Underplayed Gems

Death House (1987)

Death House poster
Original title
Zombie Death House
Directed by
John Saxon
Genre
horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.4 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A decorated Vietnam veteran is wrongly convicted and sent to a maximum security prison. He agrees to drug experiments in exchange for a reduced sentence, but a rogue CIA officer tampers with the drugs to create super soldiers. The treatments turn the prisoners into violent psychopaths who take over the prison.

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What happens

Death House รจ un film del 1987 diretto dall'attore John Saxon. Derek Keillor, veterano del Vietnam decorato di medaglia, viene accusato ingiustamente di un delitto che non ha commesso e rinchiuso, nell'attesa di essere giustiziato, in un carcere di massima sicurezza. In cambio di una commutazione della pena, Keillor accetta di sottoporsi ad una serie di test comportamentali nei quali le sue reazioni saranno sollecitate dall'HV-8, una droga sintetica sperimentale. Nel frattempo il perfido colonnello Gordon Burgess, membro della CIA, si infiltra tra i medici e sostituisce l'HV-8 con l'HV-8B, una variante della droga studiata per la creazione di un soldato perfetto. A causa degli esperimenti Keillor ed altri volontari si trasformano in furiosi psicopatici e mettono a soqquadro l'intera prigione. Incapace di fermarli, Burgess chiede aiuto alla dottoressa Tanya Karrington. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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