Hellhole (1985 film)

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Hellhole
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Directed byPierre De Moro
Written byAaron Butler (as Vincent Mongol)
Starring
CinematographySteven Posey
Edited byStephen Butler
Music byJeff Sturges
Distributed by Arkoff International Pictures
Release date
  • March 15, 1985 (1985-03-15)
Running time
90 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hellhole is a 1985 American exploitation women-in-prison film film directed by Pierre De Moro and starring Ray Sharkey, Judy Landers, Marjoe Gortner, Edy Williams, and Mary Woronov. It was distributed by Arkoff International Pictures, [2] marking the studio's final theatrical release. [1]

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Plot

After seeing her mother murdered by a killer, Susan, an amnesiac woman, is sent to a mental institution presided over by Dr. Fletcher, a power-crazed female doctor who performs lobotomies on the patients.

Cast

Production

Principal photography of Hellhole began in Los Angeles on July 2, 1984. [3] Director Tom DeSimone directed additional footage after principal photography was completed, though he is not credited. [3]

Release

The film was released theatrically by Arkoff International Pictures on March 15, 1985. [3]

Home media

Shout! Factory cancelled its original plans to release the film on DVD and Blu-Ray due to the film having missing footage, but it has since been released on Blu-Ray in late 2016 by Scream Factory, a subsidiary of Shout Factory. [4]

Reception

Patrick Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times panned the film, writing that it is "hard to think up anything else nice to say about a film that is so crammed with tawdry sex scenes (mostly between women), drug use, sadomasochism, frontal nudity and bad acting." [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Craig 2019, p. 185.
  2. Broeske, Pat H. (June 16, 1985). "Movies: Good taste no barrier to making profitable films on women in prison". Chicago Tribune . p. L 32.
  3. 1 2 3 "Hellhole". AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 20, 2025.
  4. ""Hellhole: Pierre De Morro's lost 1985 Grindhouse classic comes to Blu-ray". Bloody Disgusting . Archived from the original on August 30, 2016.
  5. Goldstein, Patrick (May 27, 1985). "'Hellhole' Filled with Drugs, Sex, and Crazies". Los Angeles Times . p. 2 via Newspapers.com.

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