horror, but it's much more entertaining), or go to the theaters and see The Ring, Final Destination 2, or Darkness Falls.
this movie is a disgrace to the Wishmaster series it falls into the new age teen thrillers unlike the first two that were purely and simplely horror without even bothering with teen relationships.
on a review i did before on the movie ripper(good=7/10), i said a movie needed to be bloody, gory and fun, they got the blood and gore they just need fun, and that ruined the whole movie, and it's sad because i'm a fan of a.j. cook and horror movies, this just didn't work, sorry a.j. but i must tell the people to skip it.Bad=4/10 (sorry a.j.).
First of all,Wishmaster 1 and 2 were great movies,but Wishmaster 3 sucks ass!The one thing I didnt like about this movie,was that they ruined the whole concept of the Djinn,his make-up looks like it was from a low budget horror movie that came from the sixties or something.Another thing that they messed up on,was the Djinn's voice,it doesnt sound original anymore,it just sounds like a classic devil voice.When you look back to Wishmaster 1,you'll see that the plot is original,and that it was a masterpiece,but in part 3,the story is cheap and corny.In the first movie,the main character was smart,she used the three wishes to destroy the Djinn,in this one,they have to impale him with a sword from heaven in order to kill him,but really,that doesnt work at all!!The acting was very very crappy,none of the actors give any felling to the movie whatsoever.It seems like the director wanted to spice up the movie by adding lots of blood and gore,but really,all the gore effects look really bad,the scene where the Djinn slices off the professer's face,looks very crappy.I should also mention that the special effects was a joke.I'm serious about this,the movie made me depressed for a short period of time.I hate this movie with all my heart.
I wish that every single copy of Wishmaster 3 would just banish into a crap filled sewer.I give this movie a 0 out of 10,I hate it that much..
The Djinn in the first and second ones sounded so satanic I was glued to my seat but this new guy is pure sh*t...Also the special effects and gore can be easily equaled by any childrens cartoon or movie.
Diana Collins (A.J.Cook  Final Destination 2') unwittingly awakes the malicious Djinn (John Novak) who quickly assumes the identity of college professor Joel Barash (Jason Connery).
The Djinn then enters a cat and mouse game with Diana in a bid to persuade her to make three wishes and thus condemning the world to an eternity of suffering.This second sequel is the first movie in the series not to feature Andrew Divoff in the role of the Djinn.
Even A.J. Cook, who put in a fairly good performance two years later in Final Destination 2', really failed to impress as she came off as dry, unenthusiastic and generally monotonous.The movie itself started off reasonably well enough but eventually degenerated into a tedious and overly dragging example of bad horror filmmaking.
The fist movie i saw at the cinema and enjoyed the second wasnt as good but the excellent Andrew Divoff made it still worth watching.this third movie does not have the star of the first two movies.its like having freddy played by someone other that Robert Englund.Jason Connery is no match for Divoff.I dare say that Divoff didnt like the script,i know i didnt.the acting was lame the fx even worse.i own the first two on dvd but this rubbish will not grace my dvd shelf..
Without the presence of Andrew Divoff playing the Djinn, every other good aspect of the previous two movies seem to have left with him.
The Djin's human form is played by Jason Connery who isn't bad but he lacks the charm and wickedness of Andrew Divoff.The Special effects are a notch better than those found in part 2 but they are nowhere near as good as those of the first movie .Another problem with this film is the writting .
Ok I can understand that the movie being different than the first 2 is a little disappointing but I also would like to point out a few things, First....who said it was the same Djin as in the first 2??
I like Andrew Divoff's performance as the Djinn because he gives him a real creepiness while John Novak gives the Djinn a Freddy type character but I still like it.The only disappointment was that we don't see the Djinn as much as the previous films but it still doesn't make a really bad film.
actually, the Djinn isn't the central character of the movie.
Sean Connery's son, Jason Connery, stars in this third film in the Wishmaster franchise about an evil wish granting genie (or Djinn).
This third sequel about the Djinn once again getting released and again trying to start the end of the world is less fun.
The special effects are weak, the black humor seems to be absent, and worst of all Andrew Divoff is missing as the evil Wishmaster.
