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Warlock

In 17th century New England, witch hunter Giles Redferne captures an evil warlock, but the conjurer eludes death with supernatural help. Flung into the future, the warlock winds up in the 1980s and plans to bring about the end of the world. Redferne follows the enchanter into the modern era and continues his mission, but runs into trouble in such unfamiliar surroundings. With the help of a young woman, can Redferne finally defeat the warlock?

Action, Horror, Fantasy

Before you choose

What kind of time-travel story is this?

Time travel is an important premise, with limited sustained exploration.

Meets the archive’s time-travel criteria. The mechanism is classified as Enchanted.

Why the archive makes this assessment (spoilers)

The warlock and hunter's arrival in the modern era establishes the setting for their continuing supernatural conflict.

Supernatural intervention transports the warlock and his pursuer from the seventeenth century to the 1980s.

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An editorial assessment based on the archive’s documented plot research.

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Scale, legacy & time

The scores

Titan46.3

Weighted archive score

Time-travel significance6/10

high confidence

Quality consensus6.3/10

Aggregate source ratings

How Titan works

Titan combines the archive’s quality, audience and legacy base with the significance of time travel. It is an index, not a score out of 100, and is distinct from the FMV archive’s scoring model.

Titan = base × [0.20 + 0.80 × (time-travel score ÷ 10)²]

This film: 94.88 base × 48.8% weighting.

Partial inputs flag incomplete source metadata. Provisional weighting flags a time-travel assessment that remains uncertain; it receives no additional confidence penalty.

The evidence

Research & sources

Research notes may reveal plot details.

These sources support the plot facts and catalog research. The numerical scores are the archive’s judgments, not ratings supplied by these sources.

Cast: Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Richard E. Grant, Mary Woronov, Kevin O'Brien

Edition by edition

Releases & formats

6 cataloged editions. Narrow by format, then check region, audio and subtitles. Missing specifications mean unknown, not absent.

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Blu-ray

Warlock (1989)

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Release date
Unknown
Studio
Lionsgate Films
Resolution
1080p
Region / playback
2K Blu-ray: Region A
Discs
Blu-ray Disc | Single disc (1 BD-50)
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Blu-ray

Warlock Collection (1989-1999)

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Release date
Jul 25, 2017
Studio
Lionsgate Films
Resolution
1080p
Region / playback
2K Blu-ray: Region A
Discs
Blu-ray Disc | Two-disc set (2 BD-50)
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Digital

Warlock (1989)

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Digital

Warlock (1989)

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Digital

Warlock (1989)

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DVD

Warlock (1989)

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Release date
Sep 09, 1998
Studio
Lionsgate Films
Resolution
480i (NTSC)
Region / playback
Region 1
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