A Night to Dismember (1983)

A woman from a "cursed" family is released from a mental facility, and soon dismembered corpses start turning up.

Director:

Doris Wishman

Writers:

Judy J. Kushner (story), Judy J. Kushner (screenplay)

Stars:

Samantha Fox, Diane Cummins, Saul Meth

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Samantha Fox	...	Vicki Kent
Diane Cummins	...	Mary
Saul Meth	...	Adam
Miriam Meth	...	Blanche
William Szarka	...	Billy (as Bill Szarka)
Chris Smith	...	Sam (credit only)
Dee Cummins	...	Vicki (credit only)
Larry Hunter	...	Larry (as Norman Main)
Mary Lomay	...	Ann
Rita Rogers	...	Aunt Bea
Nina Stengel	...	Nina
Frankie Sabat	...	Frankie
Alexandria	...	Nancy
William Longo Jr.	...	Timmy
Rob DeRosa	...	Marty (as Robert De Rosa)

Storyline

A woman from a "cursed" family is released from a mental facility, and soon dismembered corpses start turning up.

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Plot Keywords:

decapitation | mental patient | nudity | female nudity | violence | 

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Taglines:

Doris Wishman's Cult Classic ...

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Doris Wishman's A Night to Dismember

Filming Locations:

Long Island, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Juri Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

69 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to an unverified claim by director Doris Wishman, much of the negative for the movie was destroyed by a disgruntled lab employee. Wishman then spent the next few years re-writing and re-editing the film, mixing new and existing footage and adding a voice-over narration to the soundtrack.

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Goofs

Actress Alexandria is credited in the film's on-screen credits as playing "Nancy". In reality, she plays "Bonnie Kent". Actor Larry Hunter is credited as playing "Larry" but his actual role is "Uncle Sebastian".

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Connections

Spoofs A Night to Remember (1942)

User Reviews

Bad enough to make your eyes bleed

According to director Doris Wishman, much of the negative for A Night To Dismember was wiped during processing by a disgruntled lab employee, forcing her to complete the film by re-editing the remaining material together with hastily shot new footage and a god-awful narrative to try and explain what the hell is going on (it fails: within minutes I hadn't a clue what was happening).

I'm not sure if I believe her story (after all, it's so easy to blame someone else for your own incompetent film-making), but if that's really the case, then what that lab guy did was unforgivable—I mean, he had the perfect opportunity to remove the entire thing from existence for good, but the douche-bag still left Wishman enough material to cobble together this abomination!

Anyway, whether Wishman's story is true or not, the fact remains that A Night To Dismember redefines the word 'awful', being a thoroughly incomprehensible, horribly dubbed mess of disjointed scenes that even a liberal sprinkling of unconvincing gore (beheadings, axe murders, finger chopping, a heart removed etc.,) and gratuitous nudity cannot improve.

Some call it 'surreal'; some describe it as 'so bad, it's good'; others call it 'a cult classic'. I call it s**t! Watch at your own risk.