Nurse Sherri (1978)

User Rating:

2.1/10   

Director:

Al Adamson

Writers:

Michael Bockman (written by) &
Greg Tittinger (written by) ...

Release Date:

August 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Meet Sherri... for an evening of Pleasure and Terror!

Plot:

A hospital nurse is possessed by an evil spirit, and proceeds to kill off the hospital's patients.

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Nurse | Occult | Professor | Patient

Cast

Geoffrey Land	...	Peter Desmond
Jill Jacobson	...	Sherri Martin
Marilyn Joi	...	Tara Williams
Mary Kay Pass	...	Beth Dillon
Prentiss Moulden	...	Marcus Washington
Bill Roy	...	Reanhauer
Erwin Fuller	...	Charlie
J.C. Wells	...	Stevens
Clay Foster	...	Dr. Nelson (as Clayton Foster)
Caryl Briscoe	...	Nurse Gordon
Jack Barnes	...	Dr. Andrews
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John F. Goff	...	Psychiatrist

Also Known As:

Beyond the Living
Black Voodoo
Hands of Death
Hospital of Terror (USA)
Killer's Curse
Terror Hospital
The Possession of Nurse Sherri (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

USA:88 min | Belgium:83 min (video version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R

Movie Connections:

Referenced in A Certain Sacrifice (1985)

Review of DVD edition

Shock-A-Rama offers this DVD edition which features two different versions of the movie, commentary track on one feature by producer Sam Sherman, and the usual assortment of trailers that come with the majority of DVDs released under the Seduction Cinema umbrella.

Essentially, there are two different movies presented: Possession of Nurse Sherri, a remastered release of the horror cut with optional track with Sherman, and Nurse Sherri, the original drive-in release of the sexploitation version. Sherman provides juicy details on the canny presentation of the "horror" version, detailing what was edited/added to the initial release. At a glance, 70% of both movies are the same, but with noticeable differences: the horror cut has at least three additional scenes with character actor JC Wells being pursued by the disembodied spirit of a dead spiritualist, while three edited scenes of sex/nudity are provided by the sexploitation cut. These last three scenes are certainly eye-openers: a scene of hospital seduction between a buxom nurse and blind patient, another that has the chief surgeon receiving oral gratification at his podium while giving a lecture in front of a college classroom (!), and an extended scene between the surgeon and our Nurse Sherri with ardent lovemaking culminating in Sherri's flashback of her sole lesbian encounter. These last two segments show how Sherri fills that nurse's uniform with more than ample results!

Previous reviews at IMDB have decried the lack of horror elements and nudity, one even saying that if released today the movie would probably get a PG rating! I can assure anyone that neither of these versions are remotely PG.

Al Adamson--along with Jerry Warren and Jess Franco--had the notoriety of "film doctor", constantly re-editing and re-marketing product that had already saturated a film niche. This wonderful DVD shows how Sam Sherman and Adamson worked in that process.

A highly recommended DVD (regardless of the quality of the movies) which begs one question; whatever happened to star Jill Jacobson, and where is the inevitable Celebrity Sleuth layout?