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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: MPI
EAN: 0030306811895
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Dark Sky Films
Languages: PortugueseOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: Dark Sky Films
MPN: MPID8118D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Dark Sky Films
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 25, 2006
Running Time: 88 minutes
Studio: Dark Sky Films
Theatrical Release Date: November 17, 1972

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Studio: Mpi Home Video Release Date: 07/25/2006 Run time: 89 minutes

Amazon.com:
One of the patients in an institution for the incurably insane was once its director, and a young psychiatrist (Robert Powell) has to figure out which one as they all tell him their stories. What better setting for a horror anthology? It's an inspired framing device, making this one of the better examples of the genre, even if screenwriter Robert Bloch at times resorts to gimmicks rather than invention. The first two stories are less than brilliant (the first is highlighted by dismembered body parts neatly wrapped in butcher paper wriggling back to life for revenge), but Charlotte Rampling and Britt Eklund are marvelous in the third tale, about a mentally unbalanced young woman and her dangerous best friend. Herbert Lom is also excellent in the final story as a scientist who carves an army of dolls he claims he can bring to life by sheer will power.

Director Roy Ward Baker (Quatermas and the Pit) builds momentum with each story until the dark and deliciously bloody climax. This Amicus Studios production looks visually dull compared to Hammer's gothic gloss, but it features a great British cast (including Patrick Magee and Hammer stalwart Peter Cushing), and ultimately Baker makes that gloomy look work for his increasingly creepy production. Amicus produced a series of horror anthologies, including the original 1972 Tales from the Crypt and The Torture Garden (also scripted by Bloch). --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Weak premise ruins the film
I had been waiting a long time to watch this film, and I'm a bit disappointed. The storyline is very weak and the premise for the entire film doesn't really work. While I enjoy campy, this is just too campy for its own good.

While some scenes were creepy enough, the entire film just didn't seem to be worthy of the praises it's receiving. I'd rather watch Mexican Gothic horror or outrageous B Horror films.

Rating:

- Excellent!
One of the best in the Amicus anthology series, "Asylum" is presented here in a dazzling, first rate print with interesting extras. A must.
Dark Sky are one of the best labels worldwide. Big up Dark Sky!

Rating:

- Still love it!
Great movie, great delivery time, still entertaining! Not as scary as when I was in elementary. Very happy!

Rating:

- Come To The Asylum....To Get Killed!
Ah, remember the days of horror anthology films? I love this format. You really don't see much of it anymore, though Creepshow 3 is slated to come out sometime soon. This film is fun and from a good era for horror films. The film could have been longer with a few more stories, but, hey, what can you do? The script is done by horror writer Robert Bloch, so it's certainly a must if you're a fan of his. It's his style through and through. Very much in the way Creepshow was a total Stephen King ... Read More

Rating:

- Great Stuff
Wow, this movie was fun. I never saw it before and, because I've been on a big Hammer and Amicus kick lately, took a chance on it. I was not disappointed.
Like other Amicus productions, what we get here are several horror stories in one, all centered on "incurably insane" patients in a British asylum. There are some great stars here that make it work oh so well, including Patrick Magee (A Clockwork Orange), Robert Powell (Tommy, Jesus of Nazareth), Herbert Lom (Phantom of the Opera-1962), Peter ... Read More

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