Doom Asylum

Doom Asylum is a 1988 American comedy slasher film written by Rick Marx and directed by Richard Friedman.

Doom Asylum
Film Poster
Directed by	Richard Friedman
Screenplay by	Rick Marx[1]
Produced by	Steve Menkin[1]
Starring	Patty Mullen Ruth Collins Kristin Davis William Hay Kenny L. Price Harrison White Dawn Alvan Michael Rogen
Cinematography	Larry Revene[1]
Edited by	Ray Shapiro
Music by	Dave Erlanger Jonathan Stuart[1]
Distributed by	Filmworld/Academy Entertainment
Release date	March 2, 1988 (1988-03-02)
Running time	78 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$90,000 (estimated)
Box office	$476,340

In the film, a lawyer is disfigured in a car accident. He revives during his own autopsy and goes on a killing spree. A decade later, he lives in a mental asylum. He defends his new home against perceived intruders.

Plot

Attorney Mitch Hansen and his fiancée Judy LaRue get into a car wreck that results in Judy being killed. During an autopsy on the seemingly-dead Hansen (which disfigures his face), he wakes up and kills the medical examiners.

Ten years later, a group of friends, including Judy's daughter Kiki, have a picnic near the mental asylum where Hansen was held. A punk band is using the asylum to practice some songs. However, Hansen still inhabits the asylum and plans to go after any perceived intruders.

Cast

• Patty Mullen as Judy LaRue / Kiki LaRue
• Ruth Collins as Tina
• Kristin Davis as Jane
• William Hay as Mike
• Kenny L. Price as Dennis
• Harrison White as Darnell
• Dawn Alvan as Godiva
• Farin as Rapunzel
• Michael Rogen as Mitch Hansen
• Harvey Keith as Medical Examiner
• Steven G. Menkin as Assistant Medical Examiner (credited as Steve Menkin)
• Paul Giorgi as Fake Shemp

Production

Principal photography was scheduled to begin on July 13, 1987. The film was shot in 8 to 12 days.^[2]

Release

Doom Aslym had a theatrical screening in Milan Italy before it was officially released on home video in early 1988 through Academy Home Entertainment on VHS.^[2][1][3]

Reception

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."^[3]