Mostly predictable slasher flick with one nice twist towards the end and some fun 3D effects. The story itself sounds more interesting on paper than it ends up in the film, but it's anchored by a great performance by Belinda Montgomery who seems to think she's in a much classier film than she is. Viveca Lindfors chews up the scenery in the best way as the housemother of a sorority where a series of brutal murders took place. It's not a movie you'll remember much about when it's over, but it's not the worst way to spend 90 minutes of your time.

"Silent Madness" wastes no time in getting to the action. The wrong psycho - I mean "mentally-disturbed individual" - is released from his treatment facility and goes on a killing spree. Only after a couple nameless victims are slashed do we get any sort of establishing exposition; not that I'm complaining. While the miscreant doctors responsible for the mishap busy themselves with covering it up, Dr. Joan Gilmore (Belinda Montgomery) sets out to track the killer. There is some fun to be had along the way. The murders make good use of the 3-D gimmick and the gorgeous Katie Bull is mesmerizing in her beauty. Also deserving mention is Barry Salmon's eerie, perfectly suited musical score. For me, however, the real star of the movie is Virgil, played by Dennis Helfend. He turns in a wonderfully demented performance as one of the hospital orderlies tasked with corralling the killer. (Sadly, "Silent Madness" is listed as his final role. He apparently passed away in 1988 at the tragically young age of 49.)

It's a low budget horror film but with a decent story and amazing 3d!! The 3d makes the movie nothing that we haven't seen but it's a get drunk or smoke a bowl and put on your glasses and have some horror fun!! Its so funny this is from 1984 with 1 1000th of today's budget yet the 3d effects are better than 90 percent of the crap we get now!!! Fun 3d flick!!!!