The Forgotten (1973)

Original title

Don't Look in the Basement

Directed by

S. F. Brownrigg

Genre

horror film, psychological horror fiction

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

R

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 67 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young nurse starts working at a rural sanitarium. A series of murders happen there and she has to figure out what is going on.

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What happens

The Forgotten is a 1973 American horror film directed by S. F. Brownrigg in his directorial debut, written by Tim Pope, and starring Bill McGhee, Rosie Holotik, and Annabelle Weenick (credited as Anne MacAdams). Its plot focuses on a young nurse, Charlotte Beale, who takes a job at a rural sanitarium plagued by a series of mysterious murders. An independent production, The Forgotten was filmed over twelve days in Tehuacana, Texas. It was originally released independently in May 1973, before Hallmark Releasing Corporation and American International Pictures (AIP) acquired it for theatrical distribution. Hallmark and AIP issued the film under several alternative titles before settling on Don't Look in the Basement. It was distributed under this title beginning in July 1973, and continued to screen at theaters and drive-ins throughout the 1970s, often paired with The Last House on the Left (1972), The House That Vanished (1973), and Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974), the latter of which was issued under the title Don't Open the Window. The film was a sleeper hit, grossing $1 million in theatrical rentals after its first several years of release. A sequel, Id: Don't Look in the Basement 2, was directed by Brownrigg's son, Anthony, and released in 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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