Leofwine_draca DOOM ASYLUM is a surprisingly graphic little independent horror film from the 1980s. The plot is predictable stuff but the execution is better than expected for the era, and this has more real horror in it than something contemporaneous like MEMORIAL VALLEY MASSACRE. The main character is an unlucky chap who's involved in a car accident at the outset and then gets skinned by a blundering pathologist during his autopsy. The only problem? He's still alive! The story then fades away as the setting moves to a real-life abandoned asylum. The killer bumps off a random bunch of annoying characters one by one but the real surprise is just how gory the deaths in this film are. The gore is achieved via prosthetic effects and make up and all of it is remarkably complex and original with some truly bizarre and sadistic ends for these annoying folk. The bloodshed is comparable to something like Scott Spiegel's INTRUDER and makes the film worth watching, more than compensating for the deficiencies in script, budget, and talent. Watch out for SEX AND THE CITY actress Kristin Davis long before she became famous.

acidburn-10 I know everyone knows the term, so good it's bad and I dunno why it took me so long to get round to seeing this little gem. Don't get me wrong but this isn't a masterpiece by any means, in fact it's totally the opposite, it's incredibly terrible. But there's something about it that's also highly enjoyable and just pure fun.It opens with a young couple speeding down a countryside road, after the lawyer wins a 5 million court case, but after getting too caught up in their selves, the car crashes, leaving the girl dead and the man half dead. When he wakes up half of his face has been cut to shreds and he loses it and kills the doctors. Then 10 years later, he's hiding out in an old abandoned asylum where a group of teens and a trio of female rock band decide to party there, which angers the lawyer as he starts to pick them off one by one.The horror stuff here is pretty standard, having the usual stalk and slash when members of the group go off on their own. The deaths are pretty good, even if the effects aren't up to standard, but there is a pretty decent body count. The movie never gets boring as it moves along at a rather quick pace and I also liked the way they injected humour into the plot, but what I didn't like were the scenes of the killer watching old black and white movies, as they seem to go on for a bit too long and just seemed unnecessary and pointless. But there is still fun to be had, and there are several hilarious scenes to be had like when one of the rock chicks fights with one the boys, it was hilarious and has to be seen to believe, then others that border beyond stupid, like the daydream scene with Darnell and the other rock chick running towards each other in slow motion, which was funny at first, but maybe used a bit too much, then towards the end when two of the characters are praying in the old church, despite the fact that a killer is on their tale and even the beginning with the car accident when the girl's hand is supposedly cut off, you can clearly see it underneath the grass, all this is just fun pure cheese and adds highly to the camp factor.The cast, even though it was badly acted, but they still had fun with their roles and each and everyone brought something to the table. Firstly the killer (Michael Rogen) really stood out, he wasn't scary or menacing but more of a wisecracking villain, okay some of his dialogue wasn't funny or didn't work, he did make up for it with his inventive kills. The main girl Kiki/Judy played by Patty Mullen who also played the girl at the beginning was just gorgeous, her performance was very uneven, but she was still an interesting addition to the cast. Then there's Tina (Ruth Collins) who was just plain chewing the scenery and her over the top laugh was just hilarious and she really had lots of fun with the role and didn't take it too seriously. Also including another star before they were famous Kristin Davis who never seems to age, she looks the same here as she does now, she plays the sexy bookworm character quite well and has nasty death scene.All in all if you're looking for scares and chills then "Doom Asylum" isn't for you, this is played more for laughs, but it works and has something likable about it.

BA_Harrison A terrible car crash leaves the driver, Mitch (Michael Rogen), horribly disfigured and a little bit deranged, and his girlfriend Judy (Patty 'Frankenhooker' Mullen) just plain dead. Ten years later, Judy's teenage daughter Kiki (also played by Mullen) and her obnoxious pals visit the supposedly deserted asylum where Mitch now prowls the corridors, looking for victims to hack up with his autopsy instruments.I can appreciate the appeal of an unintentionally bad horror movie, but really don't understand why anyone would go out of their way to make deliberately atrocious garbage like Doom Asylum, which knowingly serves up irritating characters, terrible acting, abysmal dialogue, and lousy spoof horror gags. All attempts at humour are absolutely pitiful, with killer Mitch spouting crap one-liners that make Freddy Krueger look like a comedic genius. The film also resorts to padding out the running time with lengthy clips from old black and white horror movies that the killer likes to watch when not out slaughtering teens.Working slightly in the film's favour are the cheap but delightfully grisly make-ups effects, with the goriest moments including a drill though the head, a victim drenched in acid, a circular saw in the face, and some nasty toe-snipping. There's also a fair bit of female flesh on display courtesy of Playboy Pet Mullen and a young Kristin 'Sex in the City' Davis as sexy nerd Jane, both of whom spend the entire movie in their swimsuits, while Ruth Collins, as screechy punk rocker Tina, briefly bares her tits.For the blood and the babes, I award Doom Asylum a rating of 4/10, which is probably more than it really deserves.

dood15 a friend of mine rented this on a whim and we watched it thinking it would me MST3K quality schlock... but it's not... i think this is really the worst movie i've ever seen. no plot, horrible effects, just plain bad. interesting deaths, but with the 25 dollar budget, it just couldn't deliver. this movie was worse that April Fool's Day. i highly recommend that you never ever see this movie.