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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Fantastic Factory's first production. It was followed by Dagon (2001), Arachnid (2001), Darkness (2002), Beyond Re-Animator (2003), Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt (2004), Rottweiler (2004), The Nun (2005) and Beneath Still Waters (2005). Fantastic Factory closed in 2005 after to fail in its attempt to create the first Spanish cinema company specialized in genre movies.

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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
Performed By Sepultura
Courtesy by Roadrunner Records

User Reviews

Well, no matter what anyone else thinks *I* liked it well enough.

I loved Frost's role as poor, deluded, misguided Jon Jaspers. I liked Dr. Jade. I think that *Bruce Payne* would have made about a 1,000% better "M". That bint who played Claire was very good, but the part near the end was confusing when M took the albino boa out of her gut, then put it back in (her or was it a guy by then?) mouth. Also, the part where M made Claire blow up like the world's biggest bbw bint was totally unnecessary, and looked so fake it was a laugh.

But there was definitely cause for some "sympathy for the demon, Faust". I don't think he knew what he was doing, and he was willing to protect Jade with his life or whatever was left of him.

I would have loved to have seen those dirtbags who did poor Blue get a lot worse than they did. They deserved to be chopped up in little tiny dog food pieces and fed to sharks.

Any way, I'm now a confirmed Frost fan.

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