Spellbinder

1988 "A chance encounter. A dream come true. A man would do anything for a girl like Miranda"
5.8| 1h39m| R| en| More Info
Released: 23 September 1988 Released
Producted By: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country: United States of America
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After leaving work one night, Los Angeles attorney Jeff Mills and his colleague rescue a young, beautiful woman from an abusive boyfriend. Jeff soon becomes romantically involved with her and embroiled in the web of intrigue that follows her, despite a string of ominous happenstances and repeated warnings from his secretary.

Genre

Drama, Horror, Romance

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Director

Janet Greek

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.
Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Wyatt There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
Conrado Meireles I really love this movie. Suspense, mystery and sensuality from start to finish. The characters, the plot, the music, the photography seem so normal in the first analysis. But the feature film is so well shot and staged that it takes the viewer into the plot. The plot and the mystery get better every minute. I really enjoyed the ending. It's those endings that makes you think days on the subject addressed. I think I would also have a sad ending if I were the main character in the movie. Another detail to mention is the charm of the big city in the 80's. Charm brings with it mysteries, secrets and dangers. And finally, I recommend this movie to everyone.
lcburnell The Wicker Man (original not Nicholas Cage) set in L.A.Plot twists? Where? Lovely scenery of LA.Was nice to see Mrs. Roper - always excellent.Tim Daly did wonders with an unoriginal script.Kelly Preston was a rather milquetoast witch. Britt Ekland was much more convincing.The detective was really wasted. I wanted to see more of him. Actually it would have been an excellent film if they had him on the tail of the cult the entire time trying to save el stupido's butt. But Tim Daly did a really good job of playing el stupido you empathized with him the entire time. I didn't think he was el stupido until the office scene he should have saw that one coming a mile away. The scene with the secretary being suspicious of Miranda was excellently played you didn't know if she was being catty or just had good instincts. They could have been more ambiguous rather than Satan worshipers or just get really hard core Anton La Vey. But then again La Vey was a joke and anyone who has bothered to read the Satanic Bible knows what a laugh riot it is to read and Pagans have so much more charisma. Pagans are Pagans and Satan worshipers are really just frustrated Christians. Have the hard core detective on their tail with a turncoat priest and this could have been fun.
Wizard-8 Around the late 1980s, the ailing MGM studios made or acquired a number of movies that they didn't give much of (if any) a theatrical release. This pickup is one of them, and it's pretty easy to see why for several reasons. It's a pretty flat-looking movie for one thing - while it has elements that got it an "R" rating, aside from those elements the movie feels like it was made for television. The script has a number of problems as well. It does have an ending that is somewhat expected (though is somewhat hard to swallow when you think back of every event that happened before it), but most of the movie is a bunch of boring chat. Worse of all, actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is wasted, given only three or so brief scenes. A movie so unremarkable for the most part, one has to wonder why it was thought to be worth making.
scotmandu69 Spoiler This film struck me very strongly when I first viewed it. I have never seen a film which killed its hero in such a unbelievable fashion. What is supposed to make a good movie, is laughed off as this film sticks it to you at the end, laughing at your expense. For this reason it should certainly be on DVD and a cult classic. I can't give it 10 stars however, it not exactly a quality production. The acting is poor and it isn't big on special effect. A low budget film, but memorable. I don't write reviews but this DVD should be available, any film I would watch more than once is one I would own.