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A former mental patient uses astral projection to destroy the people he believes have wronged him.A former mental patient uses astral projection to destroy the people he believes have wronged him.A former mental patient uses astral projection to destroy the people he believes have wronged him.
Robin Raymond
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- TriviaThe scene where Jim Hutton (Arnold) receives his jail friends belongings, when he opens the box his friends daughter is a picture of singer Natalie Cole
- GoofsLieut. Morgan (Paul Burke) reports that the coroner describes the scalding victim as having "first degree burns". First degree burns are the least serious (but most painful) type of burn, and the coroner would know this.
- Quotes
Arnold James Masters: I didn't kill anyone, and if I didn't kill anyone then I'm not insane, and I'm not gonna confess to something I didn't do.
- Alternate versionsAlthough the cinema version was uncut the 1992 UK video was pre-cut by 9 secs before submission to remove scenes of bloodstained breasts during the shower murder. The 2000 Vipco release was the complete version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Elvira's Movie Macabre: Psychic Killer (1982)
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It was the '70s, and the ratings system was a bit different. We have plenty of graphic violence. Not too horrible, but there's definitely disturbing stuff in there, such as the meat grinder death scene. Not to mention, there is an extended nude shower scene.
I'm not arguing about the content of the movie. I rather enjoyed it. Only you look at movies like this today and wonder how it could ever have been a PG film. The content here is clearly on par with R-rated movies of today. A man is arrested for a murder he didn't commit and put in an asylum. Fortunatley, he's put in a room with a crazy black man who knows voodoo, the best way to get revenge. When he's released, he uses the voodoo man's tools to astrally project himself to dispatch the people he blames for his incarceration (and the death of his mother while he was gone). Hilarious mayhem ensues.
This is the kind of movie to watch on a Saturday afternoon. It's dull, but always entertaining. I recommend it to all fans of '70s b-horror movies.
I'm not arguing about the content of the movie. I rather enjoyed it. Only you look at movies like this today and wonder how it could ever have been a PG film. The content here is clearly on par with R-rated movies of today. A man is arrested for a murder he didn't commit and put in an asylum. Fortunatley, he's put in a room with a crazy black man who knows voodoo, the best way to get revenge. When he's released, he uses the voodoo man's tools to astrally project himself to dispatch the people he blames for his incarceration (and the death of his mother while he was gone). Hilarious mayhem ensues.
This is the kind of movie to watch on a Saturday afternoon. It's dull, but always entertaining. I recommend it to all fans of '70s b-horror movies.
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- Also known as
- The Death Dealer
- Filming locations
- Lincoln Heights Jail - 401 N. Avenue 19, Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, California, USA(Interior and exterior. Psychiatric hospital scenes including rooftop.)
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- Budget
- $250,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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