Morgan, who discovers she has the ability to unwish (revoke wishes), becomes the Djinn’s primary target. He needs her to make the final wish that will allow him to collect 1,001 souls and open the gateway for his kind. The climax occurs in a chapel, where Morgan uses her unwish power to destroy the Djinn, but the ruby remains intact, implying the cycle can continue.
The film kicks off during a botched museum robbery. When a thief named Morgana (Holly Fields) accidentally shoots a statue of Ahura Mazda, she awakens the Djinn from his jewel prison. The Djinn adopts his human alter-ego, Nathaniel Demerest (Andrew Divoff), and takes the blame for the robbery. Wishmaster 2- Evil Never Dies
A messy, ambitious, and wildly entertaining sequel that understands the wish-fulfillment genre better than most big-budget films. Andrew Divoff is a horror icon. The prison setting is inspired. And that self-impalement scene? Worth the price of admission alone. Morgan, who discovers she has the ability to
Here’s a for the film Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999), directed by Jack Sholder and starring Andrew Divoff as the Djinn. The film kicks off during a botched museum robbery
Sholder recognized that the Djinn functioned similarly to Freddy Krueger—a villain who thrives on theatricality and puns. Instead of trying to make Wishmaster 2 a grim, atmospheric thriller, Sholder embraced a bright, comic-book aesthetic. The pacing is incredibly fast, moving briskly from one creative death scene to the next, ensuring the audience is never bored. Legacy and Direct-to-Video Royalty
Released in 1999, Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies bypassed theaters and headed straight to video shelves. Written and directed by Jack Sholder ( A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge ), the film leaned heavily into dark humor, logic-defying wish fulfillment, and a change of scenery that took the Djinn from high-society art galas to the prison yard. Decades later, Wishmaster 2 stands as a definitive artifact of straight-to-video '99 horror: cheesy, wildly imaginative, and anchored by a legendary villainous performance. From Gallery to Gridiron: The Plot