Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies 1999

Morgana Truscott Holly Fields unwittingly triggers a cascade of supernatural trouble during a museum heist when a stray gunshot releases a fire opal that houses an ancient Djinn. The jewel-wielding thief slips away with the gem after shooting a museum guard, but in the chaos she must abandon her partner at the escape point. The Djinn retaliates against the remaining burglar, who had only wished he could have been born differently, and the creature’s lethal power makes the crime scene even more chilling. As the police sweep in, the Djinn sheds his monstrous shell and appears as a chillingly calm human figure, naming himself Nathaniel Demerest and surrendering to the authorities. This eerie transformation marks the beginning of a longer, darker bargain that threads through the lives of the two main figures.

Morgana later experiences vivid dreams that offer glimpses of the Djinn in his true, terrible form. To understand what she’s dealing with, she seeks out Gregory Paul Johansson, a priest at a nearby church and Morgana’s former lover, and confides that a man named Demerest confessed to the robbery. The exchange plants seeds of doubt and fear, and Morgana’s sense of guilt grows as she recalls the guard she killed. In prison, Demerest bleeds into the lives of others by offering to grant wishes in exchange for souls, weaving a dangerous game of power and temptation.

Demerest’s charisma is tested when he is confronted by Butz [Rhino Michaels] and the Tiger brothers—James Tiger and Simon Tiger, played by James Kim and Simon Kim. What begins as a demand for drugs and a quick escape escalates into a brutal demonstration of the Djinn’s control: he grants a literal punishment for a hardened criminal’s inflated wish, and Butz is savagely beaten by his own inner circle. The scene lands Demerest in solitary confinement for a time, narrowing his immediate paths to power while the inside of the prison grows tenser with every passing day.

Meanwhile, Morgana digs into Persian mythology, studying the deity Ahura Mazda who, in folklore, bound the Djinn in the past. She opens up to Gregory about her nightmares and her involvement in the robbery and the murder, and in turn learns that the Djinn’s presence has deeper history than she imagined. Morgana eventually goes to the prison to press Demerest on his confession, but he reveals his true form and drives her away, leaving behind a chilling reminder of what she might unleash if she continues down this path.

That night, Morgana begins a series of rituals aimed at purifying her soul, hoping that a pure heart can banish the Djinn back into his prison. At the same time, Demerest eliminates a barrier to his freedom by killing the prison warden Tillaver [Tommy Lister Jr.] and escaping with Osip [Oleg Vidov], a Russian inmate who has become an unlikely ally. The pair share a grim moment of companionship, and Morgana, who has returned to her search for a way to stop the threat, arrives too late to prevent the escape, firing at Demerest, though the wound only momentarily wounds the Djinn. The attack deepens Morgana’s despair as she confronts the scope of the danger they all face.

Gregory—still tracking the Djinn’s machinations—finds Morgana praying at the church altar and realizes that there are more clues to uncover. He compiles more notes and discovers that the Djinn is seeking 1,001 souls, a number tied to an incantation used by the alchemist who imprisoned the Djinn. The revelation widens the looming crisis, and the pair heads toward Las Vegas, where the Djinn begins granting wishes to casino patrons in a bid to collect the remaining souls before the clock runs out.

As the trio threads toward a final confrontation, Demerest’s plan to harvest souls accelerates. Morgana and Gregory confront Demerest, and a fateful wish is made to send the Djinn back to hell. They are transported inside the fire opal, where Gregory is crucified as a stark symbol of their struggle against the forces of evil. The Djinn’s prophetic words about the fate of humanity echo, and Morgana presses him for meaning. The Djinn recites the prophecy: after 1,001 souls are gathered, the one who wakes the Djinn shall have three wishes, and the Djinn’s race will reign over the Earth. In response, Morgana makes a final, purifying choice and asks for the guard she killed to be alive again. A vision of the guard alive and well appears, signaling that her pureness of heart may yet redeem the world.

To seal the bargain, Morgana speaks the alchemist’s chant, Nib Sugaroth Baheim, and the Djinn is banished back into the opal. The victims who had suffered at the Djinn’s hand are restored to life, and a fragile balance is restored to those who survived the siege of wealth, power, and fear. The opal’s magic quiets, the danger recedes, and Morgana’s decision to trust in mercy over domination closes the circle of this perilous encounter with an otherworldly force. The town may be safe for now, but the memory of the Djinn’s shadow lingers as a reminder of what can awaken when human greed and supernatural hunger intersect.