Hellmaster (1992)

[bunniefuu]

Thank you, operator.

Would you keep trying?

She should be
answering the phone.

Yeah, I'll be here, thanks.

My dearest Andrea, I
write to you in the fear

that my life is in danger.

While reporting on the
recent homeless epidemic,

we accidentally uncovered
an unholy terror

deep beneath the
streets of the city.

A place where
nightmares are born.

Reward.

Hello.

Hello, Robert.

We've brought you something.

My watch.

Andrea.

Tell me, what do you see?

On the anniversary
of a tragedy that,

with the passing of time,
became a triumphant victory

here at the kant institute,

I would like to
welcome all of you

to our annual government-sponsored
program for its students.

I am professor Damon, Dean
of students here at kant.

And this being our

I choose to set aside
the paperwork and do that

which I haven't done
in a decade, teach.

Over the course of
the following week,

I will be your sole tutor,
your only instructor.

The majority of our graduates
go on to prestigious positions

within the federal
bureau of investigation

as well as the central
intelligence agency.

I would like each of you
to to tell me what you see.

Anyone?

Joel, Joel Johnson,
tell us what you see.

Well, I see a
lot of televisions.

Barbara, tell us your thoughts

on the United States
and the laws of physics.

That's your cue, Princess.

Oh, um, politics?

I'm a, nevermind.

We need some social commentary.

Mr. Drake destry.

Well, for starters I guess
I see a need for answers.

Like how do we house
these homeless people?

Or better yet how do we prevent
them from becoming homeless?

Concern is only
admirable if you're weak.

I ask can we amend
without revolution?

Shelly o'deane,
how would you respond?

Is god an issue here?

If so, is America god's
tool or do we create god

as a tool for America?

Why is it that god and
religion always become

major issues in
these discussions?

Because your survival
of the fittest ideology

does nothing but instill hatred.

Our sociologist here is
worried about the homeless.

I say we tell 'em
all to get jobs.

It's not that easy.

Men like Kennedy and
Martin Luther King

knew that force solves little.

And men like Malcolm X.
Knew that force is the answer.

Malcolm X. Was misunderstood.

Force is a last resort, not
an ideology by which to live.

We appear to have
a difference of opinion.

Yeah, one right and one wrong.

There is no right
and wrong with an opinion.

There's only a better
or worse philosophy.

Hey, I'm right, and
that's all I've got to say.

And so you are heard,

as I hope you all shall be.

Leave here tonight.

Why don't we take
a closer look at the video?

This time with an
audio accompaniment

whereby we can determine
the importance of sound

in relation to
what we're seeing.

Concentrate.

Please relax and try again.

Damn it.

- Please relax and try again.
- What's the matter, Shelly?

Normally this
would be a breeze, but...

Just try to relax.

I think I'm
seeing images of the chapel

before it was abandoned.

I don't know why that should be.

Shelly, we can't
live in the past.

We owe it to those
students to move forward.

That guy loves me.

Joel, what brings you out here?

Do I need a reason
to see my best friend?

Now, Joel, I only seem
to be your best friend

when you need something.

Shelly, that really hurts.

I suppose you've heard
about that creepy guy

hanging out by the
abandoned chapel.

Yeah, I've seen him.

He's not bothering
anybody though.

Why?

Weird things have been
happening since he started

hanging out at the church.

Even professor Damon's
acting weirder than normal.

Want to hear
something really weird?

I was trying to concentrate,
and I kept seeing images

of the campus chapel.

Must have been
imagining the accident.

People say they
used experimental drugs

on the students to develop
their minds back then.

I wouldn't doubt it.

What didn't they do
back in the '60s?

Don't worry, I got it.

It just slipped.

Shelly, would you date
me if you were Barb?

Joel, there's
nothing wrong with you.

Now, Barb, well...

It's just my legs.

I'm still a man though.

Most girls would melt
over that Joel charisma.

Tell you what, I'll put the
word out, and soon enough

you'll have more girls
than you can handle, okay?

What was that?

Maybe it was professor Damon.

I saw him leave.

Right.

All this talk is
making us paranoid.

Walk me to the dorms?

Shelly, have you seen Tracy?

Supposedly she was moving
up today with her dad.

She should've been here by now.

I'm going to look
so immature being late

for my first day of class.

It's all because of you, Harold.

I knew I should've
had mother take me.

Please, Tracy, let's not
discuss your mother right now.

Why not something pleasant
like your leaving for school?

