Review of Doom Asylum (1988) by Chris M — 30 Jun 2009
There's a difference between so bad it's good and just plain bad. Case in point, Doom Asylum! On the outside, it seems to have everything it needs to entertain less picky horror fans. Stupid teens...check! Spooky, isolated location...Check! Plentiful gore...check! It's too bad that this is a member of the rarely successful sub-genre...the horror comedy!!!
What should be a barrel of chuckles gets sour pretty quickly, once one starts to realize that the film is actually TRYING to be cheesy. All of the performances are terrible, including the normally adorable Kristen Davis (yes, I love her on Sex and the City!).
The gore effects are sometimes good, sometimes dreadful. The creepy location is hardly milked for all its potential. There's also a hilariously effeminate black actor trying to come off as straight (the highlight of the film). The killer also spouts out some of the most horrendously unfunny one liners after each kill a la post-1987 Freddy Kruger.
Doom Asylum isn't all bad, but its weaknesses outweigh its strengths. Sex and the City haters might enjoy seeing Kristen Davis get her face split apart with a buzz saw, albeit laughably fake.
More adventurous horror fans might want to attempt a viewing, but don't say I didn't warn you!
This review of Doom Asylum (1988) was written by Chris M on 30 Jun 2009.
Doom Asylum has generally received mixed reviews.
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