L'asile

Thrilling and creepy Onnibus movie formed by four seemingly unrelated tales of craziness dealing with a doctor : Robert Powell searching for a job. This doctor visiting the asylum tells each flick. Concerning the chilling and strange stories the following ones : A killer's victim, Sylvia Sims, seeks retribution . A taylor : Barry Morse pursued by a creditor seems to be collecting his bills. A woman plagued by a doppleganger . Finally, an amazing climax with a man : Herbert Lom, who makes dolls.

Creepy and eerie horror movie with magnificent color work and lighting efffects , as well as suitably sombre acting from an exceptional casting . Dealing with four stories of madness that are perfectly interwoven, being written by notorious Robert Bloch of Psycho and finely interpreted by a top-drawer cast . These stories deal with grisly killings in which body scraps having own life, a young girl plagued by a double, leading to a nail-biting spotlight with a man who makes voodoo toys, only to become one after that. A grotesque and terrifying movie, not as humorless as American terror pictures. This is one of several compilations produced by Amicus : Max Rosenberg , Milton Subotsky that abounded in the Engllish cinema of the 60s and 70s . The cast is frankly magnificent , delivering usual grim-faced support with a large plethora of prestigious and mainly British actors, such as : Richard Todd as a punished murderer , Patrick Magee giving a prominent role , Herbert Lom as a maker of living dolls , Sylvia Sims , Charlotte Rampling , Britt Ekland, Barbara Parkins, James Villiers and the great Peter Cushing in fine form as well .

This first-rate horror anthology with nice photography by Denis Coop was compellingly directed by Roy Ward Baker, creating competent atmosphere in evoking the horror . Baker provides a solid framework more chillingly effective than in any other Anthology films . He was a craftsman and expert on terror movies, such as : "And now the Screaming starts" , "The Monster Club", "Dr Jekill and Mrs Hyde" , "Scars of Dracula" , "Seven Brothers meet Dracula" , "Vampire Lovers" , "Vault of Horror", among others. Rating : Better than average.