 
In the
70's a cult ceremony called Unity Field
committed suicide by burning themselves
up led by an evil man named Hrris
(Richard Lynch) but one of them survived
by the name of Cynthia (Jennifer Rubin)
and ended up in a coma for 13 years.
She awakens in a psyche ward not
remembering what had happened to her but
ends up dreaming the terrifying moment
when a psychiatrist named Dr. Alex Karmen
tries to make her remember what had
happened.
This scares her but suddenly the patients
there end up dying by what people thought
were suicides or accidents.
However, Cynthia spots Harris now as a
spirittual killer causing these deaths
and tries to talk to Karmen that it will
keep happening if she's in the ward but
Karmen doesn't believe her at first until
he sees her point after the gruesome
deaths on more of these patients.
An interesting type of film
that offers alot of creepy twists and
supernatural elements.
It's almost like a cross between A
Nightmare On Elm Street Part 3
and Friday the 13th Part 5
but it's not really a slasher film.
Clever and well done with good effects
but the story does get tiresome at times.
The acting is very well
done with lots of natural talent. It's
nice to watch a lead performance by Jennifer
Rubin after her fame in A
Nightmare On Elm Street 3 but
this time playing a cult survivor instead
of a junkie at a treatment center as she
perfomrs very powerfully with her role
and shows many different emotions to her
part in it.
Bruce Abbot was another great part
of the movie as an aggressive shrink at
the centre and really packs a punch with
his part in the film.
Richard Lynch is fairly descent in
his part as the evil cult leader and
plays off well with his looks in the
film.
Dean Cameron is one of the best
actors in this film as a disturbed
patient and can really behave believeably
intense too.
Elizabeth
Daily was a natural talent as
another disturbed patient and does
extremely well with her stuttering.
Susan Ruttan was another great
example as a patient with a mutiple
personality trying to be level headed and
proves her point with her role.
The cult leaders face is
burned and scarred during many
hallucination sequences
Gobs of blood drops from a roof door in
the turbine room including a chopped off
hand
A patient puts his hand through a sharp
knife and much later cuts his stomach
with two dissecting knifes.
Andrew Flemming
does well with his direction and the
supernatural dialgoue sequences between Jennifer
Rubin and Richard Lynch in
many of the scene's in the film which
almost psych's you out.
We spot a good camera shot on Rubin
in a group therapy sequence and then a
great hallucination scene of the room
where the cult ceremony started that
involved Lynch creating a fire
and burning everyone alive as we spot
great reactions from everyone and a nice
shot of the house exploding too then
Rubin let's out a great terrifying scream
when she wakes up.
We
have a nice touching scene that involves
supporting actress Elizabeth Daily
when she tries to comfort Rubin's
character in a change room of a swimming
pool which looked very natural and
disturbing when Rubin snaps at
her and Daily runs off crying
which believeably makes you feel sorry
for the poor girl.
We see a nice dialogue between Rubin
and Susan Ruttan when after they
discuss the first death in the
institution and how to be strong and
powerful to survive the cult leader's
evil wrath.
Ruttan really delivered her speech
greatly during this moment. There's another
nice setting of a dream sequence with Rubin
and Lynch near a lake with mist
in the air when he pushes her head in the
water which looked strong.
Also,
we see a perfect camera shot on
Susan Barnes and Louis Giambalvo
when they act affentionate towards one
another in front of a rolling turbine and
then it shows the turbine spinning around
and around as if you could get hypnotised
by it.
There's a powerful dialogue between
Bruce Abbott and Rubin when
they argue about the cult leader killing
these patients and saying this is her
fault.
We spot a great shot of a scarred Lynch
inside a vent speaking to Rubin and
later on blood splurting out on everyone
and then Rubin goes in
hysterics.
Dean Cameron does terrifically at
behaving temperamental when he goes up a
floor with Rubin when he knocks
stuff down and losing his sanity almost. Rubin
does well with her frightened voice and
actions during this too.
A nice camera pan on Lynch behind a
pillar looking down on Rubin whispering
to her to join him.
Rubin is great when she goes under a
spell and reacts as if she is drugged.
There's also a real tense reaction on Cameron
with a camera spinning around him when
supporting actor Charles Fleischer
tells him what medicine he has and does
well when he smashes stuff and then goes
storming down the hallway trying to
rescue Rubin's character.
There's
a creepy shot on Rubin hanging
off a ledge of the building of the center
and then Cameron holding onto
her arm as there is intense energy during
that moment.
We
have a perfect upfront face shot on Cameron
saying "DO IT" when supporting
actor Harris Yulin points the gun to his
head.
We have perfect spooky
playing by Jay Ferguson which is
very Elm Street sequel
like with his music.
Plus
there's a bitchin soundtrack by many
classic rock groups like "Time Has
Come Today" by the Chambers
Brothers during a dream sequence of
the old cult house and a great closing
credit song by Guns N Roses with
their memorable hit "Sweet Child O'
Mine"
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