Horror Hospital Movie Review

Trailer here.

Horror Hospital is a 1973 horror movie directed by Antony Balch and starring Michael Gough and Robin Askwith.

The film begins with two people running through the forest covered in blood. A car is following them. They both get killed by someone. A man called Jason(Askwith) wants to have a break. He sees an advertisement for a holiday. The company is called Hairy Holidays. He calls to their office to arrange it. He meets a man called Mr. Pollack(Dennis Price) who fills him in on the details. He gets the train down to the countryside. He meets a girl on the train called Judy(Vanessa Shaw). It just happens that she is also going to the same holiday home. The place is called Brittlehurst Manor. It is less holiday home and more health farm. There is a sinister person called Dr. Storm(Gough) who looks very strange indeed. He runs the place. He sends a man called Frederick to meet them. Judy meets Aunt Harris there. Her aunt doesn't want Judy there. Why??

There is something fishy going on in the manor. The other guests are odd. Aunt Harris tells Judy and Jason that the others have been working with Dr. Storm, but that they haven't been cured yet. Dr. Storm makes an appearance. He is also weird. Jason goes exploring and Judy follows. She runs into some of the other guests and she realises that there is something wrong with them. Two men come and take her away. Jason gets knocked out. Pollack shows up at the house. He has been working with Storm and he has been bringing him subjects for his experiments. Pollack ends up dead. Jason sees him being killed. He tells Frederick that he saw Pollack die. Storm talks to Jason and reveals his experiment. He uses hippies and he turns them into zombies. He has total control over them.

Jason escapes but he is caught again and locked up. Aunt Harris wants to take Judy and get out. She has had enough of Storm and his craziness. Another young person arrives at the manor. He is looking for his girlfriend. He is attacked and dragged inside. Aunt Harris is killed by some sort of creature. Frederick releases Jason and the other person. Dr. Storm finds them. He tells them that he worked for Stalin, but he got kicked out. He met Aunt Harris and she found him subjects for his experiments. Frederick gets locked up with Jason and the other person.  Storm is going to perform his experiment on Judy. Frederick climbs out the window and he released the two men but he gets killed. The two men go to get Judy. They destroy Storm's machines and beat up his guards. The place gets set on fire and they see that Storm is the creature. They chase him as he tries to escape and kill him. He falls into a swamp and sinks. His hand emerges from the swamp. Is he dead?

This film is an interesting watch. There are some comedic parts and it can't really be taken seriously. I did enjoy it, though. Gough is good as the crazy Dr. Storm. The rest of the cast are decent too. It is well worth a look if you enjoy 70's horror. It has enough to keep you entertained. I always enjoy these types of films. It's something about the cast and the time that they were made that make them fun. I will give this one a 5/10.