Asylum

A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patients, is in fact, the doctor that he would be replacing if hired.

Cast

Peter Cushing

as Smith

Patrick Magee

as Dr. Lionel Rutherford

Herbert Lom

as Byron

Britt Ekland

as Lucy

Barry Morse

as Bruno

Charlotte Rampling

as Barbara

Barbara Parkins

as Bonnie

Robert Powell

as Dr. Martin

Sylvia Syms

as Ruth

Richard Todd

as Walter

Reviews

veridical

One of the better anthology films from England's other house of horror, Amicus. The framing story that leads into the final story with Herbert Lom and a really creepy (if a bit slow) robot doll is crazy and the basic idea I think holds up for a series. The other stories are a mixed bag. The first on...

John Chard

Creaky, funny and rather unsettling. The house of Amicus productions brings to us a horror anthology directed by Roy Ward Baker and written by "Psycho" scribe Robert Bloch. The four stories center around Robert Powell's job seeking Dr. Martin. Whom upon arriving at the classy, yet foreboding look...

CinemaSerf

Robert Powell (never the strongest character actor) is a young psychiatrist tricked into interviewing four patients in an asylum in order to get a job. Each have a fairly fantastic tale to recount that might explain their current predicament - or, maybe - just maybe, their recollections are true!? M...

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