Crystal Force (1992) | Merits of Sin | Region-Free (DVD)

Title: Crystal Force (1990)

Genre: Horror, Fantasy

Plot Synopsis:
At John’s funeral, a seemingly kind old man stands near John’s widow Hope. He is the master of The Crystal, possessor of its light and terror. Hope accepts The Crystal in good faith, praying it contains New Age love powers. But she has gravely miscalculated.

Cast and Crew:
Director: Laura Keats
Writers: Jared Brady, Jerry Daly
Cast:

• Sharon Kane as Beth (credited as Katherine McCall)

• John Marlo

• Jan Marlyn Reesman as Veronica

• Angst Argyle

• Lisa Turco

IMDb Link:
Crystal Force (1992)

Reviews from Letterboxd:

1. sydney – ★★★★
   “Half of this is a bunch of chicks just hanging out and bantering and the other half is neon pink/blue computer graphic’d nightmares caused by a demon crystal. There’s a hilarious creepy antique dealer who wears round sunglasses and a beret and has two big scary dogs, and seances, and a guy in a rubber monster suit chasing people, and Richard Band-style muzak, and so much denim and big bad 90’s hair… so on one hand yes it’s lame low-budget horror trash but on the other hand look at that poster!!! This is the greatest film ever made!!!”

2. Evan Wrye – ★★½
   “Bit of a snoozer but has its charm.”

3. Nick Bentz – ★★★
   “Cheesy early 90s erotic thriller with a satanist demon/interdimensional creature angle that just captures the aesthetic of the time in such a roundabout way. While the movie is generally not great, the feel and general execution is super coherent, and it gets a lot of style points. Who knew that buying crystals was so dangerous? Very rad poster.”

4. JacobhasaLB – ★
   “This is like ‘The Big Chill’, but instead of being about a bunch of boring white people, it’s about a bunch of boring white people who sometimes have sex.”

5. HorrorSage – ★½
   “Crystal demon and a sexy babe, why yes that does happen once in the movie. Too bad most of the movie is just some girls having the most boring and inane conversations over a seance. A few sex scenes, yeah, but a lot of them are so darkly lit you can’t really see anything. The monster looks cool, and it does kill like 2 people, in the last 3 minutes. The best part of the movie is the dumpy curio owner who only speaks in rhyme. He’s got some good puppers at least.”

Meta Description:
A 1990 horror-fantasy film where a grieving widow’s acquisition of a mysterious crystal unleashes a demonic force, blending low-budget special effects with supernatural themes.