One of the first of several horror films with Dont leading the title, this gory low-budget thriller takes place in an experimental hospital for the criminally insane, where the pioneering director allows several patients to act out their twisted fantasies (which involve necrophilia, paranoia and popsicles). When a new staffer shows up, things start to go haywire -- beginning with the bloody axe-murder of the doctor himself and leading to a total takeover of the asylum by its most dangerous inmates. The acting is horrendous, the sound is incoherent and the color is so cheap-looking that some theaters were issued black-and-white prints, but somehow the intrinsic sleaziness generated by the threadbare production manages to lend it a remarkably suitable ambience. Instead of vanishing into obscurity, this quirky little potboiler became a staple on the early-70s drive-in circuit, thanks to Hallmark Films frequent double-bill bookings with Wes Cravens The Last House on the Left (1972 film) (even borrowing the tagline: Keep telling yourself: Its only a movie...) and Mario Bavas Bay of Blood. https://youtube/watch?v=8H4PWNr0HIU
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 01:00:45 +0000
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