Scarecrow-88 A terrible girl metal rock trio and five annoying teenagers crash at the sight of an old asylum, in ruins, closed ten years after a lawyer went berserk on two morticians due to the loss of his girlfriend(..we see at the opening that Mitch, the lawyer, had won a settlement for Judy as they were planning a trip to Palm Springs, having to swerve off the road before hitting a van while engaged in kissing while driving, resulting in a devastating car crash). The lawyer, pretty much a rotted corpse, stalks those in the asylum, killing each with a coroner's tools of the trade.For bad movie lovers Doom Asylum is a pot of gold, for everyone else, except REALLy tolerant slasher fans, will probably wish they'd chosen their time more wisely. I've never seen such characters willingly invite execution when there were plenty of chances to scoot. I imagine that a good scary movie could've been shot(..particularly at night) in the dilapidated asylum, but unfortunately Doom Asylum was made in it's stead. This will undoubtedly be of interest to fans of Kristin Davis, of Sex and the City fame, but I have to imagine she has disowned it. I watched a badly cut VHS version so my rating could go up once I check out the Code Red release(..even if the movie sucks, those guys at CR always put together excellent special features, going out of their way to get the goods on the goings-on behind-the-scenes), because a good bit of obvious gore was plucked from our eyes. Patty Mullen, as a dense blonde(..modeled as a nincompoop for laughs)is a major league babe, mostly in a tiny bikini as she attempts to flee her pursuer when her dim-bulb hunk Dennis(Kenny L Price, whose indecisiveness is played for giggles)gets his piggies clipped. The filmmakers put these huge glasses on Davis, having her talk like psychiatrists(..both her parents are shrinks), so that she'll appear dorky, but we can see even in a one-piece bikini there's a hotness there. The grotesque make-up work for Mitch(Michael Rogen), the psycho, is strictly so-so, but adequate enough considering the low budget the producers probably had at their disposal. Despite the sadism, the tone remains goofy..whether you find the movie funny or not will determine the viewer's sense of humor. The acting, while cringe-worthy, might be a plus to fans of rancid cinema. The girl rockers I found insufferable, particularly the lead singer with a cackle laugh.

Steve Nyland (Squonkamatic) DOOM ASYLUM is a pretty nifty little B movie relic from the home video era that succeeds by refusing to take itself seriously for even one minute. A gaggle of college aged nitwits decides to spend a relaxing day sunbathing and hanging out in & around an abandoned, run down insane asylum that is the home of a deformed, deranged serial killer. Meanwhile and all-girl new wave punk band has set up their gear & is rehearsing in one of the operating theaters (insane asylums have operating theaters?), with a Punks Vs. Nerds confrontation looming as the kids wander around inside of the shabby, spray paint festooned interiors of the asylum. One by one they are abducted by the maniac -- dressed in doctor's garb and prone to use medical tools as his torture weapons -- and hacked up until only the blond in the red bikini is left as sort of a male gaze oriented Jamie Lee.That should be enough information to intrigue horror fans to take a look, and even the most jaded amongst you will be delighted by some of the gore & splatter effects, dabs of welcomed nudity and Kristin Davis reclining on the asylum lawn in a figure defining one piece swimsuit. She has quite the bod. The film earns some points by having the two "nice girls" spending the entire movie skittering about in their bathing suits, with plenty of time for ogling their delightful forms.Some of the 1980s anachronisms might annoy contemporary viewers, such as the smack talking black knucklehead character dressed in fluorescent colors who is the inevitable first victim of the deranged killer. The maniac also spends a lot of time sitting around watching old Todd Slaughter movies, and sadly the film incorporates far to many clips of the old B&W films as a way to sort of suggest some form of contextual meaning. After a while it becomes annoying though, and the meaning of why the clips are used is never made manifest by the script. They are just kind of there because the editor apparently thought it would be a cool device.The only thing about the film that I genuinely found to be annoying though was it's tone. Let's face it, horror movies are absurd & silly to begin with, and this one slips up a couple times with smarminess beyond what was really needed, threatening to turn what could have been a taut little exercise in Asylum Horror exploitation crossed with a Freddy Kreuger serial killer into a self-aware parody. If it wasn't for the relatively high body count, amusing gore attempts and nonstop T&A of the lead girls showing off their bodies this might have gotten a thumbs down. The best aspect of the movie really is this big, creepy, run down asylum, which never looks like a movie set so much as an actual place -- which turns out to be the case, and might have served as the inspiration for 1989s THE DEAD PIT by Brett Leonard, which would make an effective double bill with this one, or maybe DR. GIGGLES with Larry Drake.The bottom line is that movies like this require the presence of an interactive, unruly loud audience to be enjoyed as they were intended: Watch it with your friends and make sure to have plenty of beer. It's very much a party movie and recommended for some night when you just want to get drunk with the crew, dig some gore and check out the babes. By keeping it's sights focused squarely on the gutter this movie maintains it's fun factor right up to the ending ... even if it isn't very good.4/10: Grab me a fresh one too while you're at the fridge, there's a good Hoss.

Shadow_Destiny It is the holy grail of B movies! The acting is sad, but that only adds to the laughs! Effects? Well in the opening scene where a girl loses an arm, you can clearly see her arm "hidden" under some hay. Which only adds to the laughs! And such classic lines as "But, mom! That would be incest!", "I voted for Reagan", and "I hate rap music!!" You would just have to see the movie to really appreciate these lines! If you see it to rent/buy/steal whatever... PICK IT UP!

dood15 a friend of mine rented this on a whim and we watched it thinking it would me MST3K quality schlock... but it's not... i think this is really the worst movie i've ever seen. no plot, horrible effects, just plain bad. interesting deaths, but with the 25 dollar budget, it just couldn't deliver. this movie was worse that April Fool's Day. i highly recommend that you never ever see this movie.