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[[File:deadpitdoc_4196.jpg|frame|The dead [[Deadly Doctor]] is in.]]
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{{quote|"I've done life; now I'm doing death."|'''Dr. Ramzi'''}}
{{quote|"I've done life; now I'm doing death."|'''Dr. Ramzi'''}}


'''''The Dead Pit''''' is 1989 low-budget horror film, which was directed by Brett Leonard<ref> (''[[The Lawnmower Man]]'', ''[[Virtuosity (Film)|Virtuosity]]'', ''[[Man-Thing (Film)|Man-Thing]]'' and ''[[Highlander the Source (Film)|Highlander the Source]]'')</ref>.
''[[The Dead Pit]]'' is 1989 low-budget horror film, which was directed by Brett Leonard<ref>(''[[The Lawnmower Man]]'', ''[[Virtuosity]]'', ''[[Man-Thing (film)|Man-Thing]]'' and ''[[Highlander: The Source|Highlander the Source]]'')</ref>.


The movie starts with showing the [[Big Bad]] Dr. Ramzi, head surgeon of a mental hospital, taking patients and conducting cruel brain surgery experiments on them underneath the hospital's clocktower. He is confronted by his coworker Dr. Swan and is promptly shot. Swan, fearing for his career, seals the place and swears to keep the whole thing to himself.
The movie starts with showing the [[Big Bad]] Dr. Ramzi, head surgeon of a mental hospital, taking patients and conducting cruel brain surgery experiments on them underneath the hospital's clocktower. He is confronted by his coworker Dr. Swan and is promptly shot. Swan, fearing for his career, seals the place and swears to keep the whole thing to himself.
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Cut to twenty years later. Amnesiac woman "Jane Doe" arrives at the hospital. Her presence causes an earthquake and resulting tremors break the seal to Dr. Ramzi's lair, who now returns from the dead to exact revenge.
Cut to twenty years later. Amnesiac woman "Jane Doe" arrives at the hospital. Her presence causes an earthquake and resulting tremors break the seal to Dr. Ramzi's lair, who now returns from the dead to exact revenge.


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=== Descent among these examples: ===

* [[Abandoned Hospital]]: The empty hospital wings.
* [[Abandoned Hospital]]: The empty hospital wings.
* [[Brain Food]]: Averted. The zombies do go for the brains, but they just seem to play with them instead of eating them.
* [[Brain Food]]: Averted. The zombies do go for the brains, but they just seem to play with them instead of eating them.
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* [[Creepy Basement]]: Under the clocktower.
* [[Creepy Basement]]: Under the clocktower.
* [[Deadly Doctor]]: Dr. Ramzi.
* [[Deadly Doctor]]: Dr. Ramzi.
* [[Everythings Deader With Zombies]]: Dr. Ramzi's past victims come back to life for the final third of the film.
* [[Everything's Deader with Zombies]]: Dr. Ramzi's past victims come back to life for the final third of the film.
* [[Eye Scream]]: One of the patients is found with a dentist drill jammed into his eye.
* [[Eye Scream]]: One of the patients is found with a dentist drill jammed into his eye.
* [[Fainting]]: Jane faints when Dr. Ramzi catches her.
* [[Fainting]]: Jane faints when Dr. Ramzi catches her.
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* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: Dr. Swan is drove to boozing after he hears Jane describing Dr. Ramzi when she's under hypnosis.
* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: Dr. Swan is drove to boozing after he hears Jane describing Dr. Ramzi when she's under hypnosis.
* [[Immune to Bullets]]: The undead.
* [[Immune to Bullets]]: The undead.
* [[Kill It With Water]]: The zombies [[I'm Melting|melt]] on contact with holy water. Good thing that the local crazy nun patient is present to bless some.
* [[Kill It with Water]]: The zombies [[I'm Melting|melt]] on contact with holy water. Good thing that the local crazy nun patient is present to bless some.
* [[Laughing Mad]]: First person we seen in the film is a mental patient doing this.
* [[Laughing Mad]]: First person we seen in the film is a mental patient doing this.
* {{spoiler|[[Luke I Am Your Father]]}}: Surprise surprise, {{spoiler|Dr. Ramzi turns out to be Janes' father}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father]]}}: Surprise surprise, {{spoiler|Dr. Ramzi turns out to be Janes' father}}.
* [[Mad Bomber]]: Chris caught on it due to his work in the army and is a patient because of it. It [[Chekhov's Skill|comes handy]] later.
* [[Mad Bomber]]: Chris caught on it due to his work in the army and is a patient because of it. It [[Chekhov's Skill|comes handy]] later.
* [[Menacing Stroll]]: Ramzi's pace when he is chasing Jane in the clocktower.
* [[Menacing Stroll]]: Ramzi's pace when he is chasing Jane in the clocktower.
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* [[Nightmare Dreams]]: Every night Jane spends in the hospital is filled with nightmares.
* [[Nightmare Dreams]]: Every night Jane spends in the hospital is filled with nightmares.
* [[Not Using the Z Word]]: Averted, Chris uses the word "zombies" when he tries to make some sense to the situation with Jane and Dr. Swan.
* [[Not Using the Z Word]]: Averted, Chris uses the word "zombies" when he tries to make some sense to the situation with Jane and Dr. Swan.
* [[Off With His Head]]: Waking up at night, Jane gets up from her bed and sees Ramzi outside her window holding a severed head of one of the orderlies.
* [[Off with His Head]]: Waking up at night, Jane gets up from her bed and sees Ramzi outside her window holding a severed head of one of the orderlies.
{{quote| "I'm the [[Incredibly Lame Pun|head surgeon]]."}}
{{quote|"I'm the [[Incredibly Lame Pun|head surgeon]]."}}
* [[Pretty Little Headshots]]: Dr. Ramzi's death in the opening sequence.
* [[Pretty Little Headshots]]: Dr. Ramzi's death in the opening sequence.
* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]: Ramzi's pupils flash red whenever he's going to do awful things.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Ramzi's pupils flash red whenever he's going to do awful things.
* [[Quest for Identity]]: Main plot concerns of finding out Jane Doe's identity and her connection to Dr. Ramzi.
* [[Quest for Identity]]: Main plot concerns of finding out Jane Doe's identity and her connection to Dr. Ramzi.
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Dr. Ramzi dos this several times to Jane.
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Dr. Ramzi dos this several times to Jane.
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Latest revision as of 20:09, 28 August 2017

