6.4
Friday the 13th
1980
“SLASHING with a snicker, SLAUGHTER with a smirk...”
Doom Asylum (1988)
March 2, 19881h 19mEN
5.2
83 votes
Overview
A demented former lawyer uses autopsy equipment to kill off the teenagers who trespass on the long-abandoned asylum he inhabits. Filmed on location in an actual abandoned asylum.
Director
Richard FriedmanWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$90K
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Wuchak
6.0**_Horrific fun at a dilapidated sanitarium_** An attorney who was disfigured in an accident and driven mad with grief ‘haunts’ an abandoned asylum in northeastern New Jersey. Local youths laugh it off as a legend, but eight are about to find out differently. “Doom Asylum” (1987) is a kinetic horror comedy filled with hammy acting and over-the-top goofiness, but it is entertaining if you approach it for what it is — amusing schlock that only cost $90,000. The biggest star is the excellent location for this type of flick, the former Essex Mountain Sanatorium. Part of the fun is reading t…
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