Trancers 5: Sudden Deth

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Trancers 5: Sudden Deth
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Directed by David Nutter
Written by Peter David
Produced byOana Paunescu
Vlad Paunescu
Starring Tim Thomerson
Stacie Randall
Ty Miller
Terri Ivens
Mark Arnold
Clabe Hartley
Alan Oppenheimer
Jeff Moldovan
Stephen Macht
CinematographyAldofo Bartoli
Edited byLisa Bromwell
Music byGary Fry
Production
company
Full Moon Pictures
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Full Moon Entertainment
Release date
  • November 9, 1994 (1994-11-09)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Trancers 5: Sudden Deth is a 1994 American sci-fi fantasy adventure film written by Peter David, directed by David Nutter, and starring Tim Thomerson as the time-traveling "trancer hunter" Jack Deth. It marked, to date, Thomerson's last appearance as Jack Deth, excluding his cameo in Evil Bong .

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The fifth installment of the Trancers series was filmed back-to-back with Trancers 4: Jack of Swords and is the fourth entry released under the Full Moon Features banner.

The film has been released on DVD through the Trancers boxset.

Synopsis

Jack is back for one more round with the Trancers. Jack Deth must attempt to find his way home from the other-dimensional world of Orpheus, where magic works and the Trancers were the ruling class (before Trancers 4: Jack of Swords , that is). Jack's quest to find the mystical Tiamond in the Castle of Unrelenting Terror may be thwarted by the return of Caliban, King of the Trancers who was once thought dead.

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Home media

Trancers 5: Sudden Deth was released on VHS and LaserDisc in 1994, DVD in 2012, and Blu-ray in 2022.


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