The Fifth Floor [Blu-ray]

Director: Howard Avedis Howard Avedis

Overview

With a cast sure to please cult and horror fans alike, this pseudo-women's-prison film from director Hikmet Avedis is a good bet for genre followers. Pretty Dianne Hull plays Kelly McIntire, a disco bartender who is poisoned as part of a botched murder scheme and sent to a mental hospital. Once there, she is raped by evil orderly Carl (Bo Hopkins), witnesses murders and suicides, and eventually escapes only to be dragged screaming back to the horrors of the fifth floor. Cathey Paine, who played Leslie Van Houten in Helter Skelter, is among the many familiar faces, which also include such horror icons as Robert Englund and Michael Berryman. But the film belongs to Bo Hopkins, who is all smiling menace and who turns in a scary performance and gives the film what force it has, as screenwriter Meyer Dolinsky puts Hull through some rather unconvincing maneuvers in the lead. Still, although there are a number of lapses in logic, they don't detract from the frightening premise that almost any statement or action could be construed as a sign of dementia in the proper circumstances.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/13/2018
UPC:	0738329234515
Original Release:	1978
Rating:	R
Source:	Code Red
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00
Sales rank:	33,187

Special Features

Brand new interview with star Bo Hopkins

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Dianne Hull	Kelly McIntyre,Kelly McIntire
Bo Hopkins	Carl
Patti D'Arbanville	Cathy
Sharon Farrell	Melanie
Mel Ferrer	Dr. Coleman
Julie Adams	Nurse
John David Carson	Ronnie Denton
Patti Brooks	Disco Singer
Robert Englund	Benny
Anthony James	Derrick
Earl Boen	Phil
Betty Kean	Sophy
Alice Nunn	Emma
Cathey Paine	Actor
Udana Power	Actor
Howard Avedis	Actor
Michael Berryman	Mental Patient
Marlene Schmidt	Night Nurse
Tracey Walter	Mental Patient
John Carson	Ronnie Denton
Greg Barnett	Deputy Sheriff
Chuck Boyd	Douglas Crawford
Robert Herron	Sheriff
M.G. Kelly	Hal
Milt [Lewis] Kogan	Dr. Shaw
Mary O'Neill	Mental Patient
Grant Owens	Jerry
Duane Tucker	Psych Tech
Alan Silvestri	Composer
Casablanca Records	Composer

Technical Credits

Howard Avedis

Meyer Dolinsky

Howard Avedis	Producer,Director,Screenwriter
Marlene Schmidt	Executive Producer
Meyer Dolinsky	Screenwriter