Kant institute takes
some of the finest students

in the entire country.

Your mother and I are
proud of you, Tracy.

You should be,
seeing as your only son

is selling linoleum
waterbeds like you.

I was thinking in
his best interest

when I offered him the job.

You never think of
anyone but yourself.

No, no, that's not true.

I thought a lot about your
mother and I and divorce.

I just hope you're
more sensible.

J just walking down the Avenue

j this early Sunday afternoon

isn't that music
a little bit loud?

J suddenly this girl drove by

Tracy, the
man at the church said

that god follows us everywhere.

Is that right?

What are you talking?

God is right behind us.

We interrupt this program

to bring you a special bulletin.

A bizarre homicide
has claimed the lives

of a group of... - Oh my god.

Sunday Bible school students.

- Stay here.
- And their driver,

sister Tina Marie Sheldon

off 1-96 interstate
earlier this morning.

The victims from the
happy face Bible school

were headed eastbound when
their bus was hijacked

by an unknown assailant. Harold?

Their
clothesless bodies were found

in a nearby ditch, each suffering
from multiple stab wounds.

Daddy?

Tracy, what's wrong?

Nothing, just be quiet.

Tracy.

Is daddy in the back seat?

No, just be quiet.

We're gonna leave daddy?

Hey, who is that?

Run, run!

Psychology, Drake.

Helping screwed up people
make it through life.

And you, oh, you're a prime
candidate for the couch, destry.

You and all your
save mankind b.S.

How the hell did you get
accepted into this program?

That's what I'd like to know.

Please, let's go, Jesse.

You're asking for it, Drake.

Maybe you wanna
quite while you can.

It's only a class, Jesse.

Just lighten up.

Watch your
f*ck' mouth, understand?

Lighten up or take off.

Well, if it isn't miss
Frankenstein and Igor.

Jesse!

Your problems are
over here, tough guy.

Oh my god.

I warned him.

He kept goading me.

Wait, I'm thinking of something.

You wet your pants
when you were young,

and your mom made you wear
a diaper until you were 12.

And that's why you
hate to wear underwear.

I wondered why I never saw
underwear in your dresser.

Come on, let's get of of here.

I said let's go!

Well, I hate to
leave you both like this,

but I'm gonna go hang
out in the art gallery.

Joel, I'll work
on our secret, okay?

Wait here.

Don't knock it if it works.

It'll be okay.

Just get it looked at
over at the clinic, okay?

Okay?

Clinic?

They don't even have
security around here.

Careful what you say.

My brother's one of those
non-existent security guys.

Sorry, I just meant...

Well, it's so desolate here and,

and I think I'll quit
while I'm behind.

I liked your thoughts
on the homeless.

I'll always be
optimistic about the issue.

You'll never hear me
say it's a lost cause.

Promise?

Promise.

So do you read minds?

Why?

Well, if you can,

please do me a favor.

Sure.

Don't read mine right now.

It's written all over your face.

Why would I have
to read your mind?

Tis?

The library is closed.

The janitor went home early.

I was going to the art gallery.

You know, the one across
the hall from the theater.

Is there anything
wrong, professor?

No, no, nothing
that can't be amended.

Where are you?

I want you to leave.

I want you to leave now.

I wish it was that easy.

What do you want?

Why are you lying?

I have no reason to lie.

No fire k*lled these students.

Something did, but no fire.

Where did you get
access to those files?

Your burial ground.

It was an accident,
the church caught fire.

What more do you need to know?

Answers.

I need to know about this.

I don't think you
should go down there.

Yeah, well it's too late.

There's enough of
that stuff down there

to breed armies of those things.

You're a complete
fool for coming here,

do you realize that?

I've lost everything
I ever cared about

because of that madman.

When I linked a series of
supposed random murders

to the Jones cult, I
suddenly lost my job.

No one would tell me why.

Do you know why?

20 years ago, this place
looked like a n*zi prison camp.

But it wasn't our fault.

The program was young,
things went astray.

It was time for the super man.

We dubbed it project Nietzsche
after the philosopher.

Back then, a lot of young minds
were destroyed by something

which, if used properly,
could increase mental powers.

Your students were Guinea pigs.

You've left me no
choice in this matter.

Professor.

Call security, I want
this madman out of here now.

The professor
was just explaining

what happened here 20 years ago.

Perhaps he'd like...
If you so much

as breathe a word of this.

Breathe it to everyone.

Breathe it while
you have breath.

Shall we take a walk?

