A disgraced ex special forces agent turns to a demon that offers him a job as a soul hunter. Chaos ensues when a former associate goes on a killing spree with the soul hunter as his main target.
Soul Hunters (2019) Online
2019 Zach Scheerer Franziska Schissler David Josh Lawrence Adrian Acevedo-Smith Arturo Acevedo-Smith
- Original Title :
- Soul Hunters
- Genre :
- Movie / Action / Thriller
- Year :
- 2019
- Directror :
- Adrian Acevedo-Smith,Arturo Acevedo-Smith
- Cast :
- Zach Scheerer,Franziska Schissler,David Josh Lawrence
- Writer :
- Adrian Acevedo-Smith,Arturo Acevedo-Smith
- Budget :
- $85,000
- Type :
- Movie
- Time :
- 1h 41min
- Rating :
- 7.0/10
A disgraced ex special forces agent turns to a demon that offers him a job as a soul hunter. Chaos ensues when a former associate goes on a killing spree with the soul hunter as his main target.
| Credited cast: | |||
 | Zach Scheerer | - | Marcus |
 | Franziska Schissler | - | Kristen |
 | David Josh Lawrence | - | Eli |
 | Nikolay Moss | - | Ativus |
 | Kelsey Johnson | - | Raquel |
 | Tyler Cole | - | Lucifer |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Michelle Alexandria | - | Carolina |
 | Kamy D. Bruder | - | Gary |
 | Buzz Cuccia | - | Adams |
 | Bianca Fletcher | - | Eleanor |
 | Hannah Hagler | - | Olivia |
| Will David Jorden | - | Rufus |
 | Dave Kirkpatrick | - | Rick |
 | Joseph Longobardo | - | Ian |
 | Alessandra Marandola | - | Susan |
The entire film was almost lost in post production due to multiple external hard drives failing.
Several members of the cast and crew are trained martial artists including Zach Scheerer who holds a black belt in Taekwondo, the stunt coordinator Deanna Page who holds a black belt in Shotokan Karate, and one of the directors of the film, Adrian Acevedo Smith, who also holds a black belt in Taekwondo.
The unique silver belt buckle that is part of Marcus's wardrobe was chosen by Scot Fontaine, the costume designer, and provided by the brand Obscurebelts.
Both directors graduated Magna Cum Laude from USC's School of Cinema Production.
The film's protagonist original name was John, and was later changed to Marcus in order to stand apart from various other action heroes who share the same first name (i.e: John Rambo, John Wick, John McClane, John Preston, etc.)
Tungsten lights from the 1970's were used to light the film.
The Blackmagic Design Ursa Mini 4K was used to shoot the film and it was edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CC. Autodesk's Maya and The Foundry Nuke were used for the films visual effects.
The editing and visual effects for Soul Hunters was done on two Alienware X51 R2's from 2013.
The film was shot in 22 days across nearly 30 locations and almost each shooting day required a company move.
The directors of the film are bilingual which is why one scene includes dialogue in Spanish.
The composer of the film Brian Grider has collaborated with the directors on multiple projects before the release of Soul Hunters.
Jaclyn Winters, who plays Tania in the film, also starred in Adrian Acevedo-Smith's parody video Snake's on a Date with Samus on his YouTube channel, Godzillarex.
The directors of the film were living in Lancaster, CA when the film was shot, necessitating over 60 miles of driving each day to film the movie in various locations in Los Angeles.
Joseph Longobardo, Dave Kirkpatrick, and Elbin Palencia all starred in the directors USC film school projects.
Arturo Acevedo-Smith, the films Visual Effects Artist, spent 11 months working on nearly 100 VFX shots. They took approximately 35 days to render on multiple computers.
Soul Hunters is most of the cast and crews first feature film.
Originally the soul extractions were going to be invisible with no visual effect elements, the visual effects were then later added to enhance those scenes.
Adrian Acevedo-Smith, the films editor, stayed up every night after shooting until 4 AM to backup the footage on two external drives before waking up at 8 AM the next morning to get ready for shooting.
Mardik Martin read a very early draft of the script in 2013 and thought the concept was great, but the title, which was then "Malevolent," was terrible.
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