Heartstopper (2006)

Two hospitalized young people discover that things can get even worse when the dilapidated institution is stranded by a severe storm and a maniac stalks the corridors butchering the patients and staff.

Director:

Bob Keen

Writers:

Vlady Pildysh (story), Vlady Pildysh

Stars:

Meredith Henderson, Nathan Stephenson, James Binkley

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Meredith Henderson	...	Sara Wexler
Nathan Stephenson	...	Walter Brooks
James Binkley	...	Jonathan Chambers
Robert Englund	...	Sheriff Richard Berger
Laura de Carteret	...	Denise Grafton (as Laura DeCarteret)
Scott Gibson	...	Doctor Drayis
Michael Cram	...	Doctor Hitchens
Ted Ludzik	...	Janitor Mackie
Lori Hallier	...	Ms. Wexler
John Bayliss	...	The Warden
Wayne Flemming	...	Priest
Celine Lepage	...	Trina Foote
David Roche	...	Deputy Wilson
Drew Carnwath	...	Guard #1
Amy Lalonde	...	Triage Nurse (as Amy Ciupak Lalonde)

Storyline

In a stormy night, the evil serial-killer Jonathan Chambers is executed in the electric chair. The arrogant coroner Doctor Hitchens brings the corpse in an ambulance to a hospital for the autopsy escorted by the County Sheriff Berger that arrested Chambers. Meanwhile the outcast high-school student Sara Wexler tries to commit suicide on the road and is hit by the Sheriff Berger's car. While bringing Sara in the same ambulance that is transporting the body of Chambers to the hospital, the teenager sees the dead coming back to life. In the hospital, Sara shares the room with the stabbed teenager Walter that coincidentally is her schoolmate, and she asks him to help her to leave the hospital. She tells what she saw, but Walter in principle believe Sara is nuts. However, when he sees blood on the corridor, he helps Sara to escape from their room. However, they find that all exits are locked and they are trapped in the hospital while the psychopath is slaughtering the patients and staff ...

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Plot Keywords:

hospital | sheriff | teenager | night | electric chair | 

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Taglines:

Feel the beat

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 October 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Heart Stopper

Filming Locations:

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

PA Heartstopper Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Throughout the movie, Walter's Pac-man shirt goes through various stages of cleanliness. It's often seen blood-soaked in one scene only to have spots of blood in the next.

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Quotes

Sheriff Berger: Well, most would call it the stuff of nightmares, I'm afraid.

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Connections

Referenced in Yes Man (2008)

User Reviews

Rented it because of Robert Englund!

I have had my eye on this movie since it came out but just got around to watching it last night.I wanted to see it mainly because of Robert(Freddy)Englund.He was funny in this movie.I wonder if the producer of this movie originally had Robert in mind to play the serial killer role instead.I think I would have preferred it if he was playing the satanic serial killer role instead that gets executed and then comes back to life to wreak havoc.We all know he can pull it off.He is so good at playing bad guys. This movie turned out to be a bit of a b movie.I thought it would be more serious.I have seen this plot twice before.There was a good horror film made back in 1995 called Sleepstalker-evil never dies, about a serial killer on death row who is executed and resurrected as an evil sandman.And then there was the one called last rites which is also very similar.I liked the b rated flashes of lightning during the storm in heartstopper and all the campy acting.I didn't mind this movie.It had a lot of gore and was at least watchable.