Mind, Body & Soul (1992)

Brenda (Ginger Lynn Allen) is an innocent young lady who attends a satanic coven rituals hosted by her ex-boyfriend Carl (Jesse Kaye) as this was the first time she found out he was a part of it. Suddenly the ceremony was stopped by the police and all but Brenda escapes. She also finds out that her ex-boyfriend has lied about his information to her.
She is then thrown in jail while she can't find any evidence on Carl after he blows up his apartment building where Brenda takes a detective named McKenzie (Jay Richardson) to do some researching on him.
She goes to an aid of a criminal defensive attorney named John Stockton (Wings Hauser) about how to put a stop to Carl's evil doings by writing about him and is put in danger herself as Carl becomes a deadly to her as she is one time tormented in her nightmare of a victim sacrificed by the cult members and feeling real pain after she awakens and discovering that they are real and her friend Rachael (Tami Bakke) experiences the same nightmare.
She gets some help with her friend Rachael and someone else she met at a studio where she was interviewed about her dangerous experience by the cult named Sean (Ken Abraham) to try and stop the cult as well as both Brenda and Rachael are convinced that Carl has cast a spell on the two of them. But John surprisingly has a deadly secret too.

We have a stale beginning with a supposedly romantic discussion between both Brenda and Carl discussing their anniversary as well as surprising her by taking her to his Satanic ceremony in which this looked cheesily done as well as to what goes on there with the cult leader in a black type of mask and having a low demonic voice as of course sounded unconvincing as you can tell it was a cheesy voice effect and them about to sacrificw a woman there in which this was supposed to look disturbing but by how this was all put together was way off.
However there's a medicre moment when Detective McKenzie has Brenda in custody as well as the girl that was supposed to be sacrificed claiming that she was a part of the ceremony. Plus a good moment when Brenda tries to take McKeddie to the suite of Carl's to prove his innocence and we see an explosion outside of his suite caused by him as this looked somehwat suspenseful for a trashy low budgeter such as this one.
Also a still moment with Brenda in jail talking to her cellmate Rachael on what happened showing some frusterations and other moments as this almost draws you into the story but again it can look fairly bland too.
Then we have a moment when Brenda is released from prison and getting her stuff near a locker area as well as spotting a burly prison guard apporaching her in which the moments were supposed to once again looked intense and disturbing but it doesn't do the trick as well as him raping her which looked very slow and uninspired. Seemed like things were a little too set out with all that is going on but some average close up camera shots on all of this.
Yet there's many good scene's between both John Stockton as an attorney helping Brenda out by staying at his place in which things were nicely drawn into the story and making these moments very watchable.
We have a memorable flashback with Brenda being lustful towards Carl when he asks her to drip the wax from the candle onto him which was drawn in nicely and good camera shots on this moment happening.
Also a nice tense moment when Carl stops by the home and gets stern with Brenda as well as threatening her in which this was a good scene that was added into the story. It for sure leaves a nice suspenseful feel that something bad will happen later on.
Nice strong argumentive moments between John and Brenda about her talking to the police about what had happened as this seemed to look fairly natural but when we see this happening it seems almost obvious on who a suspect will be revealed near the end of the story since this often happens in a flick but we are fooled by who is behind the madness. In this tstory things seem to reveal itself pretty quickly by what was said.
Another great drawn in moment when John shows Brenda a game trick with a table that he created as this looked good and uplifting on them enjoying each other's company and getting into this.
A cheesy but entertaining moment with a satanic ceremony happening and a sacrifice going to happen while Brenda is sleeping and dreaming this and then a good shot on her waking up from this nightmare as this seemed necessary to put into the story.
Perfect moment when the prison guard tells Rachael that she is free from prison as well as him warning her that it's a dangerous world out there which was supposed to leave a chill down your spine while watching this but it just misses due to it's cheesiness like in the whole film in general.
Nice conversations between Rachael and Brenda when they discuss on having the same nightmare which seemed to also work in well plus almost paid a tribute to A Nightmare On Elm Street.
Another good moment with McKenzie bringing her to a site where there's a dead body and warns her about it as this looked good and graphic as it's the dream that she had and can please horror fans while spotting this.
Then there's more trashy moments when Brenda is preparing to be on a talk show and gets aquainted by a crew member Sean as well as having a creepy encounter with another guest getting ready as well Priestess Tura getting wicked towards them as this looked too set out.
Some nice action moments when Brenda and Sean are driving and we see the prison guard on their tail trying to shoot at them as this makes you watch in suspense wondering if they will be okay as well as Brenda using a necklace that's supposed to bring power and seeing the prison guards car spinning and crashing into a river as this looked nicely done.
More trashy moments with Rachael seeking help from Tura as well as her looking lustful and summoning up a demon in order to try and help her but the ghostly demon looked a bit fake with the make up. It was a fun looking scene if you were in the mood to watch a cheesy horror flick such as this one.
Good shot between Sean and Brenda near a swimming pool talking as well as getting into a romance which draws you in briefly. Plus a good moment with Carl trying to use voodoo magic as well as ccheesy close up shots between Sean and Breenda getting it on in bed along with her feeling pain when Carl stabs and object. This was supposed to look affective but doesn't quite cut it.
Then we have Rachael taking a shower and then Carl intrusing into the home and stabbing her as this looked extremely fake. No comparison to the scene in Psycho whatsoever.
Then a bit later we spot a struggling scene between Carl trying to attack Sean with a knife as their wrestling situations looked terribly off and sloppy. It definetely wasn't intense like it was trying so hard to be. More lazy moments here folks.
Then near the end of the story Brenda is tied up at the cult ceremony as well as the masked leader revealing himself which was supposed to be a big moment in the story but fails in order to do so as well as Sean trying to save the day which looked amateurishly done.
Bottom line is that this was a very stale movie made on a thin budget but what do you expect from a Rick Sloane flick!? It's not all that terrible though as the story does okay for what it is. This film I should warn you is not the least bit scary but there is a neat scene when a spirit is summoned.

