The Dead Pit (1989) r
American zombie film that has the unmistakable US B-horror feel but also reeks heavily of Fulci fanboyism.
A mad doctor does his experiments in mental hospital. The head of the institution finally gets tired of covering his tracks, kills the doctor and seals him along with his work into basement. 20 years later past comes literally back to life.
The Dead Pit is at its heart a very standard B-horror with above average concept. It is somewhat raised above many of its brethren by heavy influences from Italian cinema and especially Lucio Fulci. Its visuals and cinematography in general never reach the fulcian heights but even the clumsy and simplified imitation is often pleasant to watch.
Acting is mostly wooden but Jeremy Slate is OK as the doctor running the hospital. Script has its issues and the film isn't dreamy enough to get a pass on that (honestly though the script isn't even that bad when compared to competition). There's not that much gore and some of the effects are pretty weak (like the melting heads) but the pin scene near the end is quite good. Some of the after effects of violence do look pretty nice like the scene the picture is from.
Decent horror with above average ambition. Not nearly as good as the films it seems to idolize but still not an unpleasant way to spend hot summer afternoon.
American zombie film that has the unmistakable US B-horror feel but also reeks heavily of Fulci fanboyism.
A mad doctor does his experiments in mental hospital. The head of the institution finally gets tired of covering his tracks, kills the doctor and seals him along with his work into basement. 20 years later past comes literally back to life.
The Dead Pit is at its heart a very standard B-horror with above average concept. It is somewhat raised above many of its brethren by heavy influences from Italian cinema and especially Lucio Fulci. Its visuals and cinematography in general never reach the fulcian heights but even the clumsy and simplified imitation is often pleasant to watch.
Acting is mostly wooden but Jeremy Slate is OK as the doctor running the hospital. Script has its issues and the film isn't dreamy enough to get a pass on that (honestly though the script isn't even that bad when compared to competition). There's not that much gore and some of the effects are pretty weak (like the melting heads) but the pin scene near the end is quite good. Some of the after effects of violence do look pretty nice like the scene the picture is from.
Decent horror with above average ambition. Not nearly as good as the films it seems to idolize but still not an unpleasant way to spend hot summer afternoon.