hellborn start a a young psychiatric doctor name james bishop ( matt stasi ) take up his residency at st. andrew insane asylum and or amental illness facility a they like to call it there . with nearly 600 patient bishop meet his bos dr. mccort ( bruce payne ) and be put to work and he get ward a where some seriously derange and dangerous patient be hold . if that wasn not bad enough during his first round of visit bishop find a dead body and have threaten sound graffiti message spray over his room . bishop start to hear story from the patient about sinister going on at the asylum and soon find out for himself the story have more than a hint of truth about them . know a asylum of the damn in the u this supernatural horror film be direct by philip j. jones and i sort of liked it but in the end there be too many unsatisfying element for me to totally enjoy it . the script by matt mccombs take itself pretty seriously and i quite like the basic idea behind and some of it idea but there be a few thing which work against it . for a start the film be just too slow and the story be pretty good and doesn not give itself away too early but it take an absolute age for it to get go and i be rapidly lose interest with each pass minute . i also think the so called twist end be far too predictable and the end itself far too bland and forgettable . it a shame because i like the story and the character and the setting and some of the idea but it simply too slow and frankly dull to keep one entertain over it 90 minute duration . it one of those film which i would like to recommend but in all honesty i can not . director jones do a good job and this be actually a well lit and quite atmospheric film . i wouldn not say there anything scary here . i be not sure if hellborn be shoot in a real insane asylum but if it wasn not they do a great job on the set and the film look pretty good overall . unfortunately there be a real lack of gore or action and there be two hand print shape wound and a severed tongue and that it and absolutely nothing else in term of blood or gore which have to go down as a disappointment . depend on who you believe and which review you read the special effect be either the bad ever or very good and well a a devoted watcher of low budget horror i be very impressed with the effect especially the demon thing which look mightily impressive and be a man in a suit type effect rather than a terrible cgi computer graphic although it an impressive suit . it all depend on your expectation i suppose . technically the film be good and it look nice enough and the lack of cgi computer effect be something i welcome . the act isn not great though and it certainly could have be well . hellborn be a film that disappoint me and there be some good stuff about it but at the same time some terrible stuff which unfortunately outweigh the good . i sort of liked part of it but a a whole 90 minute view experience i would find it totally impossible to recommend to anyone .