I love this movie so much

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

where the only positive reviews are given by film crew and their family members?I really didn't mind Soultaker (and yes, I've seen both original version on VHS and MST3k version), but after reading some reviews over here, which are ironically given by director, producer, actors and their family members, I just couldn't resist to do a review here. On it's own, Soultaker, isn't original story as some other reviewers claim (it's a clear Carnival of Souls rip off, which is, ironically, Twilight Zone episode rip off) but the concept of Grim Ripper going after group of lost souls isn't exactly the theme that happens often in horror industry. Screenplay has some OK moments, but it clearly needed more work and help from more expired writers. but what crack me up was "review" of director Michael Rissi where he just keep telling how good his movie was and how he manage to find every single excuse why his movie sucks. It's MST3K fault, right? Get serious. I understand that "Soultaker" had very limited budget, but again, budget doesn't have to play all that much. If you don't believe me, here are few examples: Robert Rodriguez with his first movie, and for "true underground", Turkish director Can Evrenol, who made some of the best short horror movies ever for budget no bigger then $2000 combined. You can't blame everyone else for lack of directing skills. Direction wasn't a complete disaster, but none of the camera movement really stood out. It has some OK moments, but nothing special. I am in industry myself (as a screenwriter, in my native language, currently preparing for first directorial debut) and some young directors that worked on my script were brilliant. On top of that, they worked with far less budget then "Soultaker" but manage to film a lot better movie. But to be honest, Soultaker does have some descent moments that were nicely directed. It's clear that budget (or lack of it) was important factor for this movie. As other guys said, with higher budget, better director and crew and more professional actors, "Soultaker" might have been a bit better and would not end up just as another MST3K fodder.I might sound a bit harsh, but I was really provoked by level of arrogance from "Soultaker" crew giving those reviews. Isn't that forbidden, btw? As far as I know, directors and producers aren't allowed to write reviews about their own movies. Anyway, Michael Rissi did gain some skills on his next few movies (all of them which are lot better then ST) and hopefully "Soultaker" would become "Alien 3" of David Fincher.final verdict: "Soultaker" while not something that I would gladly recommend, isn't that bad as IMDb bottom 100 suggest. There are far worse movies out there (try watching MANOS. If you survive, you know you'll survive ANY movie). Sadly, "Soultaker" ended up being a descent concept which had horrible execution.

Michael Rissi's review pretty much states that Mystery Science Theater butchered this movie. After looking at the review I then watched it, but I still found some things wrong with the movies coherency and plot.Basically, with this film your characters have souls separated from their bodies. The one thing wrong is that they can interact with objects around then, when physically they don't exist. Among my favourite ghost/limbo movies is the Swedish film Den Osynlige (and the American remake - The Invisible) and that did things right by having whatever Niklas/Nick would interact with be immediately undone. MUCH more believable.I feel the above inconsistency with the plot needed to be mentioned. I may watch this movie uncut, but maybe not because that above inconsistency doesn't have an explanation for why it's happening. If you want to watch a better movie taking on this subject then watch Den Osynlige.

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! I see this film has reached the bottom 100. Wow. It is not that bad, and I suspect the only reason it got there is because "Mystery Science Theater" fans have a tendency to put featured films on the low ranking. (I mean, really, even "Manos" is not as bad as IMDb makes it out to be.) Is this film bad? Oh, heck yes. Teenagers (especially one) that look far too old. Some ugly faces, too. And I do not mean Robert Z'Dar (a god in the world of low budget film). But who does not like a little cheese now and then? Especially cheese featuring Joe Estevez, one of the least-appreciated members of his illustrious family.This film exists to be made fun of and to drink yourself silly to. Perhaps better writing, a better cast and a different director could have saved it. But then we are talking a completely different movie.

Vivian Schilling's story is the only redeeming quality to this flawed film. From the posts listed on this site, I see that those Mystery Science Theatre 3000 goofballs used this as one of their targets. To be honest, it is an easy target. The "bull's eye" comes from poor production values and terrible casting. Although Vivian Schilling is no Meryl Streep and Gregg Thomsen is far from George Clooney, they do an adequate job. The miscast came with the Angels of Death.VIOLENCE: $$ (Not too much violence, unless you call soul-sucking a violent undertaking. Estevez does get thrown out the window - which also signifies the trajectory of his career - but there aren't any Rambo machine gun scenes or Michael Myers stabbings).NUDITY: $ (Vivian teases us while she undresses to take a bath, while her mother watches! I can only imagine what the Mystery Science guys have to say during that scene).STORY: $$$ (Although not strong, Schilling's strong storytelling abilities are degraded by the poor production values. She gives us an interesting plot but Michael Rissi's carefree direction ruin a decent script).ACTING: $ (Joe Estevez and Robert Z'Dar might just be the two absolute worst actors ever to grace cinema. Cardboard cutouts would have made for an upgrade over those two guys. Their work as the two Angels of Death, dig the six foot hole for Soultaker to rest in).