Hellmaster (1992)

Directed by

Douglas Schulze

Genre

horror film, psychological thriller

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A college professor turns his students into murderous mutants with a drug. John Saxon plays the professor in this horror film.

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What happens

Hellmaster (also known as Soulstealer and Them) is a 1992 American horror film written and directed by Douglas Schulze, and starring John Saxon. The plot follows a psychotic college professor who uses unsuspecting students as laboratory rats, injecting them with a drug that mutates them into brutal killers. The film has been observed to be largely influenced by the Nightmare on Elm Street series – which also featured Saxon – as well as other popular horror titles such as Hellraiser. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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