The acting is bland and even former porn queen Ginger Lynn Allen (Brenda) is quite stiff in her role which was a disappointment since I've seen her do better in other legit gigs. Was okay showing her frusterations and seemed to do okay while crying on set when getting raped in a scene but at times is over the top. She shows some good stern moments in an argument which looked natural. When she shows a nice and caring attitude she was quite stiff within all of that or when she gets fearful later on when she's nearly sacrificed. She was a little wooden I'd have to say within what she did here.
Wings Hauser (John Stockton) seems to do not too bad with his role in the film in which he offers a good and caring behavior as well as offering a nice charming attitude too. He does a good and natural job when getting into a conversation offering some good spunk into all that he did here. Also shows a nice versatality when he acts disappointed showing an arrogant attitude which made his personality not too likeable and uncomforting. However near the end of his performance when he reveals who he really is he loses his touch big time and is phony on being a madman.
Jay Richardson (Detective McKenzie) wasn't too shabby himself in which he offers a good stern and serious behavior since he's often portrayed these types of roles. Seemed quite strong with his speaking as well as getting to the point of things as he was quite powerful by doing this too. Also shows okay aggressions and showing a no nonsense attitude. Had the right looks and appeal for this part.
Tami Bakke (Rachael) had the right looks and appeal to her role as a nice one in the story with her sympatheitc behavior but at times she is too a little wooden in which it was obvious that she did daytime soap operas since alot of those performances aren't convincing either. Seems to do okay with her lines though as well as acting nervous in certain situations and does this not too badly either but when she screams for her life at the end of her role she is very off.
Michael McMillen (Prison Guard) had the big brawny looks for this type of role as a creep and shows good sleazy type of expressions but his performance is the pits big time as he doesn't know on how to act arrogant or obnoxious. He was off on his violent attitude too during a rape scene. It seemed like he was forced to do all of this without using any characteristics whatsoever. Plus was a line reader with barely any energy at all.
Jesse Kaye (Carl) had the right looks and personality as someone whom is deceivingly charming but is an evil scumbag. Does well with his cold speaking and threatening behavior in a scene offering a great sternness as he was believeably creepy. However there's a moment when he uses black magic and hissing out his words as this looked a little too over the top. Also when he tries to attack someone with a knife his energy seemed quite low.
Ken Abraham (Sean) was very mellodramatic and corny but again he normally is when he acts in a show. He just didnt seem to pick up the pace especially during the beginning of his performance when trying to act helpful. Also doesn't have any energy when he reacts to suspenseful moments. Was sloppy throwing a punch at someone or trying to struggle against his foe. Plus when he saves the day near the end of his performance was also stiff with his speaking. I found him to be the worst in the cast.

A woman's blouse is torn open during a cult sacrifice exposing her breasts as well as another sacrifice exposing her breasts while the cult members cut a pentagram on her plus her breasts exposed after her corpse is revealed.

There is plenty of topless nudity surrounding Ginger Lynn Allen which should please her fans where a prison guard rips off her top and rapes her. Plus there are topless suggested sex scenes with her between Jesse Kaye and Ken Abraham's characters.

Former porn actress Toni Alessandrini's character also exposes her breasts while she summons up a spirit.

Cuts of pentagrams during satanic rituals.
There is a piece of a persons finger.
Mutilated corpse is revealed that was discovered by the police.

The music score for this film was done by Alan DerMarderosian who also did music for Rick Sloane's other work and is very low key typical direct-to-video like but much better than his work in Sloane's other flicks. There's the odd effective icy synthesizer music as well as having some chiming noises which you could tell was from that same msuical instrument. Also we hear cheesy demonic music mainly in the closing credits as it doesn't sound strong enough. Plus lame brained action sounds which needed more inspiration. Also some rusty sounds the odd times which sounded stronger than the other score's that was played in the other scene's.