Visiting Hours

A crazed, women-hating killer (Michael Ironside) rapes and brutalizes journalist Deborah Ballin (Lee Grant). When he discovers that his attack didn't kill Deborah, he comes to the hospital to finish what he started. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie ...more

A staple of video box cover classics, Visiting Hours is also known as one of the leaders in the horror hospital subgenre that scattered cineplexes in the early '80s. Michael Ironside delivers a chilling performance as a deranged lunatic, tortured by memories of his abusive past and hell-bent on taking it out on journalist Lee Grant, an advocate against domestic violence. What's strange is that though the film is definitely a suspense tale, it also has some clear points to make about how violence ...more