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.

The film Soultaker is essentially an older form Final Destination in which several car wrecked teens have their souls separated from their bodies and must cheat death who is chasing them... The film has its moments, and its concepts, the idea of disoriented souls being separated from their bodies is a pretty nifty idea... If this movie were remade with a few good actors/actresses and some awesome special effects it could turn out to be extremely awesome... As for the actual film, I recommend watching the MST3K version, the pure version might be too boring to sit through, unless you love bad movies staring Martin Sheen's brother...

This is not a bad movie at all, in my opinion. Though I love MST3K, I was disappointed that they chose this movie for one of their episodes.The story is pretty good. The acting is pretty good. The "effects" are certainly no worse than average. The only thing remotely "cheesy" about it is the "eighties" feel to it, and HELLO it was just about that time period, so that should be expected. Really, the music could have been much, much worse.Vivian Schilling contributed to something that was, all-in-all, very well-done! I kinda resent MST3K's Pearl referring to her as an "ambitious young lady". Schilling's performance wasn't "hammy" or anything like that. I thought she brought just the right sweetness and intensity to the character of Natalie.The only thing I'd change about it is more of a background story of the relationship between the soultaker and the woman Natalie so closely resembled.

I find it funny that the director would actually come on IMDb and post his feelings on MST3k's take on his movie, and yet completely overlook the fact that his movie might've just been bad. Not the worst that I've ever seen (I'm afraid Carnosaur has that distinction), but let's face it; it wasn't that great either. I will admit that the cinematography was actually pretty decent, and that the locations were actually pretty nice. As for the actual story, script, dialogue, casting, actors, acting, and that sort of thing, the movie falls flat. Why don't I pick it apart? The story isn't good. The writer obviously wrote the story as a self-congratulatory piece, one in which she is apparently the beautiful center of the universe. There's nothing exactly original about it, it's been done before, and, without giving anything away, it's been done BETTER before.The script is just awful. Dialogue is stilted, motivations are never very clear, and it's clear that this was a first or second attempt by the writers. Please correct me if I'm wrong, or at least surprise me by proving me otherwise. This is like a student film written by freshmen that should never have been marketed.Casting was also pretty bad. There's some sort of class conflict between the lovelorn pair, but it's barely believable. One is the mayor's daughter and the other didn't go to college in a Southern town. Oh, the scandal! It's just like Romeo and Juliet or West Side Story except the characters are so shallow and one-dimensional that you don't really care whether they get together or not. On top of that, the two principal actors are not cast very well, at least insofar as she's upper class and he's working class.The acting's pretty flat. Robert Z'Dar is, of course, deep-throated and mythical, and I like him in a campy, not good movie sort of way. He generally shines in whatever narrow confines he's given. The same is with the other Estevez, who appears to be a decent actor who never really got a fair shake. The rest, well, I fear that they were either summer stock or newbies to the acting scene, because their acting was either very affected, over-the-top campy, or missing. Watching some scenes was more like watching a live performance of Das Boot by Miss Newsome's 8th grade class; actors would obviously forget lines, botch them, or improv them unconvincingly. If they actually stuck to the script, BOY would I be surprised.Skip this one. Please, save yourself two hours to crochet a beer cozy or solve a kitten puzzle or kick dogs, but don't abuse yourself with a movie like this. Even with Robert Z'Dar.