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Asylum (1972) | User Rating
(5 votes) | Critic Rating
(2 reviews) |
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 20, 2000
• R2: 13 Oct 2003
Running Time
1 hour, 28 minutes
Country UK
Studio Cinema International Corporation, Cinerama, Harbor Productions
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Asylum
• House of Crazies
• Asylum - Irrgarten des Schreckens (1973)
• House on the Strand (1973)
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Psychos, Robots, Mental Illness, Doctor, Revenge, Mad Scientists, Disturbing, Occult, Infidelity, Suspense, Mental Institution
Tagline: You have nothing to lose but your mind.
Plot: From England's celebrated horror specialists Amicus Studios (The East Must Die, And Now The Screaming Starts, Tales From The Crypt) and American screenwriter Robert Bloch (the novel Psycho) come four jolting tales of terror and insanity. Inmates in the "House of Crazies" tell their personal horror stories to the facility's new, young administrator (Robert Powell), who must guess which one of the psychopaths was his predecessor! Each tale becomes more grisly than the previous, leading up to an ending that will shock even the most jaded fan. One of the best anthology horror films of the 1970s, Asylum features vengeful, dismembered body parts, a supernatural suit made for a occult-worshipping, grieving father (Peter Cushing), a woman (Charlotte Rampling) haunted by an elusive double and a scientist (Herbert Lom) who seem to have transferred his mind into the body of a mechanical doll. With a wry sense of black humor to complement its many chills, Asylum will dwell in the minds of its viewers long after they watch it.Mr. Bloch (PSYCHO) wrote this quartet of tales that fit together to solve a mystery that serves as the catalyst for each segment. The setup has a doctor who is trying to become the new head of an asylum has to figure which one of four patients held the position
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 Competently made stuff seems a bit unoriginal these days but manages to be a watchable time thanks to the decent cast and director Baker's steady hand.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
Anthologies have never really enthralled me, and this one, although it is well-made, is predictable.  --Jack Witzig (ColdSpot)
All in all, "Asylum" is one of the best anthology films ever made. ... With performances that are all top notch and great direction from Baker, the film is a flawless piece of horror moviemaking -- a well-made gem from the 1970s that is unlike anything that studios can produce today.-- (eSplatter.com)
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| Directed by |
Roy Ward Baker
A Night to Remember, Quatermass and the Pit, The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires |
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| Music By |
Douglas Gamley
And Now for Something Completely Different, Tales from the Crypt, The City of the Dead |
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