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The Dead Pit

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An amnesiac's (Cheryl Lawson) presence in a doctor's (Jeremy Slate) asylum somehow frees a mad lobotomist (Danny Gochnauer) and his patients.

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Rob Humanick Projection Booth Recommended only to viewers with blood alcohol concentrations well above the legal driving limit. Rated: D- Oct 23, 2007 Full Review Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com The old VHS case used to have blinky lights on it ... and was therefore a lot more entertaining than the flick. Rated: 1.5/5 Jul 27, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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Demented N Not a bad little movie ! I wouldn't have called it the "dead pit" probably the Asylum considering most of the movie is set in a mental asylum. From what I can make out doing my research as I wasn't born it wasn't well revived and flopped. But big A for effort because this wasn't another cash cow you could see the passion and the fact they tried but hey we movie people all have to start some where. Still very watchable at least once Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/11/23 Full Review Audience Member It is the perfect specimen of cult 80's horror!!! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm a B movie fan, so i cant say this movie has no value, but you should only watch this on a late night when you're tired yet not quite ready to go to sleep. That's when this becomes the perfect movie to check out. And who knows, you might actually stay awake til the end. Maybe. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member aburridora.. ni la terminé de ver. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member My buddy Jason Slate and his dad Jeremy are in this movie! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member The cover of the original Dead Pit VHS is far more intriguing than what's actually contained within the movie, like a lot of movies from the 1980's, unfortunately. The movie has a plot and it seems to be following it to a conclusion, with a twist ending, but it was mostly just boring. The lead actress, Cheryl Lawson, is irritating as all can be and not even a wet t-shirt/shower scene could even make her appealing to me. All of the other actors have strange performances too. The movie is pretty much free from any gory or horrific content until the latter half when all hell breaks loose and zombies run amock, going after people's brains. This movie would have probably benefited from a lighter tone, say in the vein of Return of the Living Dead or Re-Animator. Instead, it attempts to play it seriously, and doesn't really hit its mark because of that. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An amnesiac's (Cheryl Lawson) presence in a doctor's (Jeremy Slate) asylum somehow frees a mad lobotomist (Danny Gochnauer) and his patients.
Director
Brett Leonard
Producer
Gimel Everett
Production Co
Cornerstone Production Company
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 23, 2018
Runtime
1h 35m