Doom Asylum

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1988 American film

Doom Asylum

Film Poster

Directed by| Richard Friedman
Screenplay by| Rick Marx[1]
Produced by| Steve Menkin[1]
Starring|

* Patty Mullen
* Ruth Collins
* Kristin Davis
* William Hay
* Kenny L. Price
* Harrison White
* Dawn Alvan
* Michael Rogen

Cinematography| Larry Revene[1]
Edited by| Ray Shapiro
Music by|

* Dave Erlanger
* Jonathan Stuart[1]

Distributed by| Filmworld/Academy Entertainment

Release date

* March 2, 1988 (1988-03-02)

Running time

| 78 minutes[1]
Country| United States
Language| English
Budget| $90,000 (estimated)
Box office| $476,340

Doom Asylum is a 1988 American comedy slasher film written by Rick Marx and directed by Richard Friedman.

In the film, a lawyer is disfigured in a car accident. He revives during his own autopsy and goes on a killing spree. A decade later, he lives in a mental asylum. He defends his new home against perceived intruders.

## Plot

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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 mental 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

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* Patty Mullen as Judy LaRue / Kiki LaRue
* Ruth Collins as Tina
* Kristin Davis as Jane
* William Hay 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

## Production

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Principal photography was scheduled to begin on July 13, 1987. The film was shot in 8 to 12 days.[2]

## Release

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Doom Aslym had a theatrical screening in Milan Italy before it was officially released on home video in early 1988 through Academy Home Entertainment on VHS.[2][1][3]

## Reception

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In his overview of 1980s horror films, Scott Aaron Stine declared it similar to other horror comedy films, finding it neither funny nor scary and he said that the film was "sophomoric drivel, the jokes are stale and the special effects are mostly awful."[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f Stine 2003, p. 110.
2. ^ a b Reyes 2018, p. 10.
3. ^ a b Stine 2003, p. 111.

### Sources

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* Reyes, Amanda (2018). To the Denizens of Doom Asylum: A Love Letter (booklet). Arrow Films. FCD1771/AV154.
* Stine, Scott Aaron (8 July 2003). The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1980s. McFarland. ISBN 0786415320.

## External links

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* Doom Asylum at IMDb

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