Bedlam (1946)

Directed by

Mark Robson

Genre

drama film, horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 19m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 84 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman is wrongfully imprisoned in the notorious Bedlam mental asylum in 18th century London. She must survive the brutal and corrupt management of the place.

darkatmosphericsuspensefulgrimslow-burnpsychologically tensevisually moodyoppressive

What happens

Bedlam is a 1946 American horror film directed by Mark Robson and starring Boris Karloff, Anna Lee and Richard Fraser, and was the last in a series of stylish horror B films produced by Val Lewton for RKO Radio Pictures. The film was inspired by William Hogarth's 1732–1734 painting series A Rake's Progress, and Hogarth was given a writing credit. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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