Asylum

Asylum (1972)

Genres - Mystery, Horror  |   Sub-Genres - Supernatural Horror  |   Release Date - Nov 17, 1972 (USA - Unknown), Nov 17, 1972 (USA)  |   Run Time - 88 min.  |   Countries - United Kingdom, United States  |   MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

Four short stories by master of macabre Robert Bloch are related by the inmates of a mental institution. In the first story, Richard Todd murders his wife and cuts her body into little pieces -- but that doesn't stop her from seeking revenge. In the second, Peter Cushing orders crooked tailor Barry Morse to weave a coat from a magic fabric in order to bring Cushing's son back from the dead (this one was previously dramatized on the TV series Thriller). The third story stars Charlotte Rampling as a schizophrenic whose "doppelganger" is manifested in the person of Britt Ekland. The final tale involves demented toymaker Herbert Lom and his army of killer robots. Robert Bloch himself adapted his original source material for the screen. Asylum was also known as House of Crazies.

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doctor, interview, mental-institution, short-stories, craziness, inventor, madness, mental-illness, mental-patient, toymaker, dismemberment, grief, missing-person, psychiatry, revenge, schizophrenia, wife