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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."
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had a theatrical screening in Milan Italy before it was officially released on home video in early 1988 through Academy Home Entertainment on
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band is using the asylum to practice some songs. However, Hansen still inhabits the asylum and plans to go after any perceived intruders.
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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
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on the seemingly-dead Hansen (which disfigures his face), he wakes up and kills the medical examiners.
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was scheduled to begin on July 13, 1987. The film was shot in 8 to 12 days.
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Ten years later, a group of friends, including Judy's daughter Kiki, have a
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Steven G. Menkin as Assistant Medical Examiner (credited as Steve Menkin)
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film written by Rick Marx and directed by Richard Friedman.
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The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1980s
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