Asylum is a taut psychological thriller about a deranged fearsome killer running lose in an abandoned high security Asylum. Pitting the county psychiatrist Dr. Maggie Belham against the psychotic maniac, Dr Belham is trapped in a maze of corridors, and her only help is the janitor, Quitz who may in fact be a forgotten asylum inmate.
Acting
Judd Nelson commits to unhinged janitor like his rent depends on it.
Production
Genuinely creepy asylum location saves every budget dollar.
Practical Effects
Larry Drake's monster makeup deserves better movie, gets this instead.
Director
Gregory Gieras
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Larry Drake played the same asylum-inmate killer type in 1989's Dr. Giggles, making this bizarre career niche.
Shot in Bulgaria doubling for America during early 2000s tax shelter boom — explains the dreamlike wrongness of every location.
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