Faust (2000)

A man sells his soul to the devil in order to gain superpowers and avenge the brutal death of his girlfriend. When he realizes that the price is the soul of his new love interest, he turns on 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:

incest rape | childhood trauma | incest | father daughter incest | flashback | 

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Taglines:

From Julio Fernandez, the king of horror comes the most terrifying movie from Spain.

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Romance

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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, Catalonia, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

EUR3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Castelao Producciones, Fantastic Factory (Filmax), Televisió de Catalunya (TV3)

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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Quotes

John Jaspers: In spite of all our science and technology I always knew deep inside that evil existed... darkness that possesses us when we cease to believe.

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Connections

Version of Faust (1985)

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Soundtracks

Breed Apart
Written by Andreas Kisser and Max Cavalera
Performed by Sepultura
Courtesy by Roadrunner Records

User Reviews

`Now…go forth and mutilate!'

Brian Yuzna, the happily disturbed director of such films like `Society' and the `Re-Animator' sequels, returns here with an ultra-violent movie that goes straight for attacking the viewer's last bit of good taste. John Jaspers makes a pact with the devil…In return for his eternal soul; he's offered the change to avenge the death of his girlfriend. John is satisfied after this, but the devil (referred to as `M') wants John to go on with his killing spree. He refuses and gets buried, only to resurrect as Faust! A typical comic book and cloaked superhero, but slightly more bloodthirsty than the average Bat-, Spider- or Superman. Is `Faust – Love of the Damned' a good movie? No…not at all, in fact, but it could have been worse. The basic Faust plot outline (selling your soul to the devil) is as old as cinema itself. The eminent director F.W Murnau (Nosferatu) already made a film with this theme back in 1926. Try and compete with that, Brian Yuzna! The screenplay contains a few slightly ingenious aspects, like the character of the insatiable, sex-addicted sidekick of M, played by the ravishing Monica Van Campen. But the biggest goal of Faust is showing as much gore as humanly possible. Make-up artist Screaming Mad George gets to be his old, filthy self again and inserts grotesque gore such as eye poking and decapitations. There even is a melting-sequence, entirely in the tradition of `Society'. Regretfully, the acting performances are a giant letdown… Mark Frost overacts terribly and Andrew Divoff (who already annoyed the hell out of me in `Wishmaster') is the most undeserved horror lead ever. Jeffrey Combs still is the man, although it hurts to see him being downgraded straight to the supportive cast. Furthermore, there's not the least bit of tension, depth or atmosphere so I wouldn't exactly call this a successful new horror film. Lots of fun guaranteed if you're a gorehound, though