Horror Hospital
“The Operation is a Success ... When the Patient Dies”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 69, rated by 1 admin.
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A failed musician visits a health retreat run by a sinister scientist. Michael Gough's elaborate opening pursuit promises a carnival of oddities, though the later action is much slower. A British horror curiosity whose finest equipment includes a car with extremely hostile modifications.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 6.5/10
- Plot
- 8.5/10
- Effects
- 6/10
- Dialogue
- 7/10
- Rewatchability
- 6.5/10
“The health retreat's transport service has a serious patient-retention problem.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 69
Synopsis and movie facts
Following his forced retirement from an appalling rock band, Jason decides to vacation at Brittlehouse Manor, a health farm run by the leather-gloved, ex-Nazi scientist Dr. Storm. Along the way, Jason meets Judy, also on her way to Brittlehouse Manor to visit her aunt, who married Dr. Storm some years ago. Once they arrive, the pair realise rather quickly that something is wrong, probably because the other guests have had their brains surgically removed, or all the blood pouring from the sink, or possibly just because the creepy midget keeps telling them to brush their teeth.
- Released
- 1973
- Directed by
- Antony Balch
- Running time
- 90 min
Starring
- Michael Gough as Dr. Christian Storm
- Robin Askwith as Jason Jones
- Vanessa Shaw as Judy Peters
- Dennis Price as Mr. Pollack
- Ellen Pollock as Olga ("Aunt Harris")
- Skip Martin as Frederick
- Kurt Christian as Abraham Warren
- Barbara Wendy as Millie
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 30787.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review praises the droll opening pursuit but finds the later mad-scientist plot padded and dreary.
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