Faust: Love of the Damned

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Faust: Love of the Damned ★★ 2000 (R)

Very gory, visually impressive horror flick finds artist John Jaspers (Frost) selling his soul to Lucifer minion “M” (Divoff) in exchange for revenge on his wife's killers. Eventually, he gets sent to hell but returns as avenger Faust (in a red rubber suit). There's also a good guy detective (Combs) and a troubled shrink named Jade (Brook) involved in the action. Based on the comic book by Tim Vigil and David Quinn. An unrated version is also available. 96m/C VHS, DVD . Mark Frost, Andrew Divoff, Jeffrey Combs, Isabel Brook; D: Brian Yuzna; W: David Quinn; C: Jacques Haitkin; M: Xavier Capellas.