Trancers

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Trancers

PG-13

1984

1h 16m

Sci-Fi

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A trooper (Tim Thomerson) leaves 2247 Angel City for 1985 Los Angeles to stop a zombie mystic (Michael Stefani) out to change history.

Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Mar 31, 2025

4/5

…Trancers had a reputation as a minor B-movie miracle in the 80’s, and it’s still got a few USP’s, not least Helen Hunt in a Santa Suit and a rather special special-effect that predates the Matrix’s bullet-time…has a certain zip and charm...

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Oct 30, 2022

3/4

Sci-fi done lo-fi and low-budget.

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Michael Talbot-Haynes

Film Threat

Jan 12, 2022

9/10

Any feature that centers on someone who takes drugs and wakes up in the middle of Christmas automatically makes my "Nice" list of holiday pictures.

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Michael E. Grost

Classic Film and Television

Aug 13, 2005

4/5

Lots of fun science fiction adventure

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Kevin Carr

Film Threat

Aug 10, 2004

4/5

Daniel M. Kimmel

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Jul 8, 2004

3/5

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 7, 2026

Trancers = A *3* star Movie

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Celeste W.

@CelesteRiv Jun 1, 2026

Okay so I will confess I love awful cheesy movies. I have a list of guilty pleasures that I watch alone and enjoy as if it was the first time Im watching it. Trancers is on that list. Helen Hunt is fantastic in it, and the special effects are awful, it was the 80's... keep expectations low. I'm not a huge Sci-fi fan, so when I do like Sci-fi I tend to love it. Trancers is on my top cheesy Sci-fi love films. This Sci-fi gem has apocalypse scenes, time travel, zombie like monsters "Trancers" and really bad dialogue. It all is a mix of Sci-fi charm and 80s cheese.

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xpig332 B

@RT69712065 Oct 18, 2025

After 30 minutes of boredom I had no desire to continue.

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JB B

@RT37431282 Sep 12, 2025

I like cheesy 80s sci-fi but it was boring.

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Nick O

@Nicki1985 Jun 2, 2025

Tim Thomerson is Jack Deth! A future cop sent back to 1985 to blast zombies in L.A. Why wouldn’t you wanna watch this flick?

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Tim M

@tgmacman Mar 8, 2025

A clever concept aside, Trancers has neither the intelligence nor the filmmaking know-how to pull it off.

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Synopsis

A trooper (Tim Thomerson) leaves 2247 Angel City for 1985 Los Angeles to stop a zombie mystic (Michael Stefani) out to change history.

Director: Charles Band
Screenwriter: Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo
Production Co: Empire Pictures, Lexyn Productions Inc.
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 16m

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