Doom Asylum

Doom Asylum
Doom Asylum
	Film Poster
Directed by	Richard Friedman
Screenplay by	Rick Marx
Produced by	Steve Menkin
Starring	Patty Mullen; Ruth Collins; Kristin Davis; William Hay; Kenny L. Price; Harrison White; Dawn Alvan; Michael Rogen;
Cinematography	Larry Revene
Edited by	Ray Shapiro
Music by	Dave Erlanger; Jonathan Stuart;
Distributed by	Filmworld/Academy Entertainment
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$90,000 (estimated)
Box office	$476,340

Doom Asylum is a comedy slasher film written by Rick Marx and directed by Richard Friedman. The film stars Michael Rogen, Patty Mullen and, Kristin Davis, in her film debut, and was released direct-to-video in March, 1988.^{[citation needed]}

Plot[]

Attorney Mitch Hansen and his fiancée Judy LaRue get into a car wreck that results in Judy being killed. During an autopsy on the seemingly-dead Hansen (which disfigures his face), he wakes up and kills the medical examiners. Ten years later, a group of friends, including Judy's daughter Kiki, have a picnic near the asylum where Hansen was held. A punk band is using the asylum to practice some songs. However, Hansen still inhabits the asylum and plans to go after any perceived intruders.

Cast[]

Patty Mullen as Judy LaRue / Kiki LaRue
Ruth Collins as Tina
Kristin Davis as Jane
as Mike
Kenny L. Price as Dennis
Harrison White as Darnell
Dawn Alvan as Godiva
Farin as Rapunzel
Michael Rogen as Mitch Hansen
Harvey Keith as Medical Examiner
Steven G. Menkin as Assistant Medical Examiner (credited as Steve Menkin)
Paul Giorgi as Fake Shemp

Release[]

The film was released on VHS as Doom Asylum from Academy Home Entertainment.^[1]^[2]

Reception[]

In his overview of 1980s horror films, Scott Aaron Stine declared it similar to other horror comedy films, finding it neither funny or scary and that the film was "sophomoric drivel.", finding the film to be "jokes are stale, and the special effects are mostly awful."^[2]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Stine 2003, p. 110.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Stine 2003, p. 111.

Sources[]

Stine, Scott Aaron (8 July 2003). The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1980s. McFarland. ISBN 0786415320.

External links[]

Doom Asylum at IMDb

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[FOOTNOTEStine2003110-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Stine 2003, p. 110.

[FOOTNOTEStine2003111-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Stine 2003, p. 111.

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