Horror novelist Richard Wayborn (Tristan Rogers, straying from the soaps) is an immortal who kills young women so that the soul of his 600- year-old mate can inhabit them for a day or so before they start to go stiff. Kinky. Anyway, trouble arrives when young college student Sara (Arabella Holzbog) doesn't die when Wayborn tries to poison her and he has to try again so she doesn't blow his cover. Making matters worse is her ex Scott (Tyrone Power Jr.) is a cop handling the case. I'm obviously not picky when it comes to my viewing if I picked this up, so sometimes the slightest hint of a good idea can win me over. I like the idea and, while the film is too low budget to effectively pull it off, it makes for something like a high end Concorde production with nice locations and decent acting. Deliciously named director Thunder Levin also makes sure every body the ghost inhabits get nude beforehand (including Melissa Moore) and offers a "I've never seen that before" bit where a girl clad only in a g-string jumps off a roof. Paul Bartel has two scenes as a "boring professor." Also watch for the guy introducing Wayborn at a book signing. He is in front of a big banner for the novel that reads Blood Love (the film's UK title as well) and he calls it Blood Luck. D'oh! No second takes for you, pal. Of course, I still can't decide if the title is EVIL LIVES (as in lives that are evil) or EVIL LIVES (as in evil that lives).

"Evil Lives aka "Soulmates" is weird to say the least.it's a Gothic horror/comedy/romance. the movie is very humorous at times,and many people might think it is unintentional.however,i believe it actually intends to be humorous and doesn't take itself seriously at all.it borrows from many other movies,so it's not original by any means.there are lapses in logic and what seems like bad acting.but like i said,it's all done tongue in cheek.if you listen carefully to the dialogue,you will notice this.i did not see anything resembling horror in it,but there is some suspense.there is a romance of sorts,but it's very twisted.it also moves quite slowly and is boring at times.basically it's about a serial killer of sorts,but no ordinary serial killer.there is an added element which makes the movie a bit more interesting than it would otherwise be,and it's amusing at times.the acting is deliberately over the top.this is no masterpiece,but it's not awful either.i give it 5/10

Now, I've seen a lot of films, but this just blew me away. With how bad it was, of course. My dad picked it up at a value bin because on the back, it said "If you enjoyed The Sixth Sense, House on Haunted Hill, and a Stir of Echoes, you'll love Evil Lives". Now, I look back at that an really do laugh. The film contains no suspenseful or scary moments. The acting is awful, and the plot is ridiculous. The spirit of a loved one coming into recently dead bodies to make love, then die again? Even that concept isn't taken too far because most of the film strays away from what it is supposed to be doing: entertaining. The special effects are also pretty bad. The makeup is horrid. It'd be a black comedy (and a poor one at that) if the film was taken lightheartedly. But that's not the case; these people actually TRIED. The fact that this film was made seriously is rather pathetic. Did I mention the music was ripped straight from the circus? This is one of the worst films you'll ever see, so don't't even give it a chance.

Why did i buy this piece of trash.I bought it at my video store for £1 because it looked interesting from the cover.Now I understand why they say don't judge a video by it's cover. The film was about a 600 year old mortal who kills a string of young women in search of a perfect body in which to resurrect his dead wife, however the perfect girl eludes him and he spends the film stalking her. This film doesn't know whether to be a erotic supernatural thriller or a slasher movie and ends up being neither. i'll start with the good points as there aren't many.If you are into films with female nudity then this film is for you as there are plenty of scenes involving naked women but if you are looking for a film with a good plot and strong characters then this film is best left on the shelf. Now the bad points:The film is supposed to be scary and isn't,the villain has about as much menace as a bag of jellybeans,you feel no sympathy for the heroine,the acting is atrocious and because of poor editing it is a bit disjointed. If you see this film walk past it and do not waste your money as the film,in my opinion has no redeeming features. if I could i'd give this film 0 out of 10 I would but as I can't I will give it 1 out of 10