Review of Visiting Hours (1982) by Tim B — 28 May 2009

Tough one to judge. It really didn't wear the term "slasher" on its sleeve well. Save for a few cuts and beatings, there wasn't much in terms of gore. Also, what kind of slut takes off her clothes and DOESN'T get naked? Weird.

Surprisingly, though, I didn't have a bad time with this one. Hands down, it was Michael Ironside that was my main hook. His pussy "daddy may or may not have touched me" back story, his white-male supremacy shtick, his gay leather vest.

PRICELESS! William Shatner didn't have much of a reason to be here, but he still shined because he's William freakin' Shatner! He just took over the situation in any scene he was in because he's that cool.

Add to that the random funny bits (I love how Ironside gets in that hospital in so many different ways), a hint of lesbianism, and the creepy setting and you get a pretty fun slasher movie. On the downside, the movie felt funnier than it should have been at times, lessening the impact of some scenes.

The movie felt disjointed and cut into two parts. There were also PLENTY of dumb ass moves and plot mess-ups here (dumb ass cops and a really contradicting "feminist" message for this type of movie).

Lee Grant was also annyoing as on of the two heroines. But I can't help but dig these movies for what they are all about: FUN TIMES. I'm giving this one a higher rating than I should because it's that entertaining for me.

Whoopeee!