Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

BeSummers Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

tdrish The Hospital has all the problems you wouldn't expect to find, but here they all are: Stupid movie, stupid script, stupid plot, stupid actors, stupid dialogue, stupid...you get the point. Is there anything good about this movie? I can't say I saw it. People go to a hospital because they are hurt, not to get hurt. I think the silliest part is the fact that this is suppose to be an abandoned hospital, but they still have power. Now, the main reason why I gave this one star, is because I just didn't see any point to why this movie was made, much less what the point to the actual movie was. It's just a montage of torturous, random acts within a hospital, leaving the viewer to his or her own devices, and realizing that they are watching a complete and total freak show. The opening credits had me fooled, I thought this would be good, with the catchy "Stanleys Gonna Getchya" rap tune. If you like seeing people get hurt and tortured for no apparent reason, I guess this is for you. All others, please keep away...there is literally NOTHING to see here!

mikevonbach HERE YOU HAVE SOME guys that have a passion to make films.I myself have been involved in filmmaking I couldn't tell whether it was 16mm or a grade of look a like video.In any event they found the resources to get actors,a location,lighting,editing,original basic soundtrack,subject matter and a script.All these elements were pulled together in hopes of entertaining the public.At the end of my intro i wrote {I JUST HOPE} that the next time i see one of their films IT COMES FROM A BETTER SCRIPT.The story is everything most viewers are willing to sit thru low end technique if the story is intriguing.This very same story could have been told in a more interesting way.One idea would be to raise the social status of the women so when they were kidnapped and tortured the viewer could have felt more of a loss.the audience needs to think --HEY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MY SISTER OR MY GIRL FRIEND.But no one wants to claim throw away low class women.Acting is pretending that you are someone you are not so make your actors act.There also could have been a villain and a hero and someone that was worth saving even if one of the VICTIMS SAVED THEMSELVES.Everything was present BUT THE STORY.

danbamberg On the surface, "The Hospital" is sick, disturbing, brutal, depraved and unrelenting. Yet, there is something much deeper and perhaps more sinister going on. Is it all a trick? It is that which, behind its gruesome attempt to out sick the sick list, makes it worthy and memorable. "The Hospital" is passionately demented and won't so much shock its viewers, as it will skip the electrocution phase completely and move swiftly into the stage of sifting through the ashes of one's psyche.If you endure the chaos you are literally infected with some of the most bizarre and disturbing scenes ever captured in legitimate American film. If you walk out or turn it off, you give into a psychological weakness. If you complete the experience and are repulsed the game is then to separate personal opinion of the content from the brilliance of the effort and the effect. Whether or not co-writers/producers/stars Daniel Emery Taylor and Jim O'Rear meant to make a psychological statement is something which will likely remain a mystery. Regardless of the true intent, the film is unquestionably a psychological statement. How much can you take? If you take it all, what does that say about your character? If you don't try it, isn't that submission to a fear of exploring territories within your own mind and soul that you'd never dared before? Finally, if you've completed the experience and are completely revolted, (as I was) can you separate the gruesome content from the beauty of the effort?Yes, this film makes that sort of impact. It makes that sort of effort. It's madness parallels the dinner scene in Tobe Hooper's "Texas Chain Saw Massacre," but its perversions and unrelenting welding of typically unspoken vices surpass films that are spoken about in the dark closets of fandom or those currently engraved into Japanese pop culture.It is two films really. The first half offers a simple little slasher before we are unexpectedly taken to places no sane man or woman would sign up for in the final half. It's an almost comedic homage film turned completely on its head to become a potent dark poisoning of the mind. The starring cast put on some of the most unforgettable performances for a horror film in decades.O'Rear has a lot to be proud of. Not only did he co-write and co-produce the film but also he places himself in a role that highlights his abilities the way that "The Devil's Rejects" highlighted the ability of Bill Mosley. O'Rear can play a straight guy all day, but his real talent is hidden beneath a madness that leaps onto the screen in this film. Well known to be extremely friendly, O'Rear does so well with his performance that one questions, when shaking his hand, what he would do if you crossed him in a dark alley on a bad day. On the male side of the cast, O'Rear is undeniably the standout, but that is not a discredit to his cast mates. It is simply a huge credit to his previously unseen star power. He plays an initially in-control and humdrum straight guy and suddenly is revealed as an over the top sadist, Alan (a' la Otis Driftwood on a speed binge).Newcomer, Alicia Clark puts on a victim's performance that is so real, so gut wrenching, and so emotionally raw that I wondered if she underwent psychological treatment following production. Without her performance in the most significant scene of the film the transition from tongue in cheek slasher to dark and brutal psychological warfare doesn't work as well. Only a handful of actresses working regularly today could likely pull off her performance. Most of those have had more award nominations than roles. She is a talent to watch.Daniel Emery Taylor also has a tremendous amount to be proud of. Not only is this film co-written, co-produced and directed by him, he also plays the most unusual red herring in film history as the deranged hospital caretaker, Stanley Creech. To suggest Stanley as a mere red herring is perhaps dismissive but considering the film's path, is an accurate statement. Taylor has mostly simple lines, as his character is a simple man, but Stanley is as sick and perverse as they come, but somehow casts a peculiar amount of sympathy from the audience. Taylor's subtleties in not exaggerating the performance make the over the top idea of Stanley much stronger than they would've been played any other way. The film tackles some of the most disturbing subject matters hanging in the cobwebs of society, and in some areas it does so respectfully. In others it shouts "damn the torpedoes" and sinks to new depths. This is the genius of the film.Where has society gone, to what depths? The film doesn't answer this question, but it certainly asks it loudly and proudly. It has heart and passion and ultimately stands out above the crowd. It is a work of sick art as is made clear in its splendidly clever, albeit disgusting tribute to the late painter Bob Ross, a scene that will likely be talked about a decade from now.Destined for cult status, "The Hospital" has taken the independent horror game into a different direction, breaking all the rules, and serving up a splendidly sadistic bit of vice infested anarchy. Whether you ultimately love this film, hate this film, or somehow find yourself alone on the impossible road in between, you will remember it for a long time. You will compare other films to it. You will set standards and plummets based upon it. Yes, it is that good. Yes, it is that awful. Yes, it is everything it said it would be, and much, much more.

Myra Tripp I picked this up at a horror convention last month and just now sat down to watch it. I don't really think much of indie horror films. I appreciate what they're trying to do but the acting is usually bad and the effects are bad and the stories are cheesy. This one had an interesting synopsis so I took a chance on it.Wow ... just wow ...I don't want to give anything away because that's part of the shock. It starts off like a bad 80's movie but you think it's going to be fun and cheesy and you keep watching. Then BAM! It goes insane. Rape, torture, necrophilia, man rape, and some of the sickest stuff I've ever seen in my entire life. Rape kind of makes me uncomfortable anyway and the rape scenes are so realistic and savage it makes my skin crawl. But I loved it. That's messed up.It goes from cheesy to horrific back to cheesy to even more horrific. I think the filmers were just doing that on purpose to mess with us. You think things are going to be lightened up and the bad stuff is over and then it only gets worse. I'm like obsessed with this movie now. I see Stanley when I close my eyes to go to sleep ... and I kinda like that.There are some really bad computer effects in the movie but aside from that the practical stuff is awesome and the whole hospital itself is insanely scary looking. And Stanley's heavy breathing ... ugggggh ...YOU MUST SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!!