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Spellbinder (1988)

R 09/23/1988 (US) Horror, Thriller, Mystery 1h 39m

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A chance encounter. A dream come true. A man would do anything for a girl like Miranda

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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.

Janet Greek

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Tracy Tormé

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Kelly Preston

Miranda Reed
Tim Daly

Jeff Mills
Rick Rossovich

Derek Clayton
Audra Lindley

Mrs. White
Anthony Crivello

Aldys
Diana Bellamy

Grace Woods
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Lt. Lee
Julian Christopher

Tim Weatherly
Kyle T. Heffner

Herbie Green
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A review by Wuchak

70%

Written by Wuchak on February 24, 2023

Timothy Daly and Kelly Preston enjoy a romance and grapple with cultists in SoCal

A lawyer in Los Angeles (Daly) helps a woman (Preston) abused by a mysterious man. As they develop a relationship, he discovers that there’s a secret group of people who don’t want him to have her.

“Spellbinder” (1988) is occult-oriented thriller/horror in the vein of “The City of The Dead” (1960), “The Wicker Man” (1973/2006), “Race With The Devil” (1975) and “Bay Coven” (1987). Thankfully, the story is more compelling than the original “Wicker Man” and “Race With the Devil.” I’d put it on par with “B... read the rest.

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