This listing is for the standard edition Blu-ray. The limited edition slipcover (designed by Earl Kessler Jr.) was limited to 1,000 units and is sold out. The two versions are identical, aside from the slipcover.
VHSHITFEST has been uncovering and releasing movies on video for over a decade, across DVD and VHS, and is now moving into blu-ray, with the same goal to showcase the most unique, crazy, and obscure movies that they've discovered through years of collecting VHS, allowing even more people to actually be able to experience these nearly lost gems in the best versions possible.
It used to be a prison for the criminally insane. Now it's a haunted house, and one of its former residents wants to come home...
Tonight, curious thrill-seekers enter the ASYLUM OF TERROR and travel down "death row" for a frightfully good time. Unbeknownst to them, a serial killer - and former guest of the asylum - has infiltrated the staged carnage and begun his own form of entertainment. The price of admission is your life.
VHSHITFEST is so happy to bring one of the best Halloween-set slashers to blu-ray for the first time with hours of new extras! Asylum of Terror is bound to become an annual viewing tradition for many every October!
directed by: George Demick
starring: Jason Petty, Melissa Young, Kerry Wade
1998 / 75 min / 1.33:1 / English DTS HD-MA 2.0
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Overall rating: 4.3125 / 5 from 96 reviews.
Asylum of Terror, a Halloween-set slasher film, is praised for its entertaining and enjoyable content, excellent effects, and terrific restoration. While some find the killer lacking, the film's fun and well-shot horror elements, along with the unique VHShitfest release, make it a notable choice for spooky season.
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"This 1998 shot-on-video horror movie is a solid pick for fans of late-90s slasher films. The plot follows a group of kids who enter a haunted house attraction built over a former mental institution. It delivers plenty of low-budget charm and classic Halloween atmosphere."
"A somewhat "good" slasher with great practical effects. The story is not impressive at all, but it has some really fun killing sequences."
"Fun slasher which is well worth picking up."
"Fun halloween vibes with good gore"
"I'm honestly not a big fan of most of what VHShitfest puts out, I lean more towards the WAVE stuff from Saturns Core. However this one was great fun, loved it!"
"This movie has it all: blood guts, chainsaws, and boobs. Lots of boobs. It's everything a horny teen could ask for in a horror flick. And the special features were dope! I especially love the story about the Meatloaf shirt."
"Decent slasher"
"The killer constantly switching costumes had me very entertained. This is a low budget love letter to slasher films!"
"The slipcover looks amazing, as is always the case with anything VS releases! This is an excellent low budget slasher film that is very entertaining from the very beginning, until the very end! The peerless VS restoration process was on full display with stellar sound and picture! Thank you, VS, for continuing to lovingly restore and release so many wonderful films from every conceivable genre! You are keeping physical media alive in this streaming world we now live in! Highly recommended!"
"Fun SOV flick, really enjoyed it. But I'm a sucker for Halloween slashers and haunted/abandoned asylums. So I guess I'm biased. . ."
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