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Overview

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4.9/10   1,640 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Jeff Buhler (written by)
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Release Date:
15 July 2008 (USA) more
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Tagline:
This is going to hurt.
Plot:
After he's institutionalized in order to cover for his sister, a young man encounters a doctor who is turning his patients into flesh-eating psychopaths. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
whatever -- I liked it! more (19 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jesse Metcalfe ... Jack

Kiele Sanchez ... Lily

Peter Stormare ... Dr. Gianetti

Kevin Sussman ... Dave

Evan Parke ... Charles

Olivia Munn ... Nancy

Carla Gallo ... Vera Downing

Armin Shimerman ... Hawthorne

Lisa Arturo ... Heather

Kurt Caceres ... Loomis

Molly Bryant ... Nurse Henderson

Dale Waddington Horowitz ... Jack's Mother

Mark Kelly ... Policeman

Sharon Schaffer ... Policewoman
Jeff Buhler ... Paramedic #1
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for bloody violence and gore, sexuality/nudity, and language throughout.
Runtime:
89 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Dr. Gianetti: He's not sick; just a little less engaged. more

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12 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
whatever -- I liked it!, 16 July 2008
10/10
Author: cupcake666 from United States

This movie is a riff on genre flicks like Shock Corridor and Dawn of the Dead. The lead character's name is Jack (Cuckoo's Nest anyone?). Also, anyone who casts Peter Stormare as a "mad scientist" obviously gets the genre... from "Fargo" to "Constantine" to "Insanitarium". Awesome.

So there's an awful lot of blood. That didn't bother me so much and I had to block out some of the really nasty bits but there seems to be a sense of humor running through the film that some of those bitchy critical movie nerds seem to be missing.

This is a movie that relishes the genre. The guy's last name is Romero (as in George A.) for God's sake. And the crazy guy is called Loomis (the doc from Halloween), plus a Hannibal Lecter guy and a Nurse Rachet guy...

If you don't know classic b-movies you might miss the point but if you do you're gonna have a blast.

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