Asylum (1972)
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56% of critics liked it
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65% of users liked it
(171 ratings)
Spend seven weeks in a London community where the lunatics literally run the asylum as filmmaker Peter Robinson and a sparse skeleton crew check in to the radical Archway Community of controversial psychiatrist R.D. Liang. Operating under the theory that the only way schizophrenic to truly recover… More Spend seven weeks in a London community where the lunatics literally run the asylum as filmmaker Peter Robinson and a sparse skeleton crew check in to the radical Archway Community of controversial psychiatrist R.D. Liang. Operating under the theory that the only way schizophrenic to truly recover is for them to live in an environment where they are free to do as they please but also held accountable for their actions, the Archway Community houses a tribal society of deeply disturbed souls. From the intellectual but increasingly menacing ramblings of attention starved David to the infantile regressions of beautiful but desperate Julia, the residents of this experimental community are forced to look inward for the answers to the haunting questions that bind them. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Roy Ward Baker
- Genres
- Romance, Documentary, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Special Interest
PG,
- In Theaters
- Nov 17, 1972 Wide
- Studio
- Cinerama Releasing Corporation
Critic Reviews
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Lucius Gore, ESplatter
One of the best anthology horror films ever made
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Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is
not as good as monster club, but still quite interesting
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Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton, Dread Central
Regardless of age, a mediocre movie is still a mediocre movie.
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Jeremiah Kipp, Slant Magazine
Though it is sometimes over-praised by aficionados of the horror anthology subgenre, Asylum is a fun, old-fashioned taste of post-mod, pre-1980s macabre in British cinema.
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Jeremiah Kipp, Slant Magazine
Asylum tries telling similar tales (twice) and comes up pathetically short in the scare department.
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Cast
- R.D. Laing
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Peter Cushing
as Smith
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Britt Ekland
as Lucy
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Herbert Lom
as Dr. Byron
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Patrick Magee
as Dr. Rutherford
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Robert Powell
as Dr. Martin
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Barbara Parkins
as Bonnie
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Geoffrey Bayldon
as Max Reynolds
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Ann Firbank
as Anna
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John Franklyn-Robbins
as Stebbins
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Megs Jenkins
as Miss Higgins
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Charlotte Rampling
as Barbara
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Sylvia Syms
as Ruth
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James Villiers
as George
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Barry Morse
as Bruno
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Richard Todd
as Walter
