Cast a Deadly Spell (1991 TV Movie)

David Warner: Amos Hackshaw

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Quotes 

• Hackshaw : Do you realize how long they've waited for me? Centuries! Millennia!

  Lovecraft : How long is that in dog years?

• Hackshaw : You don't belive in magic?

  Lovecraft : I believe it, just don't use it.

  Hackshaw : Why?

  Lovecraft : Personal reasons.

  Hackshaw : And they are?

  Lovecraft : Personal.

• Hackshaw : [summoning Yog-Sothoth]  From the wells of night to the gulfs of space. Ever the praises of great Cthulhu and Tsathoggua and of Him who is not named. Ever praises of abundance to the black goat of the woods, Shub-Niggurath, the goat with a thousand young, for thou has seen the dark universe yawning, the lost place where black planets roll without aim. Too long have thou dwelt in that cold captivity beyond the mercy of time. The way is clear. Return. And rule. Yog-Sothoth is the key and the guardian of the gate. He knows where the Old Ones have trod Earth's fields and that they will tread once more. Sorcerer. Emissary. Changeling, outsider. Thou art the whisper in the dark, for a million years the voice in man's ear, seducer, shaper of foul deed and betrayal. All was prelude and preparation. We empty our hearts in your name. Teacher! Master! Complete us! The things inside become the things outside! The waiting ends and the journey begins! Consume the darkness between the dimensions! Cross the gulf with a single stride! Here on this threshold is placed a gift. This is my gift. Come forth and receive it! Stars align! Space folds! A thousand worlds merge in a single instant! Crack the band of formlessness! Take shape and come forth!

• Hackshaw : The wheel has turned. Yog-Sothoth knows the Gate. That is the promise of the Necromnomicon. Open the Gate, let the Old Ones back in and they will make you a god.

  Lovecraft : Ooohhh, you get to be a god. What does Harry get?

  Harry : Tell him.

  Hackshaw : For services rendered, Mr. Borden gets to be Ruler of the World.

  Lovecraft : What kind of world?

  Hackshaw : A world of the unburied dead, and a sky dark with ashes. A blasted, maimed planet. But he'll be the most important person in it.

  Harry : How do you like them apples partner, huh?

• Hackshaw : Thank you for killing that though. Tiny minds with stunted dreams. Pathetic.

• Amos Hackshaw : [Lovecraft has just proved that he uses no magic talismans]  It's true... no tokens, no fetishes... nothing. You really don't use anything... any magic, that is.

  Det. Harry Philip Lovecraft : Just like I told you on the phone.

  Amos Hackshaw : You don't believe in magic?

  Det. Harry Philip Lovecraft : I believe it... just don't use it.

  Amos Hackshaw : Why?

  Det. Harry Philip Lovecraft : Got personal reasons.

  Amos Hackshaw : And they are?

  Det. Harry Philip Lovecraft : [pause, then:]  Personal.