A mad doctor's undead experiments return to haunt a psychiatric hospital two decades later.
THE DEAD PIT
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.
Quick Answer
The Dead Pit is a 1989 American horror film directed by Brett Leonard about a psychiatric hospital where a buried mad doctor's evil experiments are unleashed when an amnesiac patient arrives.
Programmer's Pick
The Dead Pit is what happens when you mix a zombie outbreak with repressed memory therapy and a dash of glowing-eyed mad science. If you like your mental institutions with a side of undead chaos and a pinch of early effects-driven horror, this one’s got your prescription ready.
— SassyFlix Programmer
Overview
Details & Specs
- Director
- Brett Leonard
- Writers
- Gimel Everett, Brett Leonard
- Release
- 1989
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Genres
- Horror
- Also Known As
- Mrtvá jáma, Abismo Infernal, El foso de la muerte, El hoyo de la muerte, Re-animator Hospital, Nekros tin avgi no 2, Incubo in corsia, El pozo, A Masmorra dos Mortos, Колодец смерти, Dead Pit
Why This Matters
This film marks the directorial debut of Brett Leonard, introducing his work to the horror genre.
Cast & Crew
View all →Why Cult
Dr. Ramzi's twisted quest to master death drives the film’s chilling supernatural premise.
Set in a mental hospital with abandoned wings and hidden basements, the film milks every eerie corridor for maximum unease.
Undead patients and staff rampage through the halls, delivering B-movie gore and chaos.
Hypnosis sessions and amnesia add a psychological twist to the supernatural terror.
Scene Gallery
Threat File
Arrival of Jane Doe and an earthquake
Undead Dr. Ramzi and his zombie patients
Manipulation and killing of staff and patients
Psychiatric hospital
Questions from the Vault
Who directed The Dead Pit? +
The Dead Pit was directed by Brett Leonard.
How long is The Dead Pit? +
The Dead Pit has a runtime of 95 minutes.
What genre is The Dead Pit? +
The Dead Pit is a horror film.
How does Dr. Ramzi return to threaten the hospital? +
After Jane Doe arrives at the hospital, a major earthquake disrupts the building, setting the stage for Dr. Ramzi’s resurrection as an undead entity.
What is Jane Doe's connection to the hospital's dark past? +
Hypnosis reveals that Jane and her mother changed their names to escape her father, who is revealed to be Dr. Ramzi.
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