Spellbinder

1988 "A chance encounter. A dream come true. A man would do anything for a girl like Miranda"
5.8| 1h39m| R| en
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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.

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MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting
XoWizIama Excellent adaptation.
TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
Fahad i like this type of movies, and of its kind i think its realistic and has such a good drama, this movie about satanism and its not like other satanism movies that are a terrible mix-up crab that lack the sins of drama. but this one is different its decent also has a solid script and brings you the satanism picture in a real good way, it's has this clever satanism scheme and gives you an example of how they doing their thingsits real entertainment to watch, i think its more thriller than horror.here's a thing, couple years back i heard this story that literally match the story of this movie!!a highly recommend this one, don't miss it.
callanvass Spellbinder is a movie that I didn't mind at all. It looks and feels like a cheap T.V movie, and that's essentially what it is, but it has a fair amount going for it. It's derivative of other films, but despite that, I still managed to have an OK time with it. Devil cult films started getting big around the 60's and 70's, but I highly doubt any of them had such a gorgeous female lead like Kelly Preston. This was before she was solidified as a star, so I highly doubt she'll look back fondly at this one. My only real problem with this one is that I figured out where this was going in 25-30 minutes into the movie. I knew how it was gonna all boil down. Predictability isn't always a bad thing. I'm just saying I knew where it was going to head. It delivers some decent suspense for a T.V film, though. Despite the predictability of the finale, it was still rather intense. I don't mind predictability at all if it manages to be effective. Kelly Preston is spellbinding herself. Her beauty is near untouchable, but she's also a very solid actress. Her unpredictable show is rather unheralded in my opinion. Tim Daly is OK, but he was pretty wooden at times. I didn't really buy him as the lead, but he was tolerable at least. Rick Rossovich is solid as per usual as the supporting friend. Audra Lindley is absolutely chilling. Let's just say she has one scene you won't soon forget. Final Thoughts: Not bad for a low budget film. It's quite derivative, and doesn't feature many surprises, but I still had a decent time with it. If you manage to find it on V.H.S (It's not on DVD as far as I know) or on the net, I would give it a look. 5.5/10
dlsperl The 80's were full of horror sequels that I really did not like for the most part. That was the first good thing about the movie I liked (before even viewing!). I still did not expect too much, just something to enjoy for 90 minutes. However, this was a well done movie and while I would not rate it at the level of Fatal Attraction (also a late 80's movie suspense movie), it was enjoyable and there were some very good performances. Tim Daly, Kelly Preston and Rick Rossovich all seemed right for their roles. It was Audra Lindley who had a very good performance and gave it that something extra it needed to be truly creepy and suspenseful. The setting is modern LA where Daly works and most of the occult scenes are set in coastal areas (possibly near Malibu) and occur in the evening. The ending is very well done, but I won't spoil it for you. Like most good suspense movies, watch this one with the lights out. Enjoy!
Drakeluvr Warning: This review contains spoilers!I recently watched this movie via Netflix and I have to say that I am thoroughly disappointed. The tag-line and the summary SOUNDED good so I watched it. The beginning was okay and the acting was decent, but the writer of this story needed to seriously check their facts before putting this one out. It is no wonder that with a movie like this out there Pagans and Witches get a bad wrap for being Satanists. Witches and Pagans WERE NOT Devil worshipers!! That was the stigma that the Christian church put on them to cause fear and panic to help weed them out so that the Christian church could take over as the dominant religion. Neither did they sacrifice humans or animals, though the Christians often did both - see the sacrificial lamb and Jesus for examples along with the Witch 'Trials'. I find it irritating when things like this are misrepresented.