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Asylum (1972)

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Average Rating: 6.5/10
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Spend seven weeks in a London community where the lunatics literally run the asylum as filmmaker Peter Robinson and a sparse skeleton crew check in to the radical Archway Community of controversial psychiatrist R.D. Liang. Operating under the theory that the only way schizophrenic to truly recover is for them to live in an environment where they are free to do as they please but also held accountable for their actions, the Archway Community houses a tribal society of deeply disturbed souls. From

PG, 1 hr. 36 min.

Romance, Documentary, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Special Interest

Directed By: Roy Ward Baker

In Theaters: Nov 17, 1972 Wide

On DVD: Jul 25, 2006

Cast

R.D. Laing
Peter Cushing
Smith
Britt Ekland
Lucy
Herbert Lom
Dr. Byron
Patrick Magee
Dr. Rutherford
Robert Powell
Dr. Martin
Barbara Parkins
Bonnie
Geoffrey Bayldon
Max Reynolds
Ann Firbank
Anna
John Franklyn-Robbins
Stebbins
Megs Jenkins
Miss Higgins
Charlotte Rampling
Barbara
Sylvia Syms
Ruth
James Villiers
George
Barry Morse
Bruno
Richard Todd
Walter

Critic Reviews for Asylum

All Critics (15) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (4) | DVD (15)

One of the best anthology horror films ever made

June 17, 2008 Full Review Source: ESplatter

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Lucius Gore

ESplatter

not as good as monster club, but still quite interesting

March 2, 2008 Comment

Stefan Birgir Stefansson

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Regardless of age, a mediocre movie is still a mediocre movie.

July 19, 2006 Full Review Source: Dread Central

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Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton

Dread Central

Though it is sometimes over-praised by aficionados of the horror anthology subgenre, Asylum is a fun, old-fashioned taste of post-mod, pre-1980s macabre in British cinema.

June 19, 2006 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Jeremiah Kipp

Slant Magazine

Asylum tries telling similar tales (twice) and comes up pathetically short in the scare department.

June 19, 2006 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Jeremiah Kipp

Slant Magazine

A great little gothic horror anthology. Track this one down if you can!

July 26, 2002 Comment

Scott Weinberg

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A new doctor arrives at an institution for the incurably insane and sets about the task of identifying which of the inmates is the hospital's former administrator. Along the way we're treated to four episodic tales of horror. A mistress who's lover chopped his wife up in separate pieces and stored her in a freezer.

April 29, 2009

Randy Tippy

Super Reviewer

This horror gem seems quaint by today's standards but it's still worth the rental. I love British horror from the early 70s and this one doesn't disappoint. It features several short tales told within the confines of a larger story, in which a doctor must figure out which asylum patient used to be the doctor running

April 30, 2010