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Two hospitalized young people discover that things can get even worse when the dilapidated institution is stranded by a severe storm and a maniac stalks the corridors butchering the patients... Read allTwo hospitalized young people discover that things can get even worse when the dilapidated institution is stranded by a severe storm and a maniac stalks the corridors butchering the patients and staff.Two hospitalized young people discover that things can get even worse when the dilapidated institution is stranded by a severe storm and a maniac stalks the corridors butchering the patients and staff.
Nathaniel Stephenson
- Walter Brooks
- (as Nathan Stephenson)
Laura de Carteret
- Denise Grafton
- (as Laura DeCarteret)
Amy Lalonde
- Triage Nurse
- (as Amy Ciupak Lalonde)
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Slutty suicidal Sara (Meredith Henderson) is 'saved' by Sheriff Burger (horror film mainstay Robert Englund) after she gets hit by a car, dislocating her shoulder She taken to a local hospital where the body of a notorious serial killer who likes to rip hearts out of his victims' bodies, is being held whom obviously comes back to life or their wouldn't be a movie (not that I would've minded such a scenario mind you). But ANYways, Sara teams up with an equally unlikable fellow classmate with a chip on his shoulder and is prone to play the race card to escape the 'heart stoppers' undead clutches.
This is a very generic teen slasher film that has absolutely nothing new to bring to the table, the gore is not that good and the acting even worse. At the end of the day though I was less angry with the people who made this bottom-of-the-barrel sludge & more mad at myself for wasting my time watching it.
This is a very generic teen slasher film that has absolutely nothing new to bring to the table, the gore is not that good and the acting even worse. At the end of the day though I was less angry with the people who made this bottom-of-the-barrel sludge & more mad at myself for wasting my time watching it.
In a stormy night, the evil serial-killer Jonathan Chambers (James Binkley) is executed in the electric chair. The arrogant coroner Doctor Hitchens (Michael Cram) brings the corpse in an ambulance to a hospital for the autopsy escorted by the County Sheriff Berger (Robert Englund) that arrested Chambers. Meanwhile the outcast high-school student Sara Wexler (Meredith Henderson) tries to commit suicide on the road and is hit by the Sheriff Berger's car. While bringing Sara in the same ambulance that is transporting the body of Chambers to the hospital, the teenager sees the dead coming back to life. In the hospital, Sara shares the room with the stabbed teenager Walter (Nathan Stenphenson) that coincidentally is her schoolmate, and she asks him to help her to leave the hospital. She tells what she saw, but Walter in principle believe Sara is nuts. However, when he sees blood on the corridor, he helps Sara to escape from their room. However, they find that all exits are locked and they are trapped in the hospital while the psychopath is slaughtering the patients and staff looking for Sara.
"Heartstopper" is flawed and predictable, but is not a bad low-budget horror movie. The gore story has the usual clichés of the genre, but I have found it entertaining in the end. The greatest attraction is certainly Robert Englund that has a minor participation. However, the sexy Meredith Henderson, Nathan Stenphenson and James Binkley have good performance the result is OK. The way Sara defeats the demon in the storm is not reasonable and gives a weak conclusion to the plot. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Devorador de Almas" ("Souls Devour")
"Heartstopper" is flawed and predictable, but is not a bad low-budget horror movie. The gore story has the usual clichés of the genre, but I have found it entertaining in the end. The greatest attraction is certainly Robert Englund that has a minor participation. However, the sexy Meredith Henderson, Nathan Stenphenson and James Binkley have good performance the result is OK. The way Sara defeats the demon in the storm is not reasonable and gives a weak conclusion to the plot. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Devorador de Almas" ("Souls Devour")
I first saw this in 2006 on a dvd which I own.
Revisited it recently.
The movie has ample gore n the effects are good but it has tons of stupid n wtf moments.
The first thing which will come to mind is the movie Shocker n the second movie Visiting Hours.
In Visiting Hours, the serial killer is a mortal human being who is very persistent. In this movie too, the supernatural killer is shown as a persistent fella.
In Shocker, the killer returns aft the electric chair execution n here too, the killer returns aft his electric chair execution.
Also Child's Play comes to mind, regarding the transfer of soul.
If one reads about this movie via Wikipedia n clicks on the External Links to approach IMDb, the page takes u to another movie's page with the same name, Heartstopper 1989, a vampire flick directed by John Russo and starring gore guru Tom Savini.
Revisited it recently.
The movie has ample gore n the effects are good but it has tons of stupid n wtf moments.
The first thing which will come to mind is the movie Shocker n the second movie Visiting Hours.
In Visiting Hours, the serial killer is a mortal human being who is very persistent. In this movie too, the supernatural killer is shown as a persistent fella.
In Shocker, the killer returns aft the electric chair execution n here too, the killer returns aft his electric chair execution.
Also Child's Play comes to mind, regarding the transfer of soul.
If one reads about this movie via Wikipedia n clicks on the External Links to approach IMDb, the page takes u to another movie's page with the same name, Heartstopper 1989, a vampire flick directed by John Russo and starring gore guru Tom Savini.
Robert Englund - Good Over the top gore - good And thats about it you'll probably only have seen this if your a horror fan and if you are i'd wait till its on TV the two above mentioned is a bout all the positive to be said for this lame rerun of Shocker. Outcast female lead, terribly unscary killer, clunky dialogue and about the worst ending you could imagine....tornado please!!!!
Nothing interesting happens in the first quarter of the movie then gorehounds get a good solid 10 minutes of splatter and gore then the story powers on to its conclusion with about as much intelligence as a lobotomised sheep and a plot thats about as interesting as watching your fingernails grow.
All in all a pointless experience.
Nothing interesting happens in the first quarter of the movie then gorehounds get a good solid 10 minutes of splatter and gore then the story powers on to its conclusion with about as much intelligence as a lobotomised sheep and a plot thats about as interesting as watching your fingernails grow.
All in all a pointless experience.
A serial killer, who likes to rip out his victim's pumping hearts, is executed in the 'chair and his corpse is taken to a run down hospital for an autopsy. Somehow, inexplicably, he rises from the dead to continue his spree of carnage within the hospital.
What grabbed my attention was the gory artwork featuring horror legend Robert Englund on the DVD cover. However he is not one of the main characters and past experience has taught me that he has appeared in many poor movies, this being one. The guy that plays the bald headed maniac is simply not scary and some of his lines are cringe worthy. Didn't care too much for the teenage girl and boy that take him on either. The ending was pretty ridiculous. Some reasonably good gore but nothing else to recommend Heartstopper.
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- GoofsThroughout the movie, Walter's Pac-man shirt goes through various stages of cleanliness. It's often seen blood-soaked in one scene only to have spots of blood in the next.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Yes Man (2008)
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Words & music by Christian McFadden
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- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime
- 1h 32m(92 min)
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