Why has my research
led me to this college?

You're making a serious mistake.

This is a government project.

It's buried what happened
here 20 years ago.

You pose no problem.

If I can find that
stuff, so will others.

Why don't you stop before
you lose more than your family?

How did you know I lost
my wife, you son of a b*tch?

You know a lot more
about this, don't you?

We knew about him, but
we couldn't stop him.

We couldn't risk the exposure.

But we could certainly
stop a nosy reporter.

Who k*lled those students?

Let him be, Robert.

Good lord, professor Jones?

Please call me papa.

I liked you.

I came back for you.

I came back to show you
that it can be done.

Man can be made great.

After 20 years, my drug works.

It induces genetic changes
that I truly find interesting.

I use it myself in a
somewhat more sedate dosage.

I had no choice.

They pressured me.

You have to understand.

You couldn't beat Robert.

Prepare your exclusive.

I left everything
just as you had it.

I don't know what to say.

Wait, no!

Adam?

Adam, you here?

Shelly.

Am I that predictable?

Don't you guys pay your
electric bill around here?

Yeah, the power's
down in a few places.

We're just checking the
main lines by the entrance.

Hey, Adam, I
think I see the problem.

Harvey.

Shelly, hang tight
and stay off the line.

Holy sh*t, that looks
like the janitor's car.

Maybe he's just
giving 'em a hand.

What do you think
we should do, man?

Adam?

Wait here.

Harv, I don't like this sh*t.

What the?

Do it.

Do it now, Bobby.

Harv?

Holy sh*t.

Did I leave the door open?

You did.

There goes Barb
into the tunnels again.

She's such a sl*t.

Shh, she might hear you.

Oh, it's beautiful.

Great.

Oh yeah.

Just show me a little more skin.

Come on, baby.

Great.

J show me your pressure

just a little
more skin babe, come on.

J it's a funny pill to take

j so deep and wise

how's this, Jesse?

Beautiful.

J no more antidotes

great.

Come here.
J or smoke in your eyes

j eat or be eaten

j eat or be eaten

hey, Jesse, do you really
think your producer friends

will like my pictures?

It's not what you
know, it's who you know.

Don't you forget it.

J you run the race boy

j from a world that is gone

Jesse, look.

The lights just went
out in the art gallery.

What?

That's just that pervert
Joel trying to peek in on us.

Very funny.

Drake, what is it?

Something weird is
going on around here.

The only thing weird
around here is you, Drake.

Jesse, lay off.

I just heard Damon
talking with that guy

who's been hanging
around the chapel.

They're talking about
students being m*rder*d here.

That guy's just
some harmless loser

starving for attention.

Okay, calm down, we'll
remedy this quickly.

Let's call Shelly's
brother at security

and ask him if he knows
anything about the guy, okay?

Where have you been?

The phones are down.

Try to the front desk phones.

If they don't work,
we'll take a little walk.

Have fun, suckers,
I've got a lady waiting.

Jesse, look...

What are you doing?

I've got to go
work the front desk.

Should I be concerned?

I'll walk you down.

Bet you Drake's just
trying to get even with me.

Good, no pigs here.

No one home.

Yes, be born.

The phones work down here?

No, and I
can't even page security.

We're taking a walk over there.

Want to join us?

This isn't a social excursion.

Don't mind him,
too much caffeine.

What?

Just walking Chris down.

So tell me this is
really a joke, right?

We'll let you
know if we find them.

Joel, this isn't funny.

I'm gonna follow 'em.

Be good for a laugh.

b*tch.

Drake's just trying
to get even with you.

You've already made enough
of an a*s out of yourself.

Come on, a grandma can
walk faster than that.

Are you tired, Joel?

We can stop.

Don't stop on my account, guys.

What the hell is that?

Evil cult.

More like let's fool Jesse time.

Oh sh*t, I don't
like this at all.

Jesse, come on.

Wimps.

Hey, Harvey, is that you?

Hey, Harvey, you in there?

If you understood
who we've become,

you'd understand the need, the
utter need, for the reward.

Stay away from me.

Don't come any closer.

Come on.

Please, not like this.

No, no!

Mayday, mayday,
can anyone hear me?

Damn it, Adam, where are you?

What are you gonna do?

I can distract him.

How?

You can't run from them, I can.

- But I...
- The theater.

Meet me in the theater.

We gotta make it to the road.

Where the hell are you?

Paul?

Paul?

Paul?

I don't believe this.

What?

