Hellmaster

Hellmaster (also known as Soulstealer)[1] is a 1992 American horror film written and directed by Douglas Shulze, 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.[2]

"Soulstealer" redirects here. For the unrelated graphic novel of the same name, see Soul Stealer.
Hellmaster
VHS cover
Directed byDouglas Schulze
Written byDouglas Shulze
Produced byDavid J. Dalton
Kurt Eli Mayry
Douglas Schulze
StarringJohn Saxon
David Emge
Amy Raasch
Edward Stevens
CinematographyMichael Goi
Edited bySean Hoessli
Distributed byDolphin Productions[1]
Release date
December 16, 1992 (1992-12-16)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.[3][4]

Cast
  • John Saxon as Professor Jones
  • David Emge as Reporter
  • Jeff Rector as Jesse
  • Amy Raasch as Shelley
  • Edward Stevens as Drake
  • Sean Sweeney as Joel
  • Melissa Zafarana as Tracy
  • Jim Riethmiller as Harrold
  • Sarah Barkoff as Little Girl

Home media

The film's initial home video release VHS was distributed through AIP in 1992.[5]

The film was released on DVD on September 19, 2006 and includes audio commentary from director Shulze and one of the producers, along with a conceptual art gallery, and a behind-the-scenes gallery.[6]

References
  1. Kuehls, David (October 1991). "Soulstealer: The Doctor is Insane". Fangoria. No. 107. Starlog Group, Inc. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  2. "Hellmaster (1992)". Archived from the original on 2006-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  3. allmovie ((( Hellmaster > Overview )))
  4. "Hellmaster". Archived from the original on 2007-11-04. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  5. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165489/?ref_=adv_li_tt
  6. allmovie ((( Hellmaster [Unrated Director's Cut] > Overview ))) Archived 2006-04-26 at the Wayback Machine


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