Asylum (1972)
- Directed by
- Roy Ward Baker
- Genre
- horror film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 195 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young doctor takes a job at a grim asylum for the criminally insane. Four patients each tell a strange story to explain why they are there.
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What happens
Asylum (U.S. title: House of Crazies) is a 1972 British anthology horror film made by Amicus Productions. The film was directed by Roy Ward Baker and produced by Milton Subotsky. Robert Bloch wrote the script, adapting four of his own short stories. Baker had considerable experience as a director of horror films, having made Quatermass and the Pit and Scars of Dracula. Bloch had written the novel Psycho, on which the film directed by Alfred Hitchcock was based. The film was shot in April 1972; it premièred in the UK on 6 July 1972, and in North America on 17 November 1972. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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