X-Ray Reviews

This film was made under the title "Be My Valentine, or Else," which was abandoned when the film MY BLOODY VALENTINE surfaced, and altered to "X-RAY." But when VISITING HOURS came out first, the title was changed again to HOSPITAL MASSACRE. Chip Lucia is a psychotic killer who, back in 1961 when they were just kids, sent a valentine to Barbi Benton and was embarrassed when she and her brother laughed at his attempt to get closer to her. Lucia knows how to hold a grudge, so he kills the brother and waits almost two decades to exact his revenge on the comely Benton. Now Benton has just received a job promotion, for which she must take a physical (a good excuse for Barbi to remove her clothes). It's the week before February 14, and she arrives at a local hospital to pick up the results of the routine examination. Lucia, wearing medical garb, kills Gay Austin, Benton's doctor, and switches Benton's X-rays. Another doctor, John Warner Williams, sees the switched X-rays, concludes Benton is quite sick, and orders her to stay in the hospital. Benton dutifully submits and Lucia begins to terrorize the sparsely occupied hospital, leaving a bloody trail of bodies strewn about. Unless you are a diehard Benton fan, this is a must to avoid.