The Asphyx

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Simon T @MovieTart 06/07/2025 Dear God this is a dreadful movie. An implausible premise, very badly acted by an ensemble of experienced thesps, ineptly directed and overlit. Robert Stephens chews the scenery as only he could, and Robert Powell - looking like a King's Road dandy - invests the stupid screenplay with the earnestness of a needy drama student. Highlights include the early boating accident and the first appearance of the asphyx, a Ghostbusters wannabe giving the best performance in the film. Abysmal music too. See more Kalissa H @kali_416 06/01/2025 Meh. I didn’t like the guinea pig scene. Felt bad for the animal. See more Wayne K @RT88290232 02/14/2025 A classically old school British horror flick about humans playing God, full of lengthy, jargon-laden explanations of paranormal events, big acting and a lot of overambitious special effects. The film does have a number of chilling moments, and the premise is a fascinating one that I don’t recall seeing in a film before. The version I watched is a patchwork of high and low quality recordings, mean the visuals change abruptly, but the sound never does. It’s a movie that’s more interesting when it’s introducing its premise than when it’s exploiting it, and there’s a lot of elements that you have to accept for the plot to make sense, such as the filmmakers clearly getting the definitions of ‘immortal’ and invincible’ mixed up. Its certainly scarier than many other films of its ilk, so I can certainly recommended it for that, and even if sci-fi or the paranormal aren’t your thing, I think The Asphyx’s unique premise will still intrigue you. See more 07/29/2015 Here is a film that deserves to be better known. A scientist discovers the key to immortality by capturing one's asphyx - an element that each person has and which appears only at the moment of their death. I would have chosen the electo-shock method to capturing my asphyx over the ill-advised guillotine experiment used on Dr. Stephens' daughter. See more 04/09/2015 Thriller has scientist unlocking the key to immortality by trapping a person's 'Asphyx' or soul at the moment of death. Hard lessons learned for the man who is punished by guilt for an eternity for playing God. Credit should be given to the characters for choosing rather chilling modes of death such as a guillotining in the immortality process. Inventive British horror with good ending. See more 02/21/2015 British 1970s horror imitating the Hammer films style. It succeeds very well in doing this. I found this film to be creepy with a great atmospheric mood, key ingredients of a good horror. See more Read all reviews

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