Hellborn (2003)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Philip J. Jones

Writer:

Matt McCombs (writer)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror

Plot:

James Bishop is a young psychology resident, excited about his new job at St. Andrews Mental Hospital and the chance to help severely ill patients...

Plot Keywords:

Patient | Insanity | Devil Worship | Human Experiment | Mental Institution

Cast

Bruce Payne	...	Dr. McCort
Matt Stasi	...	James Bishop
Tracy Scoggins	...	Helen
Julia Lee	...	Lauren
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	Smithy (as Tom 'Tiny' Lister)
Gregory Wagrowski	...	Hadley
Bill McKinney	...	Gas Station Attendant
Randall England	...	Harry Smith
Joe Sabatino	...	Frank
Deborah Flora	...	Nurse Wells
Kyle T. Heffner	...	Dr. Peter Francis
Stefan Marchand	...	Mark
Michael Earl Reid	...	Que
David Jean Thomas	...	Jackson
Patrick Newall	...	Policeman

Also Known As:

Asylum of the Damned (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence and language.

Runtime:

Brazil:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:16 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Norwalk, California, USA

Company:

Paragon Film Group

Some really bad "horror"

I've seen some very terrible horror movies in my time, and while this isn't the worst of the bunch, it's certainly in the lower half. The script starts off OK. A young doctor goes to a hospital as an intern, hoping it will vault him to a better job for him and his future wife. Cute huh? The movie then heads straight into the toilet when you realize that something is killing patients. Turns out that there's a demon on the basement that's harvesting people's souls. It's the job of the 1 doctor, 1 nurse, and 1 security guard in the entire hospital staff to drag this mental patient downstairs, do a ritual that pretty much just involves cutting the tongue out, and then allowing the haunted house prop of a demon to come out and steal his soul through the magic of cheesy special effects. At this point the movie gets so ridiculously stupid, I was begging for it to be over. There was still an hour to go. It looked like a half an hour "Tales From the Crypt" episode that somehow got stretched into an hour and a half crap-fest. From Tiny Lister doing his best John Coffey (The Green Mile) impersonation to Tracy Scoggins playing the stereotypical frigid Nurse Ratchet, this movie fails in every possible level. I gave this 2 stars for only TWO reason. 1) His fiancé is pretty hot, she eased the pain a little towards the end and 2) The movie actually looks OK, a lot better than the current trend of horror movies being made with wal-mart quality home cameras.

In the end, avoid this turd even if you have the Blockbuster movie pass (which I do, and I still felt cheated). As a bonus drinking game, you and your buddies take a shot every time Matt Stasi (Dr. James Bishop) shakes his head while talking. You'll be drunk 15 minutes into the movie.