Hellmaster (1992)

Name: Hellmaster
Genre: Horror
Released: 1992-12-16
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 4.5
Cast: John Saxon, David Emge, Amy Raasch, Jeff Rector, Ron Asheton

Hellmaster (1992), directed by Douglas Schulze, starring John Saxon and David Emge.

12/16/1992 BR Horror 1h 36m

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He'll show you the way to hell and meet you there!

Synopsis

A psychotic college professor uses unwitting students as laboratory rats, injecting them with a drug that mutates them into gory killers

Michael GoiCinematography
Douglas SchulzeDirector, Producer, Writer
Diana CrollOriginal music
John TraynorOriginal music

About the film

Hellmaster (also known as Soulstealer and Them) is a 1992 American horror film written and directed by Douglas Schulze, and starring John Saxon. The plot follows a psychotic college professor who uses unsuspecting students as laboratory rats, injecting them with a drug that mutates them into brutal killers.

The film has been observed to be largely influenced by the Nightmare on Elm Street series – which also featured Saxon – as well as other popular horror titles such as Hellraiser.

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The film has been observed to be largely influenced by the Nightmare on Elm Street series – which also featured Saxon – as well as other popular horror titles such as Hellraiser.

Plot

Part of a secret government eugenics project, crazed biochemistry professor Jones (John Saxon) committed terrible crimes on his college campus in the late 1960s before one of his colleagues burned the college to put a deadly end to his spree. Jones is presumed dead, but a series of murders twenty years later raises questions of whether he has somehow managed to return. In actuality, Jones's drug experiments have turned him into a superhuman. Having teleported himself to safety during the fire, he has been living underground continuing his experiments. With an injection, he is able to turn people into mutants who will follow his will. With the help of his zombie-like army, Jones plans to access his stores of his "Nietzsche Drug" in the catacombs beneath the campus. Standing against him are three people: a psychic, a reporter and a woman who has already survived one supernatural attack. The psychic determines that she herself must take the Nietzsche Drug so she can face the mad professor and his mutant slaves.

Cast

John Saxon as Professor Jones

David Emge as Robert

Jeff Rector as Jesse Jameson

Amy Raasch as Shelly O'Deane

Edward Stevens as Drake Destry

Sean Sweeney as Joel Johnson

Melissa Zafarana as Tracy

Jim Riethmiller as Harrold (credited as Jim Reithmiller)

Robert Dole as Professor Damon

Todd Tesen as Adam O'Deane

Eric Kingston as Bobby Jones

Neil Savedes as Joey Jones

Suzanne Labatt as Moon Jones

Ron Asheton as Mama Jones

Janet Linck as Andrea

James Croteau as Paul

Steven E. Williams as Harvey (credited as Steve Williams)

Becky Traynor as Beth

Rebecca Jachman as Pam

Anne Marie Reilly as Tiffany

Valentina Agius as Chris (credited as Tina Ashley Agius)

Sarah Barkoff as Little Girl

Home media

The film's initial home video release VHS was distributed through AIP in 1992.

The film was released on DVD on September 19, 2006 and includes audio commentary from director Schulze and one of the producers, along with a conceptual art gallery, and a behind-the-scenes gallery.

References

External links

Hellmaster at IMDb

Hellmaster at Rotten Tomatoes

Text from Hellmaster on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmaster

Trivia

The production budget was US$ 1.8 million.
It premiered on December 16, 1992, a Wednesday.
It runs 1h36 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 14 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.