The VHS Archives: Antony Balch's HORROR HOSPITAL (1973)

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HORROR HOSPITAL

Antony Balch's Horror Hospital (1973)

The VHS Archives Factsheet

Label: Gorgon Video

Catalog: MP3069

Box Type: Clamshell

Year of Release: ?

Runtime: 90:19

Print: 1.33:1 / English / No subs

Extras: None

About the Film

Director: Antony Balch

Year of Release: 1973

Country of Origin: U.K.

Stars: Michael Gough, Robin Askwith, Vanesa Shaw, Dennis Price, Skip Martin

AKAs: Computer Killers, Doctor Bloodbath, Dr. Frankenstein's Horror Clinic, Forbidden Diary of a College Girl, The Claws of Frankenstein, Human Butcher

Verbatim Box Synopsis

Welcome to Brittlehouse Manor, a "health resort" where young people are cured of all their hang-ups in one stroke. One stroke, that is, of Doc Storm's scalpel.

You see Doc Storm, a crippled demented genius in a wheel chair, has a laboratory where he performs hideous and graphic brain surgery on his young patients -- making them cooperative, brainless, zombies.

With the help of Frederick the dwarf, the "Bike Boys", and Doc Storm's infamous decapitating limousine the new patients are guaranteed all the "rest" they will ever need.

U.S. Gorgon Video / MPI Home Video sleeve!

U.S VCI Command Performance slipcase,
courtesy of reader Scott Gacek! 

U.S. VCI Home Video reissue slipcase, also courtesy 
Scott Gacek! You rock!

U.S. Bingo Video Inc. slipcase, courtesy of Jayson Kennedy's Basement of Ghoulish Decadence! Cover artist "Danilo" was responsible for a lot of Mogul Communications' better sleeves!

 U.K. Satanica sleeve!

Australian Vibrant Video sleeve, courtesy of Rolfens DVD!

 French Delta Video Diffusion sleeve, courtesy of L'antre de l'horreur!

 Dutch VC 2 Video sleeve, originally scanned by "shootgringoshoot"!

Swedish Red Baron sleeve, also courtesy of Rolfens DVD!

TV spot, uploaded by Craig Anderson!

British trailer, double-billed with 

Ted V. Mikels' The Corpse Grinders (1971). Uploaded by "anubis44"!

Looking for Horror Hospital on VHS? It's available on Amazon here. There's also a nice special edition DVD available from MPI's Dark Sky label, with commentary from producer Richard Gordon, stills, and more. (If you're a Horror Hospital completist, there's also an earlier non-anamorphic print from Elite.)

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© 2013 -- Bruce Holecheck. All Rights Reserved.

The VHS Archives: Rene Cardona's NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES (1969)

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NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES

Rene Cardona's La horripilante bestia humana (1969)

The VHS Archives Factsheet

Label: Gorgon Video

Catalog: MP3059

Box Type: Clamshell

Year of Release: ?

Runtime: 83:40

Print: 1.33:1 / English / No subs

Extras: None

About the Film

Director: Rene Cardona

Year of Release: 1969

Country of Origin: Mexico (with U.S.A. inserts)

Stars: Jose Elias Moreno, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, Armando Silvestre, Norma Lazareno, Augustin Martinez Solares

AKAs: The Horrifying Human Beast, Gomar: The Human Gorilla, Horror and Sex, Sex Monsters, Nightmares of the Night, Korang: The Terrifying Human Animal

Verbatim Box Synopsis

An eminent physician told of his ill son's inevitable death is forced to attempt the impossible.

Distraught and willing to try anything our desperate doctor transplants the heart of an ape into his own son.

The result is a maniacal monster with an insatiable lust for blood.

The appalling carnage that follows aptly reiterates the age-old cliche -- never fool with mother nature.

U.S. Gorgon Video / MPI sleeve!

The original Gorgon Video artwork, recently unearthed by MPI!

U.S. Meteor Video slipcase, scanned by John Bernhard!

U.K. IFS Video sleeve, courtesy of It's Only a Movie!
One of the original Video Nasties!

IFS Video promotional flier, courtesy of the
Iver Film Services Tribute Site!

U.K. Vipco sleeve, originally scanned by "Kiba"!

Dutch Benelux Video sleeve, originally scanned by Lars Jacobsson!

Greek Panorama sleeve, also scanned by Lars Jacobsson!

An insert from my U.S. Jerand Films pressbook, advertising spare body parts for theatergoers. Did this ever actually happen? I haven't seen it referenced anywhere else. I'd love to see a picture of this particular ballyhoo -- I mean, who wouldn't want a spare body part?!

Hilariously gory U.S. theatrical trailer,
uploaded by the "Criterion Dungeon"!

Looking for Night of the Bloody Apes on VHS? It's available on Amazon here. If you prefer DVD, there's an excellent double-bill from Something Weird Video, paired with Emilio Vieyra's Feast of Flesh (The Deadly Organ) (1967). Another curio is BCI Eclipse's DVD, which actually includes the original (much more boring) Mexican version alongside Jerald Intrator's gored-up reworking.

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© 2012 -- Bruce Holecheck. All Rights Reserved.

The VHS Archives: Brad Grinter's FLESH FEAST (1970)

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FLESH FEAST

Brad Grinter's Flesh Feast (1970)

The VHS Archives Factsheet

Label: World Video Pictures, Inc.

Catalog: WV1028

Box Type: Clamshell

Year of Release: ?

Runtime: 70:33

Print: 1.33:1 / English / No subs

Extras: None

About the Film

Director: Brad Grinter

Year of Release: 1970

Country of Origin: USA

Stars: Veronica Lake, Phil Philbin, Doug Foster, Harry Kerwin

AKAs: Time for Terror, Flesh Hunger

Verbatim Box Synopsis

A secret laboratory, located in the basement of a Miami Beach mansion, is the centerpiece of this grisly shocker. Ghastly, youth restoration experiments, using flesh-eating maggots, are being conducted under the supervision of Dr. Elaine Frederick. 

Horror and hysteria mount, and a surprise ending finally reveals the real motives of the attractive lady doctor!

Terror and Vengeance at its ultimate!

 U.S. World Video Pictures, Inc. sleeve!

U.S. GWN Video sleeve, courtesy of Earl Summerfield! Like most of the company's releases, their art is stolen from unrelated sources -- this time combining an H.R. Giger Alien design with the unidentified inner face. (I feel as though I recognize the image, but can't quite place it. Anyone know where it originates?)

U.K. Intercity Video Distributors Limited sleeve, courtesy of It's Only a Movie!

Original theatrical trailer, uploaded by "brujaria"!

Looking for Flesh Feast on VHS? It's available on Amazon here. If you just want to see it, you can also get a VHS-quality cheapo DVD, paired with William Girdler's Three on a Meathook. The last I heard, Something Weird Video have the negative to Flesh Feast, but don't have the rights to release it. Let's hope they get it sorted out eventually!

Investigate more titles with Project: WORLD!

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© 2012 -- Bruce Holecheck. All Rights Reserved.