On this day in movie history - Visiting Hours (1982 movie & novel):

Visiting Hours

directed by Jean-Claude Lord,

written by Brian Taggert,

was released in the United States on February 26, 1982.
Music by Jonathan Goldsmith.

Cast:

Michael Ironside, Lee Grant, Linda Purl, William Shatner, Lenore Zann, Harvey Atkin, Helen Hughes, Michael J. Reynolds, Kirsten Bishop, Deborah Kirshenbaum, Elizabeth Leigh-Milne, Maureen McRae, Dustin Waln, Neil Affleck, Damir Andrei, Dorothy Barker, Steve Bettcher, Walker Boone, Richard Rebiere, Terrance P. Coady, Richard Comar, Dora Dainton, Sylvie Desbois, Yvan Ducharme, Sarita Elman, Kathleen Fee, Domenico Fiore, Tali Fischer, Richer Francoeur, Lorena Gale, Angela Gallagher, Judith Gay, Isadore Goldberg, Dean Hagopian, Victor Knight, Sheena Larkin, Sylvia Lennick, Frances March, Steve Michaels, Kimberly McKeever, Bob McKeowan, Malcolm Nelthorpe, Roland Nincheri, Mary Rathbone, Ron Robbins, Robby Robinson, Danielle Schneider, Lisa Schwartz, Danny Silverman, Marty Starr, Jérôme Tiberghien, Katherine Trowell, Len Watt, George E. Zeeman, Charles Dennis, Randy Vancourt.

Recommended reading:

Visiting Hours

By Kent Rembo.

Published by Pinnacle Books.

Published 1982.

ISBN-10: 0523418442

ISBN-13: 978-0523418445

Description:

Based on the horror film starring Lee Grant, William Shatner, Michael Ironside and Linda Purl and directed by Jean-Claude Lord.

Colt Hawker hates outspoken, aggressive women because they remind him of his mother, who wasn't nice to his daddy.

Deborah Ballin reminds him of his mother, and he's going to kill her. And he believes, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again...