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Doom Asylum

Doom Asylum

5,3 /10 (84 Votes)
1988 EN 79 min

Overview

A demented former lawyer uses autopsy equipment to kill off the teenagers who trespass on the long-abandoned asylum he inhabits. Filmed on location in an actual abandoned asylum.

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Release date

02/03/1988

Votes

84

Popularity

0.5

SLASHING with a snicker, SLAUGHTER with a smirk...

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

79 min

Budget

$90,000

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Wuchak

Wuchak

2022-12-16

⭐ 6

**_Horrific fun at a dilapidated sanitarium_** An attorney who was disfigured in an accident and driven mad with grief ‘haunts’ an abandoned asylum in northeastern New Jersey. Local youths laugh it off as a legend, but eight are about to find out differently. “Doom Asylum” (1987) is a kinetic horror comedy filled with hammy acting and over-the-top goofiness, but it is entertaining if you approach it for what it is — amusing schlock that only cost $90,000. The biggest star is the excellent location for this type of flick, the former Essex Mountain Sanatorium. Part of the fun is reading t…

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