Doom Asylum

Doom Asylum is a 1988 American comedy slasher film written by Rick Marx and directed by Richard Friedman.

In the film, a lawyer is disfigured in a car accident. He revives during his own autopsy and goes on a killing spree. A decade later, he lives in a mental asylum. He defends his new home against perceived intruders.

Plot
Attorney Mitch Hansen and his fiancée Judy LaRue get into a car wreck that results in Judy being killed. During an autopsy on the seemingly-dead Hansen (which disfigures his face), he wakes up and kills the medical examiners.

Ten years later, a group of friends, including Judy's daughter Kiki, have a picnic near the mental asylum where Hansen was held. A punk band is using the asylum to practice some songs. However, Hansen still inhabits the asylum and plans to go after any perceived intruders.

Cast

 * Patty Mullen as Judy LaRue / Kiki LaRue
 * Ruth Collins as Tina
 * Kristin Davis as Jane
 * William Hay as Mike
 * Kenny L. Price as Dennis
 * Harrison White as Darnell
 * Dawn Alvan as Godiva
 * Farin as Rapunzel
 * Michael Rogen as Mitch Hansen
 * Harvey Keith as Medical Examiner
 * Steven G. Menkin as Assistant Medical Examiner (credited as Steve Menkin)
 * Paul Giorgi as Fake Shemp

Production
Principal photography was scheduled to begin on July 13, 1987. The film was shot in 8 to 12 days.

Release
Doom Aslym had a theatrical screening in Milan Italy before it was officially released on home video in early 1988 through Academy Home Entertainment on VHS.

Reception
In his overview of 1980s horror films, Scott Aaron Stine declared it similar to other horror comedy films, finding it neither funny nor scary and he said that the film was "sophomoric drivel, the jokes are stale and the special effects are mostly awful."