Alright, I watched the first and second Wishmaster and I enjoyed both movies.Let's be honest, those are not great movies, and technically not good, but enjoyable: cheesy on many levels, stereotypical of b-series horror movies with a dash of comedy, on the wholesome, enjoyable, not good.But this pile of...
well, brown matter that would definitely attract dung beetles and flies galore was just awful...The problem of many B-series as of late, say for the past 20 years, is the obvious influence that Buffy or Charmed had on some directors or writers, drowning the horror-comedy aspect (why did you have to go with that angel OR THOSE VOICES FOR THE TWO ADVERSARIES or that stupid sword fight), which is bad, m'kayyyyy.
Especially when there's bad directing, bad acting, low budget and bad effects/make-up: If it's not cheesy, it's even lower then porn.It felt like watching Hellraiser Hellworld or that other one: Revelations.
After finding a sacred jewel, a troubled college student learns she has unleashed a powerful Djinn who begins to terrorize her friends around campus to get her to free other enslaved beings like him and forces her to stop him.This turned out to be quite a decent if slightly flawed effort.
Considering I haven't watched the previous movies and don't watch many old time horrors this movie was great.The storyline was good and kept you thinking throughout the whole movie but was also pretty predictable which occurs in most movies now anyway.The Gore and the graphics were good considering it was made quite a few years ago and isn't as horrifying as say ghost ship but still good graphics.The movie jumped strait into the story line with not much back story but it worked for this movie and was very glad I didn't need to watch the previous movies to understand what was going on.
Bad. I wasn't expecting a lot from this movie since I saw the IMDb rating before renting it.
Because this was one lame movie.First thing that I hated from Wishmaster 3, is the fact that Andrew Divoff wasn't cast as the Djinn.
I think maybe because it was a different Djinn or something, but I still didn't like it.The only reason I gave this movie a 2 and not a 1 because I enjoyed some of the wishes.
They didn't have Andrew Divoff playing the djinn, I thought it wouldn't be too bad at first but when i saw the djinn and he started talking i thought this movie was a complete joke.
If somewhere it was mentioned that he was a different djinn I would have actually sorta liked the movie, but trying to pass this guy off as the original, scary, distinct-voiced djinn is an insult to Wishmaster.
The thing that bugged me the most about the entire movie was the voice of the actor who played the djinn, I hoped for someone who could at least act like or sound like Divoff but i guess no one could pull that off so my advice is to stick with 1 and 2.
I like Angel's directing, but the movie was low budget, and a little too obvious..
This third installment in the Wishmaster series sees John Novak filling in for the absent Andrew Divoff, who chose not to play the part of the Djinn.
I thought that the new Djinn sucked, his voice sounded terrible and it wasn't the same as the other two films.
So pass on this film if you are expecting a good follow up buy if you're adding to your Wishmaster collection and you're a die hard fan of the series it might be okay for you.
First off,  I am an Andrew Divoff fan and I totally admire his performances as the Djinn in the first two Wishmasters.
I found the plot in this, way to silly even for the Wishmaster series and they tame down on the gore as well.I love gory kills in the first two movie, that what makes these movies more fun, that is another reason, why I didn't like it.As it was not fun to watch at all, like the other in the series.
he nothing compared to NathanielDemerest who fitted the role perfectly.The acting in this movie was not too bad, better then I expected to be.
In the Wishmaster series we need the same Djinn.
That was the only time.This movie - although fun to watch was very silly.
Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell (2001) ** (out of 4) The third film in the series has the evil Djinn (John Novak) taking over the body of a college professor (Jason Connery) hoping that he can force one of his students (A.J. Cook) into making three wishes, which will cause the gates of hell to open up on Earth.
With that said, there's no doubt that this isn't a good movie by any stretch of the imagination but I thought it was entertaining enough if you have nothing better to do and want to watch some gory kills.
One good thing the film did have going for it is that we got real special effects and not just a bunch of fake looking CGI, which is something that the majority of the horror films from this era had switched over to.
The gore effects aren't going to remind anyone of the work of Tom Savini but I thought they were good enough and at least the director knew to deliver the gore in a film like this.
Another thing I liked about the movie was the performance of Cook who I thought was very cute in the role but she also turned in a good performance.
Sure, there's nothing Oscar-worthy here and she's not given too much to do but for the third film in a bad horror series I thought she delivered the goods and more.
The story was lame, the acting was awful, the fact that I actually bought this movie makes me hurl.
This time not even the guy who played the Djinn in the first two Wishmaster movies returns.
