Soultaker (1990)

User Rating:

1.8/10   

Director:

Michael Rissi

Writers:

Vivian Schilling (story) and
Eric Parkinson (story) ...

Release Date:

26 October 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

There is no Stairway to Heaven.

Plot:

Four teenagers are killed in a car accident. Two of the teenagers refuse to go with "The Grim Reaper" and a race between life and death ensues!

Plot Keywords:

Soul | Teen | Angel | Death | Grim Reaper

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Joe Estevez	...	The Man / Soultaker
Vivian Schilling	...	Natalie McMillan
Gregg Thomsen	...	Zach Taylor
Robert Z'Dar	...	Angel of Death
David 'Shark' Fralick	...	Brad Deville (as David Shark)
Jean Reiner	...	Anna McMillan
Chuck Williams	...	Tommy Marcetto
David Fawcett	...	Mayor Grant McMillan
Gary Kohler	...	Sgt. Haggerty
Dave Scott	...	Officer Mel
Peter Dach	...	Store Clerk
Cinda Lou Freeman	...	Candice
Meschelle Manley	...	Karen
Charles Bosworth	...	Mr. Taylor
Jeff Deen	...	Dr. Richard Reiner

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Mobile, Alabama, USA

Company:

Park-Schilling Productions Inc.

Trivia:

Vivian Schilling who appears as Natalie in the film, wrote some of the story.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: At the very beginning when Brad picks up Zach at his house, the cameraman is reflected in the rearview mirror.

Quotes:

The Man: You can't kill a man who's already dead.

Movie Connections:

References Carnival of Souls (1962)

Soundtrack:

Fight Fire With Fire

"Do you have a phone so I can call Martin to take over my role?"

OK, I saw this film through Mystery Science Theater 3000, but I did see the movie, so I figured I would leave a comment on it. I just love once again how Joe gets stuck with the crummy roles while his brother and nephew's are just getting the Oscar winning roles left and right. Soultaker is technically what you would call the movie that was meant to be good. It seemed like the director and actors just took this movie extremely seriously and had very cheesy effects, a story that didn't make much sense, and not to mention pretty crummy acting abilities. This is one of my favorite MST3K episodes, simple because a lot of what they mention is what we are thinking throughout the film and I'll explain why in a moment.

Natalie and Zach are a couple who broke up and are now trying to work things over. But since Zach is in upper lower class and Natalie is in middle class, it just ain't gonna work. But on the way home, they and Zach's friends get into a car accident and now the angel of death/Soultaker is after them to meet his quota of soultaking. But also it seems like he's had some kind of other life relationship with Natalie and just can't seem to move on. So now Natalie and Zach must race against the ever appearing five million times a minute clock to save their souls and lives.

Well, I guess Zeppelin was wrong when he sang that there was a stairway to Heaven, I wonder if Black Sabbith was wrong too, lol. Basically there are a lot of plot holes in this movies, like no one can see the characters and they can't be killed, yet somehow they can still press buttons and open doors? The Angel of Death had a very strange face and was a bit distracting from the story itself. Soultaker was just a lousy film that was rushed and makes you just feel so bad for Joe, the under-appreciated Sheen/Estovez brother.

2/10