Asylum

Name: Asylum
Genre: Horror
Released: 1972-11-17
Duration: 1 h 28 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Peter Cushing, Patrick Magee, Herbert Lom, Britt Ekland, Barry Morse

You have nothing to lose but your mind.

Asylum (1972)

Timing: 1:28 (88 min)

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Video for the film Asylum — Asylum (1972) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

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Director

Roy Ward Baker

Actors

Peter Cushing, Patrick Magee, Herbert Lom, Britt Ekland, Barry Morse, Charlotte Rampling, Barbara Parkins, Robert Powell, Sylvia Syms, Richard Todd
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Scenario

Robert Bloch

Producer

Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky, Gustave M. Berne

Camera operator

Denys N. Coop

Composer

Douglas Gamley

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Audition

Ronnie Curtis

Editing

Peter Tanner
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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

In the scene where the tailor's landlord holds the rent book, it appears in the other hand after a shot change.
Filming began in April 1972 and lasted 24 days, and just 15 weeks later the film appeared in cinemas.
Arthur Grant was supposed to be the cinematographer for this film, but three weeks before filming he learned he was incurably ill and left the project. He was replaced by Dennis N. Coop.
Vermicelli was used as the robots' innards.
All scenes with Peter Cushing were filmed in two days.
The scene featuring Herbert Lom was filmed in half a day.
In the shot where Bonnie is chased by a severed hand, one of the crew members can be seen holding the hand and making it move.
In the first story, when showing the moving parts of a dismembered corpse, you can notice two right hands. One crawls across the floor, and the other towards Bonnie's face.
Spike Milligan could have played a role in this film, but left the project before filming began, and the role went to Jeffrey Bayldon.
In an interview, Richard Todd said he regretted appearing in this film.