Vomitron_G Boy, oh, boy... What was this? I have great difficulties categorizing this flick. For one thing, it says in the video-box: "If you're a fan of: The Sixth Sense, The House On Haunted Hill, Stir Of Echoes, you'll love Evil Lives". Now if you look at which year this movie was made in, you know right away what that means, right? It's one of the biggest lies I've ever read and a perfect example of shameless advertising with the sole purpose of ripping off the unsuspecting viewer. It also says: "A Horrifying Supernatural Thriller". No it's not! It has hints at comedy. A bit of drama. Lots of naked boobies and some sex-scenes. It tries to be a thriller. Yes, there's some dark supernatural powers at play. But it's anything but a successful "horrifying supernatural thriller", I can tell you that much. The so-called surprise-twist this movie has, actually happens, more or less, in the opening-scene of the movie! It has some extremely silly dialogues that are actually pretty funny to hear. And in the final conclusion it has make-up effects vaguely reminiscent of Brian Yuzna's "Society" (or perhaps even better: Lamberto Bava's "Per Sempre aka Until Death" comes to mind), so you can count that as a bonus. Anyway, yes, it's a pretty damn bad movie. But strangely, all this nonsense to me was still rather amusing. Didn't even mind the ending, haha! However, even though I had no problems finishing this dubious movie, this, ladies and gentlemen, is another perfect example why the 90's very much sucked when it comes to horror.

Paul Andrews Soulmate sis set in the American town of Hillsdale where famous horror book author Richard Wayborn (Tristan Rogers) is approached by a student named Laura (Melissa Moore) who asks's him for his autograph having just seen him conduct at lecture at her college. Richard becomes very friendly & ask's Laura if she would like a bite to eat with him, Laura jumps at the chance & in no time at all they arrive at the local fast food restaurant drive-thru. Richard spikes Laura's coke with a deadly poison & before long Laura is deader than a dodo & her body has been possessed by Richard's dead wife's soul, they head off to a seedy motel & have sex. Unfortunately Richard needs freshly deceased bodies on a regular basis as the effect doesn't last long & next on his list of potential victims is sexy student Sara Foster (Arabella Holzbog), Richard turns on the charm & invites Sara to his home where he intends to kill her but things don't go according to plan, Sara escapes & contacts the police & her boyfriend Scott (Tyrone Power Jr.) who just happens to be a detective. Richard & his wife Rachel decide that Sara must be silenced to protect their dark secret...Directed by Thunder Levin Soulmates is, in my opinion, complete crap. The script by Matt Devlen, James Hankins & Adam Winston is painfully slow & dull, it has no proper explanation for anything that's happening & why on Earth did it take three people to write it? For a start we, the viewer that is, have virtually no idea how Rachel can jump from body to body, all we get is some vague dialogue, which amounts to two lines, about a witch doctor. What happens to her soul when she isn't in a body? Why can't she just stay in the same body? Why can't she search morgues for the recently deceased? Surely that would be a bit safer than having to kill dozens of young girls? The whole film is very linear with a few girls being killed & Sara's discovery of what's going on at which point she becomes a target. The character's are unlikable & as dull as dishwater.Soulmates takes itself far too seriously & as a dramatic piece of film-making it falls flat on it's face, there is very little horror in Soulmates & I thought it played more like a thriller. You will probably spot the so-called twist ending coming a mile off.Director Levin does nothing to distinguish Soulmates from any other piece of low budget crap, it has no style or any noteworthy attributes. Forget about any tension or excitement either & you can forget about any gore or violence as there is a brief stabbing, a broken finger, a drowning, some gunshot wounds & that's it. There is some sex & nudity though.Technically Soulmates is bland & forgettable. It reminds of a made-for-TV film which is in no way a compliment. The acting is of a pretty poor standard while porn star Julie Strain makes an appearance as does cult film director/actor Paul Bartel in the films most bizarre scene.Soulmates is pretty poor stuff from beginning to end & thankfully quite hard to get hold of, but if you do have the misfortune to get hold of a copy then all I can say is I feel sympathy for you. Definitely one to avoid.

bigwig_thalyi Why did i buy this piece of trash.I bought it at my video store for £1 because it looked interesting from the cover.Now I understand why they say don't judge a video by it's cover. The film was about a 600 year old mortal who kills a string of young women in search of a perfect body in which to resurrect his dead wife, however the perfect girl eludes him and he spends the film stalking her. This film doesn't know whether to be a erotic supernatural thriller or a slasher movie and ends up being neither. i'll start with the good points as there aren't many.If you are into films with female nudity then this film is for you as there are plenty of scenes involving naked women but if you are looking for a film with a good plot and strong characters then this film is best left on the shelf. Now the bad points:The film is supposed to be scary and isn't,the villain has about as much menace as a bag of jellybeans,you feel no sympathy for the heroine,the acting is atrocious and because of poor editing it is a bit disjointed. If you see this film walk past it and do not waste your money as the film,in my opinion has no redeeming features. if I could i'd give this film 0 out of 10 I would but as I can't I will give it 1 out of 10

bdobson Now I am all for cheese and in fact I rented this film full well knowing that I was not going to be seeing anything of high art. However there is a dramatic difference between a film that is so awful it is good and a film that is just plain awful. If perhaps the film itself had not taken itself seriously it may have worked better as black comedy. Instead the events on screen seem to be done with no humor while the music (some of which sounding carnival in nature) is anything but serious. So if they were indeed attempting humor they did manage it but not in the way they may have been intending.Acting wise the film is a wash as well but for nudity buffs this is one of the first films in a while not to shy away that aspect of the genre.So if you have a hankering for self abuse you may in the end enjoy it enough for a few minor kicks.