Spellcaster (1988)

Spellcaster: Directed by Rafal Zielinski. With Adam Ant, Richard Blade, Gail O’Grady, Harold Pruett. A group of contestants travel to a castle in Italy to participate in a million dollar treasure hunt hidden on the premises. Little did they know, the lord of the castle hides a deadly secret.

“A group of people are killed one by one while participating at a million dollar treasure hunt in a mysterious Italian castle.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDespite being written by Dennis Paoli (who has achieved fame for writing or adapting u0026quot;Re-Animatoru0026quot; and u0026quot;From Beyondu0026quot;), this is one of the lesser-known Empire films. Is it deservedly lesser-known? Well, I suppose it would be hard to compete with Stuart Gordonu0026#39;s work. But the Empire years were still the best work Charlie Band ever had his hand in.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWe have Adam Ant as u0026quot;Diablou0026quot; and horror veteran Bill Butler also appears. And, like many Empire and Full Moon films, we have the entire thing shot on location at Bandu0026#39;s Italian castle. We have a sort of u0026quot;House on Haunted Hillu0026quot; theme going — locked in a mysterious location, hoping to get rich (if they survive).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI enjoyed this one. I saw another review call it a snoozer, but I thought it had a good pace (u0026quot;Puppet Masteru0026quot; is slower). And it is decently bloody with fair effects. Director Rafal Zielinski deserves more recognition than he gets.”