Cast a Deadly Spell
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Cast a Deadly Spell

1991Movie1 h 36 minR

MysteryTV Movie
61
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.3Letterboxd3.2/5Rotten Tomatoes–58%
61
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.3Letterboxd3.2/5Rotten Tomatoes–58%

Summary

In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.

Good for

  • Date night
  • Friends night
  • Teens

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  • Takes you somewhere else.
  • Keeps you guessing.
  • Scares you.
  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Puts you inside a crime.

Not for warmth, comfort or uplift.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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Tropes

Screw the Money, I Have Rules!in 658 titlesConnie Stone: Dammit, Phil, everybody's gotta compromise!Does Not Like MagicRare · in 17 titlesLovecraft refuses to use magic because it conflicts with his own moral code, a form of Screw the Money, I Have Rules!.All 74 tropes

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Film 1 of 2 · then Witch Hunt

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