Asylum

1972
PG
1h 28m

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6.5/10

8.5K

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Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee, Barbara Parkins, Sylvia Syms, and Richard Todd in Asylum (1972)

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In order to secure a job at a mental institution, a young psychiatrist must interview four patients inside the asylum.In order to secure a job at a mental institution, a young psychiatrist must interview four patients inside the asylum.In order to secure a job at a mental institution, a young psychiatrist must interview four patients inside the asylum.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

8.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins total

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Trivia
Shot in 24 days.

Goofs
When Bonnie is being chased by a severed arm crawling along the floor, a crew member's hand is visible, holding the arm to make it appear as if it is moving.

Quotes
[Byron shows Dr. Martin the dolls he's been making]
Byron: These are not ordinary figures. The eyes were made to see. Inside each skull is a perfectly proportioned brain, perfectly capable of functioning.
Dr. Martin: You talk about them as if they were alive.
Byron: Hm. That's the final step.

Connections
Featured in Stephen King's World of Horror (1986)

Soundtracks
A Night on Bald Mountain
(uncredited)
Music by Modest Mussorgsky
Arranged by Douglas Gamley

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Very entertaining horror anthology with a first rate cast.

'Asylum' holds a special place in my heart as watching it on TV as a kid in the 70s is one of my earliest horror memories, along with Rod Serling's almost forgotten series 'Night Gallery' and the underrated Cushing/Lee movie 'The Creeping Flesh'. I watched 'Asylum' the other day for the first time in oh, twenty years at least, and while it wasn't anywhere near as scary as I remember it to be, it's still one of the better horror anthologies of the period. It's helped considerably by having Robert Bloch adapt his own stories, Roy Ward Baker ('The Vampire Lovers', 'Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde') as the director, and it features a first rate cast including horror legends Peter Cushing, Patrick Magee, and Herbert Lom. The most effective stories for me were the two in the middle - the one with Barry Morse as a tailor with a mysterious client (Cushing), and the other with a fragile Charlotte Rampling being led astray by the sexy Britt Ekland. 'Asylum' has a few flaws sure, but it's still a very entertaining film, and horror buffs will enjoy it.