Hospital Massacre

Hospital Massacre

Year: 1981

Runtime: 89 mins

Language: English

Director: Boaz Davidson

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After a routine check‑up at a hospital, Susan discovers the building has become a nightmarish trap. The culprit is the classmate whose Valentine’s Day gift she spurned as a child; now, hidden among the staff, he embarks on a murderous spree, killing everyone to prove his twisted, undying romantic obsession.

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1

Harold's vigilante killing after the card

On Valentine’s Day 1961, Harold Rusk leaves a card for Susan Jeremy at her home. Susan and her friend David mock the gesture and crumble the card in front of him. Enraged, Harold breaks in and hangs David from a hatstand, killing him.

Valentine's Day 1961 Susan's home
2

Hospital attack and Dr. Jacobs' murder

Nineteen years later, Susan, now divorced with a daughter and a new boyfriend named Jack, goes to the hospital to pick up her exam results. A man in surgical garb watches her from a window and sabotages the elevator to delay her. He then kills Dr. Jacobs and tampers with her paperwork; a janitor who tries to follow him is grabbed and his face is dunked into a sink full of acid.

Valentine's Day (19 years later) Hospital
3

Harry coerced to fetch the results

Susan enlists a friendly intern named Harry to obtain her exam results. Harry notices the results are abnormal and realizes something is wrong, so he brings the documents and Susan to Doctor Saxon. This marks the start of a dangerous conspiracy surrounding Susan's care.

Same day Hospital
4

Detention for observation

Doctors Saxon and Beam order that Susan be detained for observation due to irregularities in the paperwork and abnormal test results. The hospital isolates Susan as investigators look for the truth behind the apparent con.

Same day Hospital
5

Harry uncovers a con, then disappears

Harry uncovers evidence suggesting someone is running a con against Susan but disappears after promising to straighten things out. His absence leaves Susan more exposed and worried about her safety.

Same day Hospital
6

Jack's presence and demise

Jack, waiting in his car, enters the hospital to find Susan during her escape attempts. He is lured to an empty room by a phone call and is killed by the killer, who decapitates him with an electric orthopedic saw after a nurse's corpse is found nearby.

Evening Hospital
7

The box with Jack's head

The killer places a large box beside Susan's bed. She opens it to discover Jack's severed head and she bursts into a panic, seeking help from the staff.

Evening Hospital, Susan's room
8

Cake in the box and rescue

Susan is found by Saxon and a nurse and brought back to her room. When she tries to show them the box's contents, they discover it contains only a cake, not Jack's head as she feared.

Shortly after Hospital, Susans's room
9

Saxon investigates the paperwork

Susan tells Saxon about Harry's findings, and Saxon goes to review copies of Susan's paperwork in the archives. She spots the killer heading toward the archives, confirming danger is closing in.

Soon after Hospital, Archives
10

The archive killer strikes Saxon

Inside the archives, the killer waits in the dark and drives a surgical hatchet into Saxon's skull as he tries to flee, then disappears into the shadows. Susan witnesses the murder from her hiding place while the staff refuse to believe her.

Soon after Archives
11

Susan is restrained as chaos erupts

With Saxon dead and the hospital beginning to panic, Susan is strapped to a gurney as doctors prepare an emergency surgery. The staff dismiss her warnings as delirium, allowing the danger to unfold around her.

Following Saxon's death Hospital
12

Nurse Dora poisoned and Dr. Beam stabbed

Nurse Dora is ambushed in an empty corridor and injected with poison. Dr. Beam is stabbed through the neck from behind a medical screen while observing Susan's X-rays, further escalating the carnage.

Shortly after Hospital corridors
13

The killer reveals himself as Harry

The killer abducts Susan to a vacant operating room and she pulls off his mask to reveal Harry is actually Harold Rusk. He mutters that he wants Susan's heart, confirming his obsession.

Moments after the previous attack Vacant operating room
14

Harold is stopped and falls from the roof

Susan stabs Harold when he is distracted by patients, then escapes. She pursues him to the hospital roof, where she sets him on fire with flammable liquid and watches him plummet to the street below.

Later that day Hospital roof
15

Susan's release and reunion

The next day, Susan is released from the hospital and reunites with her daughter and ex-husband outside the building. The ordeal ends with her survival and return to normal life.

Next day Outside hospital

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