The Operation is a Success...

...When the Patient Dies!
Over and over I've seen the senario, people caoxed into some sort of getaway and ending up isolated from the world with no phone signals or way to contact for help. This movie however, was way before the days of cellphones, it even came out around the same exact time as the classic that made this kind of road trip a horrifying nightmare; Tobe Hooper's Texas Chain Saw Massacre. In need of a getaway, Jason Jones is told of a place to go in order to cure all of his stress and problems. Little does he know the person reccomending him to this place is being payed to send him there, and that all of his problems will be solved.. once he is transformed into a labodimized solider at Dr. Chris Storm's Command! It just so happens to be the niece of the head nurse that runs the hospital's daughter who bumps into young Jason on the train, putting her in an awful predicamint to choose between making her niece a test subject or grabbing her and leaving. On that note, I would like to mention how this film has a old fashioned limosine that extracts a blade with a switch and decapitates whoever it crosses; with a bag right below it to catch the severed head. This limo is used several times in this film, never seems to get old too. One of the doctor's main sidekicks is a midget named Frederick; a bastard child born into the family from a prostitute in the house the main nurse used to own. throughout this film he shows many examples of how much it sucks to be that little; using people as ladders, crawling through tiny bathroom windows and such. Orverall, the story and violent scenes in this movie were good; some fight sequences looked as if the actors didnt want to hurt the other person, but hey.. it's the 70's! At the price this is going on dvd I would definetley reccomend just picking it up as oppose to renting it or trying to find it for view online. You will most likley watch this more than once; I know I will.

Dr. Chris Storm: Things are going from bad to worse right now and I kinda need a break.

7/10