It's actually a good thing that at least some TV-stations program movies like this in their late-night schedules, because who would seriously waste money on renting (or even buying  God forbid) garbage like this?
Adrew Divoff, who played the Djinn-character in the first two movies, doesn't return (bad omen n°1, if even a mediocre actor assumes he's too good for a second sequel) and he's replaced by John Novak who ruins whatever positive that was left of the Djinn icon.
I will briefly list why: this new djinn is lame and Jason Connery is no Andrew Divoff.gore is kept to minimum (it seems almost like this was made for TV, not DVD) supporting cast is dull and plain almost no special effects every single one gives a totally lacklustre performance but worst of all, the main character, A.J.Cook, is THE MOST ANNOYING PERSON EVER!!!
wish master 3 takes an different direction in the third instalment of the wish master saga this time about a professor who wished for two exotic Egyptian harem beauties known as she-demons who seduces and kill men with looks to die for in return for the djinn to inhabit his body by wreaking havoc at a campus of high education only stands between him is a young student in the form of aj cook who known as agent jeniffer jereau in criminal minds who must stop the diabolical djinn from taking peoples souls and opening the gates of hell and a great climatic battle but actresses Ruth dubuisson and Angela Jackson steals the show as the devilish she-demons brilliant film 10 out of 10.Frankie smales(Frankie smales movie and TV review UK).
This third installment in the Wishmaster series sees pretty blonde student Diana Collins (A.J. Cook) battling the nasty djinn after she accidentally frees it from a gem hidden inside a strange box.Andrew Divoff hangs up his horns after two turns as the titular demon, allowing John Novak his first stab at portraying the evil monster intent on wreaking havoc on Earth.
Add onto this; bad acting, bad make up as effects, pretty poor storyline, stupid side characters with less then average dialogue and an awful ending of this movie and what do we get?
Wherever they got the casting director who thought of using Jason Connery to play the Wishmaster should be wished back to hell!!!
In this Wishmaster Andrew Divoff is gone as the the Djinn though the new plays the character well.The film in My opinion isn't as good as the first one but it is gory but its a film for horror fans!.If you like Michael Myers,Freddy,and Jason,then you'll love the Djinn,the Wishmaster!.
This time around the evil Djinn (John Novak) faces off against a college student (A.J. Cook), while murdering off her friends and granting horrible wishes.
Yeah, using a new Djinn for this sequel is a little like shooting yourself in the foot.
I loved Wishmaster 1 and 2, these were horror masterpieces,it had all the ingredients that a good horror movie should have.Gore,violence and excitement, but this one has nothing of the mentioned above.
When I saw this in the video store I was excited to see another wishmaster sequel, but when I got home and started watching it I knew from the beginning I didn't like it.
The first thing I saw I didn't like was the wishmaster's voice and looks.
I thought this movie was actually pretty good.
From its bad reviews, I expected to see a cheap, B-horror movie.
Not having Andrew Divoff as the Wishmaster was a bad move,might as well cast Joe Pesci for the next one!!Moves like this are risky and only work if your name is Arnold Schwarzenegger,See what happened to Batman..without Michael Keaton.
I enjoyed the first, but as usual, the third movie in the set just reeks of bad acting, horrid direction and a total change in cast members.
The Wishmaster ill-advisedly becomes Sean Connery's son sometime during the proceedings, generally not a good idea as Jason Connery looks like a prematurely balding college professor, not a Demon From Hell.
The first movie was clever enough to set up situations where the djinn actually fulfilled the wishes...but with unforeseen consequences.
Divoff was great as the evil Djinn and I think this movie would have been above average if he had been in it.(POSSIBLE SPOILERS)The only interesting parts were seeing what people wished for.The rest of the film was not much good though.(MAJOR SPOILER) The worst thing about this film in my opinion was it's anti-climatic ending.
Being a fan of the first two wishmaster films, I expected a better ending than seeing the Djinn stabbed with a sword-even if the sword was supernatural in origin.If you liked the first two then you probably won't like this one..
Look, no one is saying "Wishmaster" is among the great horror series, but it has some fun moments, and I count myself as a fan.
For some odd reason these Wishmaster movies are depending more on the gore and the shockfest rather than the actual story which could be a good scare.
I love horror movies, even sometimes if they don't make sense, but this is a movie that I was expecting to at least try a little considering the first Wishmaster had a decent script and a good cast.
Let me start out by saying that I love horror movies but I am not a fan of gore.