Visiting Hours
Visiting Hours (originally titled The Fright) is a 1982 Canadian psychological slasher film directed by Jean-Claude Lord and starring Lee Grant, Michael Ironside, Linda Purl, William Shatner and Lenore Zann. The plot focuses on Deborah Ballin, a feminist journalist who is attacked in her home by Colt Hawker, a woman-hating serial killer, who then follows her to the hospital to finish her off.
Plot
Deborah Ballin, a feminist activist, inspires the wrath of the misogynistic psychopath and serial killer Colt Hawker on a TV talk show. He attacks her, but she survives and is sent to County General Hospital.
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| author | Brian Taggert |
|---|---|
| director | Jean-Claude Lord |
| editor | Jean-Claude Lord |
| events | serial killer |
| genre | horror thriller |
| keywords | abused wife arm wound attack beer bottle emergency room feminism hatred hear hide id kill phone call spring stalk switchblade talk show wait warn wound wrath young girl |
| musicBy | Jonathan Goldsmith |
| producer | Pierre David |
| productionCompany | Canadian Film Development Corporation |
| publisher | 20th Century Studios Astral Films |
| theme | feminist psychological thriller serial killer slasher |