Those rumors about
the drug experiments.

It's no rumor, Barb.

What are you talking about?

Careful, it's
some chemical sh*t.

It's corrosive as hell.

Who's there?

Who's ever there, I'm not
in the mood for games.

I'm not f*ck' around here.

Wait here.

Don't go.

Don't leave me here by myself.

Hey, mister, will
you play with me?

Holy sh*t.

Come here.

Hide, someone's coming.

Paul?

Oh sh*t.

Hi.

Keep away from me, freak.

You just missed your leader.

He's in the tunnel.

I'll tell him you
dropped by though.

So were you like a real nun?

Or is that your evening wear?

Jesus.

Come here.

Come here, you little b*tch.

Barb!

Oh my god!

You're not fun.

You don't put up a fight.

(Paul screaming

This sh*t really works.

Hey, help me.

J screaming down the mountain

j I've the heard people say

j ain't got much to feed ya

j but tomorrow's gonna pay

it's dead.

Somebody please.

I need help.

Is it, is it here?

One little, two little,
three little Indians.

Stop it!

Four little, five
little, six little Indians.

Tiffany.

Hello, remember me?

I can play now.

Papa.

Yes, papa.

If a god created
this world in six days,

and I can make hell
of it in one night,

then god must be dead.

Oh, my child, you are madness.

True and defiant.

Joey, my monkey man.

Papa.

You are vengeance,
determined and timeless.

And mother, so
benevolent and caring.

You have fulfilled your purpose.

- Reward.
- Tonight.

Tonight we celebrate the reward.

Leave her, she can't harm us.

Joey, go find Bobby razor face.

I'll take care of mama.

Emergency, please.

Operator.

Barb?

Adam, please.

Adam, what's wrong?

Please, Adam.

Adam, we need you.

Adam.

Why?

Why?

It was gagging me, gagging me.

I was so hopeless.

Shelly, that could be them.

J one little, two little,
three little Indians

j four little, five little,
six little Indians

j seven little, eight
little, nine little Indians

j 10 little Indian boys

Shelly!

Shelly, I'm going to k*ll you.

sh**t it!

I can't, it's jammed.

It's his miracle drug.

It's an acid, but it will
eat away at your brain

unless it's diluted
with your blood first.

Jones dilutes it,
makes 'em his sl*ves.

I use it straight.

Perfect weapon.

It's all right now.

You go with them,
they'll help you.

Look after the
girl, she needs you.

You all need each other.

I know you, you're
Tracy's sister.

Where is she?

Them.

Who?

What happened to Tracy?

He came and got
her just like him.

We've got to move on.

We've got to move on.

Joel?

Joel, are you in here?

Why didn't you take my
advice and hit the road

like I told you?

Because I'm not a coward.

So you'll die a hero.

Someone's up there.

Jesus, I coulda k*lled you.

Joel.

I saw them k*ll Jesse.

Okay, just calm down, Joel.

Have you seen anyone
else tonight, anyone?

Those things.

What do those
things want with us?

Why is this happening?

We're gonna die
just like those students did

20 years ago.

No, we're not.

We need to get help.

Drake.

What about Drake?

I was supposed to meet him in...

He ran to save my life.

We need to rest.

Then maybe we can
make it to the road.

We need each other.

Stay put.

What am I supposed
to do with this?

Stay alive.

Behind you!

Run!

Just enough to make
you one of us.

Barb, what'd you
mean when you said

we'll die like those
students did years ago?

What did you see?

I went to meet Paul,
and we found this room

filled with cages and skeletons.

Human skeletons.

What were you doing
down there with Paul?

Joel, this isn't the time.

When is it the time?

When do you have
time for the cr*pple?

Paul is dead.

So is Shelly's brother.

All you can do is
think about yourself.

I saw them k*lled.

Look at me.

Would you two stop?

Can't you see, I just
don't want you to...

You just what?

What do you want from me?

Do you want more sympathy,
more salve for your wounds?

My handicap was
born, yours was chosen.

Joel, wait.

Damn it.

I'm a f*cking cr*pple.

You can thank your god for that.

If I can make them,
I can make god.

Come to me, Joel.

Come to me, and
I'll make you whole.

I've taken great care and
time to perfect my drug.

And now I'm giving
you first chance.

Chance?

Drop your crutches
and come to me.

What do you see, Joel?

Come to papa.

Come, join me.

Together we'll destroy
those who mock you,

those who you make you
feel like a lesser being.

