The Worst Film Ever

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

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.

I will admit that I have only seen the MST3k version of Soultaker, which is a great episode by the way, probably in my top 3. After viewing I was interested to see how the film was rated on IMDb. I was somewhat surprised to see it had an overall rating of 2 (at time of writing).I have read a few reviews including the rare and insightful comments from the Director and feel it has been unfairly represented on IMDb. Ultimately I don't think it warrants its position in the notorious Bottom 100.Although the episode was good, this is not typical MST3k garbage. Trying watching Space Mutiny, Werewolf or Future War, which have similar IMDb ratings, to illustrate my point. All of these examples would be very hard to swallow without the quips from Mike and the team.In defence of Soultaker: The concept at the time was probably quite original, the sound and editing is reasonably good and at times generates genuine suspense (not typical of the Bottom 100 films I have seen) and the acting is not hopeless (Vivian Schilling's performance probably most notable).I will not deny that there are some issues with execution though and plot inconsistencies. Taking into account all this, the budget and the fact that the MST3k version I have seen was probably edited to suit I think this is worthy of 6 out of 10.

Now I did watch this when it first came out on VHS, and all my friends and I thought it was a pretty good movie, but then again, we were teenagers. But honestly, not that good of a movie in retrospect. Sort of a hair metal, Dokken version of Carnival of Souls. But a bad movie does not exactly mean it is unwatchable; however, this one seems to lack the charm a lot of the regular Mst3k fodder usually contains. But if it was on cable, and I was bored and drinking beer--sure, I'd watch it again. But then again, I've watched Howling VII about five times now, so maybe you really shouldn't be listening to me.Anyone else think it kind of sad that the director supposedly commented on his own movie? And why did he feel the urge to use caps lock so much?

Soultaker was written by and starred Vivian Schilling. It also starred Joe Estevez, Gregg Thomsen, and Robert D'Zar as the Angel of Death.The story begins with introduction to Soultaker, played by Joe Estevez. We quickly learn what Soultaker's role will be in this movie.Next the college aged young people are getting ready for a summer festival, aptly named "Summerfest". In this film, the battle of the classes is omni-present throughout the film. The girls come from a wealthy class, and the guys come from roughly middle or lower class. The class roles seem to play a role in the film for some reason which isn't really clear or pertinent to the story.At Summerfest we learn more about the apparent class struggles of why Zach isn't encouraged to date Natalie. Soultaker makes an appearance as well, with apparently his boss the Angel of Death. Here D'Zar's character points out who is to die and who's souls are to be taken. It's revealed as well, that Soultaker will have a character conflict regarding Natalie, and how he deals with her because of someone in his past.Meanwhile Natalie is ditched by her ride to Summerfest, and Zach convinces her to ride home with them. During the ride home, Soultaker takes an active role causing them to wreck horribly at high speeds.The rest of the story surrounds the Soultaker collecting the souls of the dead passengers, and Zach and Natalie trying to outwit him to return to their bodies so they can continue to live. The class and character conflicts lay in the story, but are really never brought to the forefront or resolved.There's an attempt towards the end to drag out some of the drama, there's a lot of chasing and running which does tend to be really boring. It's not really acceptable, and it would've been nice had this been dealt with differently, somehow to maybe increase the drama but not bore the audience.The story and acting are decent. The soundtrack is OK, and even the production values are good.Robert D'Zar in his brief on screen appearances does a nice job as the Angel of Death. Joe Estevez does OK, however sometimes his role acting a bit flat. Vivian is pretty and does a decent job as Natalie, although perhaps over acting a bit in a few scenes.This may sound odd, but this movie definitely could've benefited from some pointless nudity. Vivian teases us a bit but that wasn't enough.In my opinion this was a pretty serious attempt at making a movie. The results, it's worth watching. Just don't expect a perfect production.3/10