Ca a l'air bien poilant. Déjà la tag-line tue !
Florilège d'avis chopé sur internet :Directed by Philip J. Jones
James Bishop is a young psychology resident, excited about his new job at St. Andrews Mental Hospital and the chance to help severely ill patients. The excitement changes to puzzlement, concern and finally terror as some of those patients mysteriously die and James' efforts to find the cause results in increasingly strange behavior from the St. Andrews staff. Things begin to clarify when James finally encounters the Harvester...
There are certain things horror movies shouldn't do. One is to give us a good look at the main monster/demon/ghost/baddie within the first few minutes (particularly when, as in this case, it's clearly a bloke in a rubbish costume). Another big no-no in my book is jam-packing the cast with an array of the worst actors in the history of film-making (come to think of it, that rule probably isn't exclusive to the horror genre). 'Hellborn' does both. 'Hellborn' is a very, very bad movie.
Armed only with a stethoscope and permanent case of 5 o' clock shadow, Matt Stasi takes the lead as rookie doctor James Bishop. For his first work placement, he's been given a gig at the unfeasibly large St. Andrews Mental Hospital, where the sound of bad actors wailing fills the corridors and nobody ever thinks to switch the lights on.
Top dog on the wards is Dr McCort (Bruce Payne), who goes about injecting the poor mentalists (presumably with thick molten ham) and feeding their souls to the ridiculously low budget monster that lives in the "The Sacrifice Room" (it's just next to the coffee machine). So it looks like it's up to good ol' James to gather up some evidence and save the day. Or at least save the nutters.
The only positive thing I can think of to say about this pile of mince is that it's also one Helluva good laugh. Each time you think you've seen the worst actor that director Philip J. Jones can throw at us, another anti-thesp pops up to somehow manage an even more ridiculous performance. I can only assume Rob Schneider was busy on the day of the casting call.
It's Got: A soundtrack lifted straight from 'Now That's What I Call Generic Horror Music".
Summary: 80 minutes of pure pap. 2/10
I have just finished watching the most excruciating film of my entire life. Hellborn has the most infeasible plot, the most ridiculous setting and some actors so wooden that Pinocchio would flit across the screen not look out of place. There is one name on the billing for this film that should let you know what to expect (and I wish I had recognised that at the time) "Tracy Scoggins". When a bit part actress from Lois and Clark turns up in a principle role you know your film is in trouble. Why the director didn't cut his losses and replace all the actors with The Muppets is beyond me!! This movie eclipses every bad movie I have ever witnessed (and I've seen Slap her She's French!!)
(je le prends un peu comme une invitation ça ! 
)Ca existe en DVD Anglais et Allemand, et ça sort en zone 1 en septembre chez Columbia sous le nouveau titre "Asylum of the damned".
La jaquette tue tout d'ailleurs :
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