The Sage Treatment Center may be the last stop for Rodney (Jasper Cole) before jail or the ground. The only problem is that this is the kind of place that could kill him before it helps him get clean. It’s run by Louise “Nanny Lou” Stamey (Charlene Tilton of Dallas fame; her daughter Cherish Lee plays Tonya) and Rodney, who rooms with young Dustin (Damien Chinappi) as they suffer through group therapy and all of the other steps toward getting back out into the world. There’s also an insane doctor (Richard Tyson) who may as well be one of the patients and the sneaking feeling that Nanny Lou may just be getting rid of people instead of making them well.

Directed by Harley Wallen (Ash and Bone) and written by Jerry Lee Davis and Nick Theurer, this film shows that addiction gets into everyone’s lives, from Rodney’s ex-wife and young daughter to Dustin’s sister and even Nanny Lou, whose childhood was decimated by an addict. But then the film somehow becomes a dark horror film — complete with a chainsaw — in the last twenty minutes, changing it all up.

Tilton is good, everyone seems doomed and this makes me glad that I never went to rehab.

You can watch this on Tubi.