Fifth Floor (1980)
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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… More 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. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Directed By
- Howard Hikmet Avedis
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Horror
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Cast
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Bo Hopkins
as Carl
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Diane Hull
as Kelly McIntire
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Patti D'Arbanville
as Cathy Burke
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Sharon Farrell
as Melanie
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Mel Ferrer
as Dr. Sidney Coleman
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Julie Adams
as Nurse Hannelord
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John David Carson
as Ronnie Denton
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Patti Brooks
as Disco Singer
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Robert Englund
as Benny
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Greg Barnett
as Deputy Sheriff
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Michael Berryman
as Mental Patient
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Earl Boen
as Phil
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Chuck Boyd
as Douglas Crawford
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Robert Herron
as Sheriff
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Betty Kean
as Sophy
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M.G. Kelly
as Hal
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Milt [Lewis] Kogan
as Dr. Shaw
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Alice Nunn
as Emma
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Mary Ellen O'Neill
as Mental Patient
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Grant Owens
as Jerry
- Udana Power
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Marlene Schmidt
as Night Nurse
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Tracey Walter
as Mental Patient
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Anthony James
as Derrick
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Duane Tucker
as Psych Tech
