Review of Soultaker (1990) by Carol M — 12 Aug 2013

This movie is quite genius in its badness. Like a lot of latter 80's horror movies, it spends most of its time ripping off Hellraiser, and not really to its benefit. Soultaker is about as bad as bad gets, but in this instance, it oozes enough charm from being horrible to get itself by.

I personally don't care if Joe Estevez confusingly reminds me of Martin Sheen. I think it's something of a benefit for him personally because he's not really anything to write home about, as many people reading this might already know.

This is easily one of the best pieces of Mystery Science Theater 3000 fodder out there, and if you can get your hands on a copy of it, you'll understand why. Everything is pretty much thrown out the window.

Acting, lighting, editing, sound design, story... just everything. It's all bad, but laughably so, making it one of the guiltiest pleasures you're ever likely to find, and that's saying a lot when it comes to really bad movies.