Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Cooktopi The acting in this movie is really good.

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

gavin6942 A young psychiatrist interviews four inmates in a mental asylum to satisfy a requirement for employment. He hears stories about 1) the revenge of a murdered wife, 2) a tailor who makes a suit with some highly unusual qualities, 3) a woman who questions her sanity when it appears that her brother is conspiring against her, and 4) a man who builds tiny toy robots with lifelike human heads.With direction from Roy Ward Baker and with stories adapted from the work of Robert Bloch ("Psycho"), how can you go wrong? You simply cannot. The highlight of the anthology is "The Weird Tailor". Not just because it has Peter Cushing, but because the story has the best potential. And, even in short form, it was done quite well.Amicus was the greatest British horror studio and their anthologies are unmatched. This is one of the better ones, and well worth watching.

loomis78-815-989034 Young Dr. Martin (Powell) arrives at his new job at a British insane asylum. He is told by Dr. Rutherford (Patrick Magee) the administrator in charge that the last doctor in his position went insane and is now a patient upstairs. Dr. Martin must figure out who the former doctor was in order to secure the job. This clever wrap around story from Amicus highlights one of their best anthology movies. The first story is "Frozen Fear" telling the story of an adulterous husband named Walter (Todd) who buys a freezer and installs it in his basement with the idea of chopping up his wife so he can be with his lover Bonnie (Barbara Parkins). Once the ghastly job is done, the parts wrapped in brown paper and tied off with rope come to life on their own with revenge in mind. This segment is the most chilling of them all with jump scares and truly horrifying moments, tense and scary. The second story is "The Weird Tailor" a slow moving but involving tale of a tailor (Barry Morse) named Bruno who is about to go bankrupt until Mr. Smith (Cushing) shows up at his shop. He wants Bruno to make a suit for his son made of special material. In need of money, Bruno accepts the bizarre job that requires him to work on the suit at odd hours. There is a great end twist that serves up the horror of this segment. This segment is slow paced but the payoff is worth it. The third story "Lucy comes to stay" tells of Barbara (Charlotte Rampling) who is recovering from a mental breakdown that had her split personality known as Lucy (Britt Ekland) take complete control. Lucy repays Barbara a visit and the murders start again. The final story "Mannikins of Horror" ties back into the wrap around story centering on a brilliant, but mad man named Byron (Lom) who is a patient in the hospital. He makes little robot mannikin's that have real human faces that he can control with his mind. This odd ending segment is creepy and has many enjoyable moments of terror. The final wrap around twist could be the best of all and is sure to catch the viewer off guard. This Amicus film benefited from having all the segments written by Robert Bloch of "Psycho" fame and they're great. Directed cleverly by Roy Ward Baker, this is certainly one of the best of the Amicus 1960's and 1970's horror anthologies. The stories have some grit and a decent amount of gore mixed with shocks, and suspense making this a must see film, especially for fans of anthology horror.

AaronCapenBanner Roy Ward Baker directed this horror anthology set in a mental asylum, as a new doctor is introduced to the back stories of four inmates: 'Frozen Fear' - A man is terrorized by his murdered wife. 'The Weird Tailor' - A tailor is paid to make a most unusual suit for a grieving father. Starring Peter Cushing & Barry Morse. 'Lucy Comes To Stay' - A woman(played by Britt Eckland) believes her brother is conspiring against her. 'Mannequins Of Horror' - A man(played by Herbert Lom) builds tiny dolls, one that looks just like himself, that must kill. Mediocre film with the second tale being the only one of note. Framing story has a surprise ending, which isn't enough to save it.

Scott LeBrun The company Amicus were absolute masters of the horror anthology in the 1960's and 1970's, and "Asylum" is a fine and typical example of the work they did. Now, granted, it's hard not to just laugh at some of the things here, but the filmmakers could well have been going for tongue in cheek the entire time anyway. Never really scary, but certainly creepy on occasion, the movie nevertheless maintains a high fun factor. Even taking its tendency towards predictability into account, it's highly enjoyable stuff.The young Dr. Martin (Robert Powell) is interviewing for the top job at a mental asylum; the man who seems to be in charge, Dr. Rutherford (Patrick Magee), tells him that if he can answer a riddle, he will get the job. The riddle is, who among the patients to whom he will be introduced used to be the head doctor, a person named Starr?He first meets Bonnie (Barbara Parkins), whose story is told in "Frozen Fear". Planning on running away with married lover Walter (Richard Todd), she is forced to deal with the results when Walter chops up his wife Ruth (Sylvia Syms) and puts her body parts in the freezer. Turns out, Ruth was into studying voodoo...Then it's on to Bruno (Barry Morse) in "The Weird Tailor". Which is actually inaccurate, as it's Bruno's customer, the mysterious Mr. Smith (Peter Cushing) who is the weird one. Bruno desperately needs a paying customer like Mr. Smith in order to pay his rent, but he'll find that there are worse things than losing one's place of business, as the job of manufacturing a suit from the strange material provided by Smith has macabre consequences.The story of Barbara (Charlotte Rampling) is related in "Lucy Comes to Stay". Barbara has gotten out of a mental hospital, and must take the bad with the good as her reckless "friend" Lucy (Britt Ekland) does what she feels is best for Barbara.Finally, we and Dr. Martin are introduced to Herbert Lom's Dr. Byron in "Mannikins of Horror". Dr. Byron has created some intriguing little robotic figurines, one in his own likeness, that supposedly contain organic matter inside.The last story is brief as Dr. Martin (incorrectly) then thinks he's figured everything out, and has it out with Dr. Rutherford, disgusted by his methods, only to have everything go bad quite quickly.The resolution is delicious (with our antagonist breaking the fourth wall before the end credits begin rolling), and a peerless cast makes the most of the material, written by Robert Bloch of "Psycho" fame. The movie gets off to a great start with Modest Mussorgsky's "A Night on the Bald Mountain" on the soundtrack, letting us know we're going to be in for a good & ghoulish time. Genre pro Roy Ward Baker is in the director's chair, and does his usual efficient work. All in all, "Asylum" is a worthy viewing for any fan of the horror anthology.7/10