Trancers (film series)

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Trancers is an American action-science fiction film series started in 1984 by Empire Pictures, and continued by Full Moon Features. All but the most recent film star Tim Thomerson as Jack Deth, with the latest using stock footage from previous films.

The series consists of six feature films, one short film and two comic book miniseries.

Plot[edit]

Jack Deth is a cop in the 23rd century who travels back in time to 1985 to attempt to stop the creation of Trancers, an army of zombie-like humans for the first three movies. In films 4 and 5, an accident in the time machine causes Deth to be transported to a parallel world, the Land of Orpheus, to continue the fight against Trancers.[1]

Films[edit]

Film Director Writer(s) Producer(s)
Trancers (1984) Charles Band Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo Charles Band
Trancers: City of Lost Angels (segment of Pulse Pounders) (1988)
Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth (1991) Charles Band (story) and Jackson Barr
Trancers III: Deth Lives (1992) C. Courtney Joyner Albert Band
Trancers 4: Jack of Swords (1994) David Nutter Peter David Oana Paunescu and Vlad Paunescu
Trancers 5: Sudden Deth (1994)
Trancers 6 (2002) Jay Woelfel C. Courtney Joyner Johnnie J. Young

Cast and characters[edit]

List indicator(s)
  • This table shows the principal characters and the actors who have portrayed them throughout the franchise.
  • A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's presence in the film has not yet been announced.
  • A C indicates a cameo appearance.
  • A P indicates an appearance in onscreen photographs only.
  • A A indicates an appearance in archival footage only.
  • A U indicates an uncredited role.
  • A V indicates a voice-only role.
  • A Y indicates a younger version of the role.
Character Trancers Pulse Pounders
Trancers:
City of Lost Angels
Trancers II:
The Return of Jack Deth
Trancers III:
Deth Lives
Trancers 4:
Jack of Swords
Trancers 5:
Sudden Deth
Trancers 6
1984 1988, 2013 1991 1992 1994 2002
Jack Deth Tim Thomerson Tim ThomersonA
Zette Sullivan
(as Jo Deth)
Leena Deth Helen Hunt Helen HuntP
Cmdr. Ruth "Ruthie" Raines Telma Hopkins Mentioned  
Police Commissioner "Little" "Baby" McNulty I Alyson Croft  
Police Commissioner McNulty II Art LaFleur Mentioned  
Hap Ashby Biff Manard   Biff Manard Mentioned  
Detective "Whistler" Weisling Michael Stefani  
Santa Claus Pete Schrum  
The Warden   Grace Zabriskie  
Edlin Shock   Velvet Rhodes  
E.D. Wardo   Richard Lynch  
Alice Stillwell-Deth Mentioned   Megan Ward Mentioned  
Harris   Stephen Macht  
Shark   R. A. Mihailoff Mentioned  
Colonel Daddy Muthuh   Andrew Robinson  
R.J.   Melanie Smith  
Josephine "Jo Deth" Forrest   Samantha Jordan   Zette Sullivan
Lyra   Stacie Randall  
Prospero   Ty Miller  
Shaleen   Terri Ivens  
Lucius   Mark Arnold  
Lord Caliban   Clabe Hartley  
Farr   Alan Oppenheimer  
Harson   Jeff Moldovan  
Tessa   Rona Hartner  
Angelo   Ion Haiduc  
Shauna Wilder   Jennifer Capo
Dr. Paul Malvern   Robert Donavan
Mr. Castle   Ben Bar

Comic books[edit]

  • In 1991, Eternity Comics released Trancers: The Adventures of Jack Deth, a two-issue miniseries which featured the tagline "All new adventures based on two hit films!"
  • In 2015, Action Lab Comics released Full Moon Presents: Trancers, a three-issue miniseries.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stanley, John (2000) Creature Feature: 3rd edition