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Sight by Dee Christopher
Dealer: Magic Tao

Cost: £10.99

The Effect
Mentally divining a freely thought of film title, no force, no funny shuffles, just let the spec choose and go for it!

Difficulty
(1=easy to do, 2=No sleights, but not so easy, 3=Some sleights used,
4=Advanced sleights used, 5=Suitable for experienced magicians only)
Definitely 1 for the method but, as with all good magic, you’ll need to be able to present the routine properly.

What it says on the tin:
A spectator chooses one horror movie from a list of 10. You make a prediction and then reveal how you have read their thoughts when you tell them which horror movie they chose.
The spectator has a completely free choice and you are always able to predict their chosen horror movie.
This is very easy to do with no memory work involved. Carry ‘Sight’ in your wallet and you are ‘good to go’.
You get:
• A DVD with full explanations
• A card with a list of horror movies
• Special something with no memory work required.

Review
The blurb says it all, there are 10 titles of horror films printed on a rather nice, gothic theme card, just the right size to fit in a wallet or business card holder, the spec holds the card, freely selects one of the titles and concentrates on it. The performer then starts the magic of divination and gets it right every time. The films range from very old to quite recent, some are well known and some are probably less well known. The DVD goes into full detail of how, why and what to do, the special something is excellent, very sneaky and does the job extremely well. The card itself is well printed, silvery white on black and the silvery parts have a muted shine which reflects the horror theme very well. You’ll need to provide a few of your own business cards, or blank ones from the nearest stationery supplier, and a pen but that’s all.

Dee explains the routine fully on the DVD but there are possibilities to enhance this, the films all have a date alongside the title so, with a little memory work, that could be used as an extra reveal; it could also be used as a link to any other routine using dates – let your imagination loose and see how you can adapt it.

Overall
An excellent item to keep in the wallet ready for a performance at any time, definitely in the ‘packs small plays big’ category and would work well for table hopping as the outcome can be different each time it’s performed.

Rating: 9 out of 10. I like this one, just the sort of thing to have handy if you're suddenly expected to 'do something' at a moment's notice. Equally at home in a full cabaret or close up act.

Ha... Beat me to it. I love this one. Its a great addition to wallet mentalism,that works on a different principle to effects released by the likes of Paul Brooks, ect.
Whole heartedly recommended. would probably play well as an introduction to directors cut.

daleshrimpton wrote: would probably play well as an introduction to directors cut.

Exactly what I thought when I read the review, I'm going to partake I think....

can you take the method and use it for other things, for example a list of "breeds of dog" instead of horror films?

Thanks for the review Mandrake. This trick is a beauty to perform.

Karma - You receive a custom made card to perform sight. I guess at some stage we can look into creating some alternatives.

Costas

Karma - You receive a custom made card to perform sight. I guess at some stage we can look into creating some alternatives.

I see, thanks very much, seems like it's worth a go at that price

It also occurs to me that, if you don't have business cards, or prefer to not use them, this could still be done using a small notepad.....

Oh yes indeedy, Sight is one of those things which is capable of being adapted to suit different methods and handlings.

Got this yesterday and really like it. The nice thing is, the card is fully examinable before and after, the method is very sneaky and it can be presented in a number of ways depending on your persona.

Well worth getting hold of.

Got this too, as I'm a big horror fan. Really neat little effect and very sneaky as Heckler says above. It's true that it can be done with no memorisation of anything, but I guess if you wanted to commit a certain something to memory you could perform it 100% clean.

As with things like Directors Cut 1 and 2, if you want to put a bit of time into acquiring data and additional facts then it could certainly pay dividends.

And it pays when it's an effect involving films to have seen them.

I did wonder if changing the patter to reflect My top ten, as opposed to The top ten, would add that personal touch.
It would then give you scope to elaborate on the films.

daleshrimpton wrote:I did wonder if changing the patter to reflect My top ten, as opposed to The top ten, would add that personal touch.
It would then give you scope to elaborate on the films.

Possibly, though the fact that the back story has the list of films being chosen in a poll is a good one to explain the list. I suppose if you picked ten films from Director's Cut 2 (with reference to the method of course) you could use the ten favourite films theme and combine the two. I'll have to have a look at the list of films in DR2 as off the top of my head I can't recall how many are on that list and how many others if not would fit the method.

Are people still using this?

Is it laminated? I have a phobia of laminate.

And if it is, can I print my own card?

Is this method credited to anyone? It's just that I have Bob Cassidy PDF and I'm sure it's got exactly the same routine in it as described above. I can't go into details without tipping the method. Needless to say it involves a list of horror films, some known, some not so well known, and free choice. I wish I could remember the name of his effect? It'll come to me eventually!!