Nathaniel Demerest

Nathaniel Demerest was the name of a fictional character featured in the Wishmaster film series. The actual character made only a very brief appearance in the first film Wishmaster, where he was played by actor Andrew Divoff.

Biography
Almost nothing is known about the actual Nathaniel Demerest save that he had died in 1997 and his body had been donated to science. An evil Djinn found the cadaver of Demerest inside of a university morgue and peeled his face away. A medical student came in and interrupted the process. The Djinn asked the student if this was something that he did not wish to see. When the student replied yes, the Djinn used his power to fuse the boy's eyes together. The Djinn then took Demerest's face and placed it over his own demonic visage, whereupon it grew around him, giving the Djinn an outwardly human appearance.

Using the name Nathaniel Demerest as an alias, the Djinn was then able to operate freely in the human world, using his powers and charm to seduce the unaware into bargaining their soul for the opportunity to have their heart's desires.

Notes & Trivia



 * As the events of the first Wishmaster film were effectively erased, it is unclear why or how the Djinn chose to assume Demerest's form in the sequel, Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies as he did not have any contact with the human Demerest at that time.