Soldiers in a military hospital are subject to the experiments of a doctor working to subdue aggressive tendencies--whether they want to be or not.
Also known as: The Demon Within (US video title), The Mind Snatchers
Subgenres: psychological
Director: Bernard Girard
Writer: Ron Whyte, Dennis Reardon
Starring: Christopher Walken, Ronny Cox
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This is not a horror movie--it's a psychodrama--but the title under which I rented it (The Demon Within) places it within the horror section of several video stores I've been in. That said, it is a psychodrama, but it's not a good example of its kind. I know what the filmmakers were trying to do: make a commentary on the effects of war and military conditioning overall. They partially succeeeded. But with unsympathetic characters and a slow moving plot, not to mention an ending that falls flat--it winds up obscured by the shadow of the superior A Clockwork Orange, which explored some similar themes. (1999/Feb 5, 2002) | ||||||
Based on the play by Dennis Reardon.
