Faust (2000)
"Faust: Love of the Damned" (original title)

A man sells his soul to the devil.

Director:

Brian Yuzna

Writers:

Tim Vigil (graphic novel), David Quinn (graphic novel),

Stars:

Mark Frost, Isabel Brook, Jennifer Rope

4 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Frost	...	John Jaspers / Faust
Isabel Brook	...	Jade de Camp
Jennifer Rope	...	Blue
Jeffrey Combs	...	Lt. Dan Margolies
Mònica Van Campen	...	Claire (as Mónica Van Campen)
Leslie Charles	...	Newscaster
Fermí Reixach	...	Commissioner Marino (as Fermi Reixach)
Junix Inocian	...	Dr. Yuri Yamoto
Robert Paterson	...	SWAT Team Leader
Marc Martínez	...	Hapi
Andrew Divoff	...	M
Clare Leach	...	Nurse Ida
Francisco Maestre	...	Baez
Ronny Svensson	...	Beef
Julia Davies	...	Jonesy

Storyline

An artist, John Jaspers sells his soul to the mysterious "M" in order to get revenge on the people who killed his girlfriend. Soon, he realizes everything has a price, and he is transformed into a horned demon with a passion for killing. He learns that M plans to release the Homunculus, a giant Lizard-like monster onto the earth, opening the gate to hell. Now, Jaspers must stop M before he can let the apocalypse begin...

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Plot Keywords:

hell | devil | demon | destiny | severed leg | 

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Taglines:

Everything has a price...

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence/gore, sexuality and language

Details

Official Sites:

site by Fantastic Factory

Country:

Spain

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 February 2001 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Faust

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

€3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Castelao Producciones, Fantastic Factory (Filmax), TVC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Homunculus creature, in the comic, looked like a werewolf. The original design of the creature, by Spanish effects artist Poli Cantero, was a snake-like creature with a muscular neck and a cobra-esque hood. Director Brian Yuzna liked the design, but when it came time to build the full-scale puppet, Yuzna didn't like it. He then turned to Japanese surrealist Screaming Mad George to design and construct the monster.

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Goofs

Lt. Dan Margolies makes an Internet search using keywords THE HAND and in five seconds he finds a secret society called The Hand. In real life such search criteria would bring some 417 000 000 results.

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Connections

Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Loco"
Performed By Coal Chamber
Country by Roadrunner Records

User Reviews

Stylish direction, excellent special effects, dark atmosphere, mucho gore= Great fun!

An artist, John Jaspers (Mark frost) sells his soul to the mysterious "M" (Andrew Divoff) in order to get revenge on the people who killed his girlfriend. Soon, he realizes everything has a price, and he is transformed into a horned demon with a passion for killing. He learns that M plans to release the Homunculus, a giant serpentine demon onto the earth, opening the gate to hell. Now, Jaspers must stop M before he can let the apocalypse begin. "Faust: Love of the damned" is a great horror film! Good acting from the mostly unknown cast (Though lead Mark Frost tended to overact, I still dug his performance anyway!). Brian Yuzna's direction was stylish and the film is visually stunning. The special effects by Screaming mad George were EXCELLENT! I especially loved the Homunculus, what a brilliantly designed monster! The gore was plentiful (Loved the decapitation!) too. Not a film for the faint of heart, that's for sure, but it was a wild ride and I enjoyed it! 8/10.