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* DeletedScene: Nix's pet mandrill was supposed to have a gory death scene (Swann was supposed to shoot it), but this scene never made it to the final film because the makeup effects department couldn't get the "stunt mandrill" (a mechanized puppet) to work properly.
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* DeletedScene: CopiouslyCreditedCreator: Written, directed and co-produced by Creator/CliveBarker.
* CreatorChosenCasting:
** Creator/CliveBarker picked Creator/FamkeJanssen's photo out of the hundreds of initial submissions and declared, "This is Dorothea." She remained the only choice, although the filmmakers auditioned dozens of actresses for the part.
** Barker considered Creator/ScottBakula to be the perfect casting for D'Amour in both appearance and manner.
* ExecutiveMeddling: On seeing Creator/CliveBarker's cut, Creator/{{MGM}} decided that it was too long and there was too much time spent on dialogue scenes that occur in-between scenes involving death or horror elements. MGM insisted on removing roughly twelve and a half minutes from the film and Barker conceded as long as a director's cut could be released later.
* SelfAdaptation: Creator/CliveBarker adapted his own short story "The Last Illusion".
* SparedByTheCut: Nix's pet mandrill was supposed to have a gory death scene (Swann was supposed to shoot it), but this scene never made it to the final film because the makeup effects department couldn't get the "stunt mandrill" (a mechanized puppet) to work properly.
* CreatorChosenCasting:
** Creator/CliveBarker picked Creator/FamkeJanssen's photo out of the hundreds of initial submissions and declared, "This is Dorothea." She remained the only choice, although the filmmakers auditioned dozens of actresses for the part.
** Barker considered Creator/ScottBakula to be the perfect casting for D'Amour in both appearance and manner.
* ExecutiveMeddling: On seeing Creator/CliveBarker's cut, Creator/{{MGM}} decided that it was too long and there was too much time spent on dialogue scenes that occur in-between scenes involving death or horror elements. MGM insisted on removing roughly twelve and a half minutes from the film and Barker conceded as long as a director's cut could be released later.
* SelfAdaptation: Creator/CliveBarker adapted his own short story "The Last Illusion".
* SparedByTheCut: Nix's pet mandrill was supposed to have a gory death scene (Swann was supposed to shoot it), but this scene never made it to the final film because the makeup effects department couldn't get the "stunt mandrill" (a mechanized puppet) to work properly.
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** Argentina: ''Master of Darkness''
** Bulgaria: ''The Wizard''
** Greece: ''The Lord of Hell''
** Hungary: ''Appearance Kills''
** Mexico and Peru: ''The Master of Terror''
** Argentina: ''Master of Darkness''
** Bulgaria: ''The Wizard''
** Greece: ''The Lord of Hell''
** Hungary: ''Appearance Kills''
** Mexico and Peru: ''The Master of Terror''
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* ActorInspiredElement: The tattoo on D'Amour's back was included after Creator/ScottBakula researched the character.
* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $11 million. Box office, $13.3 million.
* ChannelHop: The picture started out as a Polygram Filmed Entertainment production, under the guidance of Steve Golin and Sigurjon Sighvatsson. When Polygram encountered financial woes, the film was sold off to MGM/UA, who were looking for films to release under their newly re-established Creator/UnitedArtists banner.
* DeletedScene: Nix's pet mandrill was supposed to have a gory death scene (Swann was supposed to shoot it), but this scene never made it to the final film because the makeup effects department couldn't get the "stunt mandrill" (a mechanized puppet) to work properly.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $11 million. Box office, $13.3 million.
* ChannelHop: The picture started out as a Polygram Filmed Entertainment production, under the guidance of Steve Golin and Sigurjon Sighvatsson. When Polygram encountered financial woes, the film was sold off to MGM/UA, who were looking for films to release under their newly re-established Creator/UnitedArtists banner.
* DeletedScene: Nix's pet mandrill was supposed to have a gory death scene (Swann was supposed to shoot it), but this scene never made it to the final film because the makeup effects department couldn't get the "stunt mandrill" (a mechanized puppet) to work properly.
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