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Total Recall, Helm (Michael Champion)

Site Rating: 53%
(ratings: 3)
Editor Rating: 54%
Writeup Rating: 67%
(ratings: 3)
Film: Total Recall (1990)
Deceased Character: Helm (Michael Champion)
Archetype: Baddy (Minor)
Killed by: Thumbelina (Debbie Lee Carrington)
Killed with: Knife


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Written by Mr. Mouseburger 10th Jun 2005

To follow a maxim from Galaxy Quest: any character who is not given a surname is a certainty to be dead before the final credits roll...

Helm is Richter's (q.v.) henchman, and has tracked Quaid to the mutant bar. When Richter orders all of the barflies to be killed, a riot breaks out. Tony, a mutant friend of Quaid's, manages to grab Helm, who is horrified to see a midget charge at him with a rather large knife.


Helm's death is standard fare; stabbed. But considering the midget is 3ft tall and he is 6ft tall, the entry point of the knife is enough to make most men's eyes water.

The knife is in Helm's Deep



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Other Death Reviews for Total Recall (1990)

Benny (Mel Johnston Jr.)
Doctor Edgemar (Roy Brocksmith)
George / Kuato (Marshall Bell)
Helm (Michael Champion)
Lori Quaid (Sharon Stone)
Richter (Michael Ironside)
Vilos Cohaagen (Ronny Cox)

Last Updated: 2nd Jun 2008
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This review has 4 comments. Reply to the comments
Comment 1 by 'The Doctor' (reply to this comment)
Helm's death was longer before the film was trimmed to avoid an X rating. Originally, Helm was supposed to be gutted from crotch to sternum, but that was removed, and creates a continuity error, according to the IMDB:

Continuity: During the fight at "The Last Resort", Thumbelina stabs the goon with glasses in the stomach. When the camera pans out, the knife and blood are coming out of his chest (originally, the goon was supposed to be gutted from crotch to sternum, but was edited out for the R-Rating).

If any of you own an issue of Fangoria from around the time of the film's release, they included a few stills of this in that issue.
Comment 2 by 'Kooshmeister' (reply to this comment)
I love that. The IMDB mentions Thumbelina by name, but poor Helm is just "the goon with glasses."
Comment 3 by 'matt364576' (reply to this comment)
It definately looked like he got it in the sack, he got what he deserved i guess
Comment 4 by 'lisahyper' (reply to this comment)
You go girl!