Now after 20 years I
have a drug that makes

ordinary men super men and
lesser beings your sl*ves.

That, Joel, makes me god.

Damn it, you're
in no shape to move.

I'm gonna cut
through the buildings

and try to make
it to the highway.

You may need this
more than I will.

You may need this.

Joel, are you down there?

You're not playing
g*ns with your friends.

Well, they always sh**t
at their worst fears,

and they never hit the target.

But you're content
remaining here, aren't you?

Robert is joining us.

Will you be the next?

I'm so tired.

Oh yes, I know.

I need someone to be my bride.

To breed my race.

And you, my dear.

You're not the one
I want or need.

What is it, Barbara?

Oh, your worst
fear, giving life.

Oh, but with
pleasure comes pain.

Who'll want you now?

And all of your old
boyfriends are dead.

Well, almost.

I'll leave you alone
with the lesser.

No.

Shelly.

Tell me, what do you see?

Shelly.

Shelly, it's okay.

Thank god you're alive.

Drake, I'm going crazy.

I thought there was
a coffin chasing me.

Drake?

It's Adam.

Shelly, why is
he just standing there?

Shelly, I'm still alive.

Come to me.

Adam?

Behind you!

Drake.

It's an illusion, but how?

Drake!

I k*lled it.

Shelly, I k*lled it.

The drugs.

What?

These things are
controlled by drugs.

I don't follow.

The drug, it seemed to
control the weaker ones.

Maybe strong minds, like
the leader, control it.

And us.

Shelly, look, a little girl.

Where's Barb?

Why did you leave her?

Joel, what have
they done to you?

Barb's in trouble.

God, what happened?

Drake, she's in shock.

It's Joel.

What'd they do to him?

He was injected.

The theater across the
hall, take her there.

Just what the hell
are you going to do?

Look, we've
been hunted all night.

They want blood, I'll
let 'em taste their own.

Don't leave like this, Drake.

Splitting up gets people k*lled.

I'm scared shitless.

Please, Drake, please.

The boy is in the tunnel.

I'll take care of him.

You find the reporter.

He'll be weak now like you.

You're losing strength.

You want reward, find him.

Barb, where's Barb?

Someone's up in
the control room.

Get back here.

Oh my god.

No!

Tell me, what do you see?

I have something for you.

Reward

Reward.

You're gonna pay,
you son of a b*tch!

Doesn't mean we die.

Follow me, I know
the safest place.

But Drake, the little girl,
we can't leave without her.

Drake, what's wrong with her?

Come on, little
girl, come with us.

Evil.

Shelly, we have to hurry.

But Drake, Drake.

These tunnels run
throughout the campus.

We can wait the storm out here.

The mind is a complex
world in itself.

Most go through life
never fully understanding

their own abilities.

We live in a control
or be controlled world.

And the homeless,
they are controlled.

Control or be
controlled, Shelly.

That's what it's all about.

But Drake, the little girl.

I should go back.

You can't cover up a
past as ugly as this.

The homeless were used because
there is h* home for them.

But Drake.

Shelly, it's a trick!

Couldn't let Bobby k*ll you.

You're too special.

I want you to join my family.

Let me show you my art.

Shelly, step aside!

Drake, run!

You'd need a miracle, not me.

He can put thoughts in
your mind with this drug.

Shelly, what do you mean?

You use it straight
and it kills.

He controls it and
creates hallucinations.

I can control it.

I have the power.

Now, it's our only hope.

I can't.

Do it, damn it.

It's not working.

Stop this madness.

Madness has achieved
the impossible.

I have proven my dream.

Now you'll pay the price
of being a persecutor

just like all the rest.

Why should I be persecuted
when mankind kills mankind

in the name of a god
that doesn't exist?

How can the government bury
me when they gave life to me?

How can you judge me
when you glamorized me

every step of the way?

Tell me, what do you see?

Stay out.

Stay out.

I think I'm succeeding.

I just need a little bit more
time to check the result.

Oh no, my genius friend,

the government cannot
allow this to get out.

I've come this far.

I'm not going to quit now.

It works, it really works.

You son of a...

No!

b*tch.

No!

Drake! Oldest trick in my book.

Could it be possible
that god is dead?

No, no, god isn't dead.

Death is mortal.

God is not mortal, evil is.

And you, you are evil.

Life is immortal.

God, god is life.

Words.

But he's gone.

What'd you see?

The past finally
caught up with him.

Is it really you?

Is it still written
all over my face?