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Trancers is a 1984 science fiction film. It was directed by Charles Band and stars Tim Thomerson and Helen Hunt. It is the first film in the Trancers series.
This film portrays a method of time travel: People can travel back in time by injecting themselves with a drug that allows them to take over the body of an ancestor. When Jack Deth arrives in 1985, he is in the body of his ancestor, a journalist; Whistler assumes control of his ancestor, a police detective; and Deth's supervisor, McNulty, borrows the form of his own forebear, a young girl.
Trancers is an American science fiction film franchise started in 1984 by Empire Pictures and continued by Full Moon Features. All but the most recent film star Tim Thomerson as Jack Deth.
The franchise consists of 6 feature films, 1 short film, and 2 comic book series.