Asylum

Name: Asylum
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
Released: November 17, 1972
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 65

1972

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Cinerama Releasing Corporation | Release Date: November 17, 1972 | PG

Summary: A young psychiatrist interviews four inmates in a mental asylum to satisfy a requirement for employment. He hears stories about 1) the revenge of a murdered wife, 2) a tailor who makes a suit with some highly unusual qualities, 3) a woman who questions her sanity when it appears that her brother is conspiring against her, and 4) a man whoA young psychiatrist interviews four inmates in a mental asylum to satisfy a requirement for employment. He hears stories about 1) the revenge of a murdered wife, 2) a tailor who makes a suit with some highly unusual qualities, 3) a woman who questions her sanity when it appears that her brother is conspiring against her, and 4) a man who builds tiny toy robots with lifelike human heads.… Expand

Director: Roy Ward Baker

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Horror

Rating: PG

Runtime: 88 min

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Nick Schager

Asylum was written by Robert Bloch, the author of the original novel Psycho, and produced by the U.K.’s Amicus Productions, which was responsible for a series of horror anthologies during the ’60s and ’70s. Asylum remains, by far, their finest offering, in part because of its pitch-perfect gothic mood, and in part because its stories present varied perspectives on the depths of obsessive madness. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

They're all rather deliciously far-fetched stories but fun to watch. And the demented camera angles and fast pacing makes the tales far more unsettling than you might imagine. Read full review

Jeremiah Kipp

Asylum tries telling similar tales (twice) and comes up pathetically short in the scare department, but the atmosphere and theatrics of the Amicus presentation make it a more than worthwhile trip down memory lane for die-hard horror buffs. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

It's a trim little chiller, with a moderate quota of blood and mayhem, polished performances and smooth direction. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Buoyed by a distinguished cast of horror veterans, Bloch's well-written script, and Baker's deft direction, Asylum is the most satisfying of the horror anthologies of the 1970s. Read full review

Roger Ebert

I think Bloch and Rosenberg should get organized and take on the cabbage. If nothing else, a horror movie about cabbages could help Rosenberg work through his obsession and save a lot of analyst's fees. Read full review

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BenB

Jun 29, 2005

A must see film! The only spot I know to get it is www.kino.com This is the best doc about clinical care in mental illness!

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