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==In popular culture== | ==In popular culture== | ||
Adam Warlock is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero who debuted in 1967. The character is immortal and has the ability to manipulate cosmic energy. | |||
Warlock was the name of a German heavy metal band founded in 1982 in Düsseldorf. The band gained popularity and some commercial success in Europe in the mid-1980s. | |||
The warlock is a character class in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. It was introduced as a non-core base class who practice arcane magic in 2004. | |||
===''Warlock'' film series=== | |||
''Warlock'' is the name of a 1989 American supernatural horror film directed by Steve Miner and starring Julian Sands stars as the title character, a son of [[Satan]] who travels from the late 1600s to modern times with the mission of destroying the world. It spawned two sequels, ''Warlock: The Armageddon'' (1996) and ''Warlock III: The End of Innocence'' (1999). | |||
On July 8, 1995, 14-year-old Sandy Charles murdered 7-year-old Johnathan Thimpsen. In court, lawyers on Charles' behalf argued that he had become obsessed with the film ''Warlock'' and that the murder was based in part on [[occult]] concepts from the movie | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||