Hell Asylum, Actress Wannabes Shredded by Ghosts

Reality TV! I think it is going out the door as America tires of this gimmick. I say that, but in 2002 when "Hell Asylum" was made, the same logic was put forth, yet we still have reality TV today. No matter, if a plot device has a sultry blonde clad in black undies and black leather boots running through a haunted asylum as malicious ghosts chase her...well...reality TV or not, this is true poetry. From Full Moon Pictures and Charles Band, "Hell Asylum" is our feature today.

Max (Timothy Muskatell) is producing a reality TV show called "Chill Challenge." He has five sultry contestants that will vie for a million dollars. The babes will have to complete challenges in a very haunted asylum. The contestants? Paige (Debra Mayer) is the beautiful bitch. Amber (Tanya Dempsey), the aforementioned booted blonde. Rainbow (Sunny Lombardo) is a Goth. Stacey (Stacey Scowley) is another blonde babe. Marti (Olimpia Fernandez), the tough-talking athlete. The show starts and we learn immediately the ghosts are real and they tend to pull all the innards out of their victims.

The girls are all cowards and will scream well, but their given tasks meet with extreme violence. Uh oh...this show may not be on the up and up as Max may have a plant among the contestants...no matter, the ghosts won't care and begin shredding the lovelies. As Max' staged scares beset the young ladies, so do the ghosts. Pick your favorite one, but choosing a final girl (if there is one) will not be easy. A highlight is when Amber has maggots and centipedes poured on her and she reacts by stripping to her black undies and leather boots...an admirable reaction to B movie fans. Crew and lovelies are all prey to the asylum ghosts and the specters don't have an appetite to spare anyone.

Just who are these ghosts and what is the backstory of this asylum? Will Amber's striptease of fear and alluring undie and boot get-up boost her chances at being the 'final-girl'? Even if everyone dies, will the networks still run the taped footage in search of ratings? Gratuitous in gore and cheesecake, "Hell Asylum" is a worthwhile take, especially if you like to see beauties, with alluring get-ups, running for their lives.