Doom Asylum – Movie Review
First Reaction – Doom Asylum must watch with alcohol to get the most out of it.
Director: Richard Friedman
Writer: Rick Marx (Screenplay)
Cast
- Michael Rogen (Punch the Clock)
- Patty Mullen (Frankenhooker)
- William Hay
- Kristin Davis (Cash Out)
- Harrison White (Seven)
Plot: A horribly disfigured lawyer, wrongfully pronounced dead after a terrible car accident, is taken to an asylum for dissection, only to come back alive, kill everyone, and make the asylum his killing grounds.
Runtime: 1 Hour 19 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Doom Asylum starts when a group of friends Kiki (Mullen), Mike (Hay), Jane (Davis), Darnell (White) and Dennis (Price), head to an abandoned asylum. It has a reputation of a disfigured lawyer, Mitch Hansen (Rogen), lurking in the corridors in hope of revenge.
They clash with a group of rockers Tina (Collins), Rapunzel (Farin) and Godiva (Alvan), but only pranks. However, Mitch sees this as a chance to continue his killing spree and the youths make an easy victim.
Verdict on Doom Asylum
Recap
The movie follows a group of friends wanting to party at an abandoned asylum. However, they discover a serial killer is lurking in the corridors, waiting for the chance to find more victims.
Best Parts
The location and the idea behind the serial killer are the highlights of the movie. It creates isolation and the killer is driven by wanting to escape their nightmare.
Worst Parts
The movie struggles with a mixture of bad editing and poor performances. We seem to have one person say their line, before a long pause for the next line in a conversation. Elsewhere, it falls into the bad decision horror where nobody seems to have half a brain cell. This ends up falling into so bad it is actually funny.
Final Thoughts –Doom Asylum is a must-watch drunk movie.
