Synopsis

An unlucky woman's mother is murdered by a scarf-wielding killer named Silk, leaving the woman injured, traumatised and suffering from amnesia. She's committed to a mental institution, where Silk follows her, looking for the papers he was trying to get from her mother. And Silk's only the beginning of her problems, since the asylum is run by a mad doctor, performing experiments in chemical lobotomies!

Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for Hellhole (1985) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Ray Sharkey, Judy Landers, Mary Woronov, Marjoe Gortner, Richard Cox, Edy Williams DIRECTOR: Pierre De Moro CINEMATOGRAPHY: Stephen L. Posey MUSIC: Jeff Sturges PRODUCTION: Hellhole Productions, Arkoff International

Box Office Performance

Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for Hellhole (1985). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

Principal photography of Hellhole began in Los Angeles on July 2, 1984. Director Tom DeSimone directed additional footage after principal photography was completed, though he is not credited.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: N/A

CRITICAL RECEPTION

Patrick Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times panned the film, writing that it is "hard to think up anything else nice to say about a film that is so crammed with tawdry sex scenes (mostly between women), drug use, sadomasochism, frontal nudity and bad acting."