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Deborah Ballin is a controversial middle-aged TV journalist, who is campaigning on air on behalf of a battered woman who murdered her abusive husband, claiming justifiable defence against the so-called victim. But her outspoken views championing women's rights incense one of the studio's cleaning staff, closet homicidal psycho (and misogynist) Colt Hawker whose deep seated despising all all things female occurred from seeing his Mother throwing boiling oil in the face of his abusive Father when he was a small child (and who's M.O. is to photograph victims he stabs as they're dying ). So much so that he decides there and then to shut her up...PERMANENTLY! Managing to beat her home, he soon dispatches her maid Francine, before turning his rage onto her as she come home (greeting her in only wearing her jewellery and make-up). Despite the brutal injuries he lashes out on her, she manages to survive and is rushed off to hospital. But undaunted he catches up to her in hospital and disguised as a florist... he enter the building to continue his mission to finish her off...along with anyone else who gets under his skin.
Extras:
- Interview with Actress Lind Purl (9 mins)
- Interview with Director Jean Claude Lord (15mins)
- Interview with Writer Brian Taggert (15 mins)
- Interview with Producer Pierre David (17mins)
- Final Cut Entertainment
- 105 mins approx.
- Jean Claude Lord
- 18
- William Shatner
- Michael Ironside
- Lee Grant
- Linda Purl
- English
- 2
- 2
Visiting Hours (Dual Format)
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Blu-ray
RRP: £19.99
£11.99
Save: £8.00
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4 instalments of £2.99 with clearpay Learn more
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Deborah Ballin is a controversial middle-aged TV journalist, who is campaigning on air on behalf of a battered woman who murdered her abusive husband, claiming justifiable defence against the so-called victim. But her outspoken views championing women's rights incense one of the studio's cleaning staff, closet homicidal psycho (and misogynist) Colt Hawker whose deep seated despising all all things female occurred from seeing his Mother throwing boiling oil in the face of his abusive Father when he was a small child (and who's M.O. is to photograph victims he stabs as they're dying ). So much so that he decides there and then to shut her up...PERMANENTLY! Managing to beat her home, he soon dispatches her maid Francine, before turning his rage onto her as she come home (greeting her in only wearing her jewellery and make-up). Despite the brutal injuries he lashes out on her, she manages to survive and is rushed off to hospital. But undaunted he catches up to her in hospital and disguised as a florist... he enter the building to continue his mission to finish her off...along with anyone else who gets under his skin.
Extras:
- Interview with Actress Lind Purl (9 mins)
- Interview with Director Jean Claude Lord (15mins)
- Interview with Writer Brian Taggert (15 mins)
- Interview with Producer Pierre David (17mins)
- Final Cut Entertainment
- 105 mins approx.
- Jean Claude Lord
- 18
- William Shatner
- Michael Ironside
- Lee Grant
- Linda Purl
- English
- 2
- 2
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“Don’t leave me. He’s here. I know it!”
If you’re a fan of the original 1981 version of Halloween II, Lee Grant or slasher films (or a combination of these), then you’re likely to enjoy Visiting Hours. It’s not the greatest film ever made and it leans heavily into exploitation, whether it’s feminism or abuse, but it is very much of its time. First off, it’s great to see Lee Grant and William Shatner sharing the screen together. However, in all truth, Shatner’s screen time is extremely limited and not really worthy of his talents. It’s more of a statement about two strong women (well, technically three) taking down a serial killer, played by a terrifying Michael Ironside. From the violence side of things, perhaps one of the best parts of this film is that it doesn’t go too over the top. It does stretch the realms of believability in some ways, but it isn’t as if it presents a killer wielding endless torture devices who just won’t stay dead (which the 1980s became synonymous with). It’s more like a modern update of Cape Fear primarily set in a hospital with (admittedly) shades of the first two Halloween films (minus the invincible killer) mixed in. As said, it isn’t the best film of its type, but it isn’t the worst and it’s more grounded than most of the era. On a more cosmetic level, you’ve just got to love that poster of the skull made up of hospital window lights!
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