The Dead Pit

The Dead Pit (1989)

They're out.

The arrival of an amnesiac patient in a psychiatric hospital somehow frees a mad doctor, who was shot and entombed with his fiendish experiments in an abandoned wing of the asylum 20 years before.

Date of release
1989-10-01
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (97)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Horror
Director
Brett Leonard

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: California

The Dead Pit is a 1989 American horror film co-written and directed by Brett Leonard, in his directorial debut. Cheryl Lawson stars as a mental patient who must defeat an undead serial killer who previously worked at the asylum, played by Danny Gochnauer.

Production

Filming took place at Agnew's Development Center in Santa Clara, California. Ken Kesey had previously used this as the setting for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

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