Diagnosis: Death

Apr 16, 2010

1h 20m

★ 4.5

Overview

Two people meet as guinea pigs in a weekend drug trial. They soon discover their lives are in more danger than they imagined. The staff are peculiar. The drugs cause hallucinations. Or is the clinic really haunted? Struggling with their senses, they must team up to unravel a spooky mystery.

Genres

Horror

Comedy

Production Companies

Affordable Films

Diagnosis: Death Trailers

Cast

Andre Chang

Raybon Kan

Juliet Reid

Jessica Grace Smith

Nurse Magaret Bates

Suze Tye

Dr. Cruise

Bret McKenzie

Specialist

Rhys Darby

Garfield Olyphant

Jemaine Clement

Tawny

Laura Surrich

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