Visiting Hours (film)

Visiting Hours
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJean-Claude Lord
Written byBrian Taggert
Produced byVictor Solnicki
Claude Héroux
Pierre David
Starring
CinematographyRené Verzier
Edited byJean-Claude Lord
Music byJonathan Goldsmith
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox (US)
Astral Films (Canada)
Release date
  • May 28, 1982 (1982-05-28)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6 million
Box office$13.3 million

Visiting Hours (originally titled The Fright) is a 1982 Canadian psychological slasher film directed by Jean-Claude Lord and starring Lee Grant, Michael Ironside, Linda Purl, William Shatner and Lenore Zann. The plot focuses on Deborah Ballin, a feminist journalist who becomes the target of Colt Hawker, a serial killer, who follows her to the hospital after attacking her in her home.

Visiting Hours was released on May 28, 1982, and grossed $13.3 million at the box office on a budget of $6 million. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics.