Horror Cult Classic

A mad doctor’s desert sanitarium hides chained patients, a hunchbacked servant, and sadistic experiments.

HELP ME... I'M POSSESSED

When the forces of evil infuse your body will you scream out ...

1974 · 1h 19m · PG · Horror · IMDB TMDB

A mad doctor runs a sanitarium in the desert, where his hunchbacked servant whips women who are chained in the basement and cuts the legs off bodies so they'll fit in the caskets. Complications ensue.

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What is Help Me... I'm Possessed about?

Help Me... I'm Possessed is a 1974 American horror film directed by Charles Nizet about a mad doctor running a desert sanitarium where sinister experiments and brutal treatment of patients take place.

Programmer's Pick

If you like your horror sun-baked and unhinged, this psychotronic oddity delivers: where else can you find a hunchbacked servant and a mad doctor measuring bodies for caskets in the Arizona desert? It’s exploitation horror with a sweaty, surreal twist.

— SassyFlix Programmer

Overview

Set in the stark American desert, Help Me... I'm Possessed follows the disturbing operations at a castle-like sanitarium run by the enigmatic Dr. Arthur Blackwood. When a young couple is found murdered, suspicion quickly falls on Blackwood’s supposedly therapeutic institution. Despite his reassurances to the local sheriff, the doctor’s bizarre household—including his eccentric sister and a variety of peculiar, often chained, basement-dwelling patients—suggests all is not as it seems. The atmosphere is tense and claustrophobic, with hints of exploitation and psychotronic horror as the film teases the grotesque fates awaiting those in Blackwood’s dubious care. Expect a blend of mad science, sadistic treatments, and a parade of strange characters in this offbeat slice of desert-set horror.

Details & Specs

Director: Charles Nizet
Writers: Bill Greer, Deedy Peters
Release: 1974
Runtime: 1h 19m
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Genres: Horror
Also Known As: Nightmare at Blood Castle, The Possessed

Cast & Crew

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Director: Charles Nizet Writers: Bill Greer +1 more

BG Bill Greer Dr. Arthur Blackwood DP Deedy Peters Mrs. Diane Blackwood LM Lynne Marta Melanie Blackwood TR Tony Reese Ernest - The Chauffeur JD Jim Dean Taylor - The Sheriff BH Blackie Hunt Eleanor - Nurse

Dorothy Green Edith - The Castle Dweller BT Barbara Thorsen Dr. Blackwood's Sexy Redhead Patient PD Pepper Davis Deputy Sheriff PA Pierre Agostino Hunchback

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