The dead Deadly Doctor is in.
"I've done life; now I'm doing death."
—Dr. Ramzi

The Dead Pit is 1989 low-budget horror film, which was directed by Brett Leonard[1].

The movie starts with showing the Big Bad Dr. Ramzi, head surgeon of a mental hospital, taking patients and conducting cruel brain surgery experiments on them underneath the hospital's clocktower. He is confronted by his coworker Dr. Swan and is promptly shot. Swan, fearing for his career, seals the place and swears to keep the whole thing to himself.

Cut to twenty years later. Amnesiac woman "Jane Doe" arrives at the hospital. Her presence causes an earthquake and resulting tremors break the seal to Dr. Ramzi's lair, who now returns from the dead to exact revenge.

Tropes used in The Dead Pit include:
  • Abandoned Hospital: The empty hospital wings.
  • Brain Food: Averted. The zombies do go for the brains, but they just seem to play with them instead of eating them.
  • Clock Tower: The center of the bad things happening on the hospital grounds.
  • Creepy Basement: Under the clocktower.
  • Deadly Doctor: Dr. Ramzi.
  • Everything's Deader with Zombies: Dr. Ramzi's past victims come back to life for the final third of the film.
  • Eye Scream: One of the patients is found with a dentist drill jammed into his eye.
  • Fainting: Jane faints when Dr. Ramzi catches her.
  • Fan Service: Jane's nightmare where she is caught by nurse Kygar who hoses her top off.
  • Final Girl: Jane.
  • Flashback Echo: Jane starts having flashbacks when she starts climbing up a watertower.
  • For Doom the Bell Tolls: The ominous tolling of hospital's clocktower is featured throughout the movie.
  • I Need a Freaking Drink: Dr. Swan is drove to boozing after he hears Jane describing Dr. Ramzi when she's under hypnosis.
  • Immune to Bullets: The undead.
  • Kill It with Water: The zombies melt on contact with holy water. Good thing that the local crazy nun patient is present to bless some.
  • Laughing Mad: First person we seen in the film is a mental patient doing this.
  • Luke, I Am Your Father: Surprise surprise, Dr. Ramzi turns out to be Janes' father.
  • Mad Bomber: Chris caught on it due to his work in the army and is a patient because of it. It comes handy later.
  • Menacing Stroll: Ramzi's pace when he is chasing Jane in the clocktower.
  • Neck Lift: Ramzi does this to one of his unwilling test subjects in the opening sequence.
  • Nightmare Dreams: Every night Jane spends in the hospital is filled with nightmares.
  • Not Using the Z Word: Averted, Chris uses the word "zombies" when he tries to make some sense to the situation with Jane and Dr. Swan.
  • Off with His Head: Waking up at night, Jane gets up from her bed and sees Ramzi outside her window holding a severed head of one of the orderlies.

"I'm the head surgeon."

  1. ↑ (The Lawnmower Man, Virtuosity, Man-Thing and Highlander the Source)
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