USA, 1979
82m
35mm film, colour
mono, English
An American horror film directed by Gregory Goodell.
Plot Summary
A country singer/songwriter is forced by a crooked cop into a psychiatric prison where she falls foul of the brutal warden and his psychotic inmates. The warden is attempting to cure his patients by driving them completely insane so that they are forced back to their childhoods.
Credits
Crew
Director: Gregory Goodell
© MCMLXXIX [1979] Pyramid Entertainment
Summer and Edwin Brown present
Executive Producer: Edwin Scott Brown
Produced by: Summer Brown, Gregory Goodell
Associate Producer: D.K. Miller
Screenplay by: Richard Rothstein
Story by: Gregory Goodell
Director of Photography: João Fernandes
Edited by: Barbara Pokras, John Gregory
Music by: Marc Bucci
Sound Mixer: Arthur Rochester
Wardrobe Supervisor: Julie Dresner
Make-up Artist: Alan Friedman
Special Effects: James Dannaldson, Knott Limited, Frank DeMarco
Production Designer: Linda Spheeris
Cast
Linda Haynes (Rachel Foster)
Geoffrey Lewis (Dr Kline)
Ellen Travolta (Mover)
Aldo Ray (Mat Tibbs)
Mercedes Shirley (Warden Weber)
Darlene Craviotto (Rita)
Lurene Tuttle (Granny)
Marie O’Henry (Tanya)
Wesley Marie Tackitt (Jimmy)
Caroline Davies (Pam)
Cherie Franklin (cell guard)
Jackie Coogan (Sheriff Tibbs)
Bobby Porter (Derril Willis)
James O’Connell (father)
Rebecca Bohanon (mother)
Theodora Tate (daughter)
Timothy Coyle (son)
Roberta Jean Williams (nurse #1)
Ruth Stanley (nurse #2)
Maryanne Furman-Barrett (Martha)
Alternative Titles
Beyond the Gate
Elävien kuolleiden talo – Finland
Experiências Humanas – Brazil
Experimentos humanos – Argentina, Spain
Morderczy eksperyment – Poland
残酷试验 – China (Mandarin)
References
Periodicals
- Continental Film and Video Review vol.28 no.11 (September 1981) p.30
- The Dark Side May 1992 – review
- The Dark Side no.64 p.25 – review
- Écran Fantastique no.8 (1979) – note
- Écran Fantastique no.12 (1979) pp.31-32
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.47 no.556 (May 1980) pp.91-92
Books
- Film Review 1982-83 by F. Maurice Speed (ed.) p.154
- The Films of the Eighties by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan p.272
- Hoffman’s Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991-1992 p.182 – credits, review
- X-Rated Videotape Guide Volume I by Robert H. Rimmer pp.232-233 – credits, review
