The Hospital (2013 film)

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The Hospital
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Directed by
  • Tommy Golden
  • Daniel Emery Taylor
Written by
Produced byJim O'Rear
Starring
  • Jim O'Rear
  • Jason Crowe
  • Robin Shute
  • Alicia Clark
  • Daniel Emery Taylor
CinematographyJared Hicks
Edited by
  • Tommy Golden
  • Jim O'Rear
Music byVirgil Franklin
Production
company
  • Deviant Pictures
Distributed byITN Distribution
Release date
  • February 15, 2013 (2013-02-15)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
BudgetUS$10,000 [1]

The Hospital is a 2013 horror film co-directed by Tommy Golden and Daniel Emery Taylor. Having a limited US release in February 2013, [2] the film has subsequently screened at various horror film festivals, was presented at Cannes Film Festival, [3] and took home the "Scariest Movie" award at Germany's largest genre festival, Movie Days, in Dortmund. [4] [5]

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Plot summary

College student Beth Stratman (Constance Medrano) decides to travel to the small town of Bridgeport to do some additional research for a paper about local folklore. There are many stories about the old abandoned hospital there. The police think it is full of drug dealers and prostitutes. The locals think it is full of ghosts.

Unfortunately, they are both wrong. Beth instead finds Stanley Creech (Daniel Emery Taylor) who introduces himself as the caretaker of the grounds. She soon finds that Stanley is a psychopath, necrophiliac, and serial rapist. He holds her for several days, repeatedly raping and torturing her, leaving her no apparent means of escape.

Meanwhile, a group of hapless paranormal investigators, led by the goofs Alan (Jim O'Rear) and Jack (Jason Crowe), descend upon the property to document the alleged supernatural activity. This puts the group on a collision course with Stanley since he will do anything to keep his secret from being known. Girls begin to disappear in the night and the group learns that there is more to the story than originally thought. Both Stanley and the ghosts are just the beginning.

Cast

Production

Filming began in mid 2012 in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. [6] [7] The directors chose to film at an abandoned hospital in the area to play off of the current popularity of 'paranormal reality' shows and give the viewer hope that they may see actual ghosts caught on camera. [1] [8]

Reception

Mark L. Miller of Ain't It Cool News gave a mixed review of the film's violence; Miller stated that it features "some of the most depraved kills enacted upon anyone in cinematic history" [4] HorrorNews.net panned the film, which they felt had "offensive, ill-judged, unpleasant and misogynist film making of the worst kind." [9]

Critical reception

On 19 March 2014, Tesco removed the horror film off their shelves and apologised after getting complaints for being too graphic and violent for a family store after a customer from Gloucester, England contacted the supermarket. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Hospital Interview". IndieGoGo . Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "'The Hospital' Official Trailer Drops". Horror Society. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  3. ↑ 66th Annual Marche Du FilmCannes Selections
  4. 1 2 Miller, Mark L. "Advance Review: Touring festivals, recently played at the Dead Winter Horror Convention!". Ain't It Cool News . Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  5. ↑ Barton, Steve (October 3, 2012). "Check In to Some New Artwork for The Hospital". Dread Central . Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  6. ↑ "'The Hospital' to Film at Haunted Sites". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "The Hospital to Begin Filming This Summer". Dread Central . Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  8. ↑ Dickson, Evan (May 3, 2012). "'The Hospital' Has As Many Ambitions As It Does Patients!". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  9. ↑ Townsend, John. "Film Review: The Hospital (2013)". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Tesco remove DVD nasty The Hospital from shelves after Citizen intervention". The Citizen. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
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