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The Dead Pit
“They're out.”
52%
Movie
1h 42m
AI Analysis
The Dead Pit (1989) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Dead Pit (1989) — a movie tagged as Horror with dark moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: The arrival of an amnesiac patient in a psychiatric hospital somehow frees a mad doctor, who was shot and entombed with his fiendish experiments in an abandoned wing of the asylum 20 years before. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect steady storytelling (~102 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Dead Pit 52% (88 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
AI verdict
The Dead Pit suits viewers who want a dark film — check the trailer and reviews before committing a full evening.
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TMDb audience score
52%
from 88 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
The arrival of an amnesiac patient in a psychiatric hospital somehow frees a mad doctor, who was shot and entombed with his fiendish experiments in an abandoned wing of the asylum 20 years before.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1989-10-01
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- TMDB rating
- 5.2
- TMDB ID
- 40448
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Where can I watch The Dead Pit (1989)?
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Is there an official trailer for The Dead Pit?
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What is The Dead Pit about?
The arrival of an amnesiac patient in a psychiatric hospital somehow frees a mad doctor, who was shot and entombed with his fiendish experiments in an abandoned wing of the asylum 20 years before.
Is there an AI analysis for The Dead Pit?
Yes. WatchMind publishes an AI analysis on this page — tone, pacing, audience fit, and community scores from TMDb metadata and recommendation models (not a chatbot). Scroll to the AI Analysis section or read the meta description summary.
How long is the movie The Dead Pit?
The official runtime for The Dead Pit is approximately 102 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Jeremy Slate
Dr. Gerald Swan
- C
Cheryl Lawson
Jane Doe

Stephen Gregory Foster
Christian Meyers
- D
Danny Gochnauer
Dr. Colin Ramzi
- G
Geha Getz
Sister Clair

Joan Bechtel
Nurse Kygar

Mara Everett
Nurse Robbins
- J
Jack A. Sunseri
Head Orderly Jensen

Shanna McCullough
Featured Dead (as Marcia Gray) / Body Double
- M
Michael Jacobs
ud Higgins
- M
Michael Jacobs
Bud Higgins
- R
Randall Fontana
Orderly Jimmy
- J
Jack A. Sunseri
Head Orderly Jensen (as Jack Sunseri)
- F
Frederick Dodge
First Patient
- N
Nettie Heffner
Night Nurse
- L
Luana Speelman
Day Nurse

Brett Leonard
Bearded Mental Patient (uncredited)
- S
Scott Malpass
Orderly #1
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