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      Hellhole

      R Released Mar 15, 1985 1h 35m Horror List
      Reviews 21% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings An amnesiac (Judy Landers) lands in a sanitarium where a mad doctor (Mary Woronov) tests her chemical lobotomy on patients. Read More Read Less

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      Dustin Putman TheBluFile.com Wacky 1985 B-movie "Hellhole" is two scoops of crazy with a side of coo-coo-ca-choo. Rated: 1.5/4 Jul 25, 2016 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 12, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member "People always ask me if it's difficult for me at my age to keep up with trends. What they don't understand is that I'm not older today. I was already older before," said Samuel Arkoff, formerly of American-International Pictures and now the head of Arkoff International Pictures. After selling AIP to Filmways and seeing them pretty much immediately screw it up, he started making the kinds of movies he made all along like Q The Winged Serpent, The Final Terror and this film. Susan's (Judy Landers) mom gets killed and she forgets who she is after the murderer pushes her through a window, which means she gets sent to the Hellhole, which does not sound like the kind of hospital that someone goes to when they're mentally ill, but who are we to place out 2021 values on to an exploitation movie from 1985? Actually, it's the Ashland Sanitarium for Women and the killer — Silk (Ray Sharkey) — now works there, watching over Susan in case she gets her memory back. He's not the worst maniac in this movie. That would be Dr. Fletcher (Mary Woronov forever!), who loves performing lobotomy experiments. Talk about a cast! This has Marjoe Gortner, Edy Williams, Robert Z'Dar, Frogs star Lynn Borden, Mighty Joe Young actress Terry Moore, Carol Ita White from Savage Streets and Dyanne Thorne in it and you know, that's way more star power than several movies usually get. Aaron Butler, who was one of the writers of this, also wrote Chained Heat, so that should tell you what you're getting into. Pierre De Moro only made two other movies, Savannah Smiles and Christmas Mountain, and this feels like the kind of work made by a man who is sick of making children and families happy. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member A young woman with incriminating documents against Dr Monroe is assigned to a sanitarium under the good doctor's supervision where illegal 'chemical lobotomy' experiments take place. Contains a few women-in-prison trappings and scores a hit with its gratuitous trash and endearing 80s style and cast. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member hah...do delightfully sleazy and exploitave.. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a good movie with a great plot. There is way too much sex and boobs in it thought. That made me a little uncomfortable. I am just glad I watched it with my friend and not my dad! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis An amnesiac (Judy Landers) lands in a sanitarium where a mad doctor (Mary Woronov) tests her chemical lobotomy on patients.
      Director
      Pierre De Moro
      Production Co
      Arkoff International, Hellhole Productions
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 15, 1985, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Aug 2, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 35m