Visiting Hours Aka “The Fright and Get Well Soon” is a slasher horror film directed by
Jean-Claude Lord. The plot is focused on a feminist TV journalist Deborah
Ballin (Lee Grant) who is being followed by a malicious serial killer who
previously attacked her and wants to finish his work. Deborah’s view on women’s
rights anger Colt Hawker who is one of the studios’ cleaning staff and a
homicidal psycho and misogynist. Hawker despises woman ever since he was a
young boy and saw his mother throw boiling oil on his father. He has developed
a fascination on photographing his victims he stabs as they spasm to death.
After more than a few closely related assaults and murders take place, Deborah
tries to convince Gary Baylor (William Shatner) her boss, that she
and her friend, Sheila Munroe (Linda Purl) are not safe. Deborah discovers
the identity of the attacker and how he thinks, suspecting that she is his main
target. Originally not cleared for video released and censored under UK’s “Video Nasty” list it is now available
for purchase by Scream! Factory as a re-release and as a double feature on BluRay from its previous DVD that has been placed “Out of Print”.
