Asylum

(Asylum)

Basics

A film directed by Roy Ward Baker
1972 | 88 minutes | Colour | Mono | 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Barbara Parkins
Richard Todd
Sylvia Syms
Peter Cushing
Barry Morse
Ann Firbank
John Franklyn-Robbins
Britt Ekland
Charlotte Rampling
James Villiers
Megs Jenkins
Herbert Lom
Patrick Magee
Robert Powell
Geoffrey Bayldon
Bonnie (segment "Frozen Fear")
Walter (segment "Frozen Fear")
Ruth (segment "Frozen Fear")
Smith (segment "The Weird Tail...
Bruno (segment "The Weird Tail...
Anna (segment "The Weird Tail...
Stebbins (segment "The Weird ...
Lucy (segment "Lucy Comes to ...
Barbara (segment "Lucy Come t...
George (segment "Lucy Come t...
Miss Higgins (segment "Lucy C...
Byron (segment "Mannikins of ...
Dr. Rutherford (segment "Manni...
Dr. Martin (segment "Mannikins ...
Max (segment "Mannikins of Ho...

Production Companies

Amicus Productions
Harbour Productions Limited

Distributors

Cinerama Releasing Corporation (USA)
Dynamite Entertainment (USA)
Wm. Lange & Associates (USA)

Release Dates

🇬🇧 July 06, 1972
🇺🇸 November 17, 1972

Also Known As

Frozen Fear (uk)
Lucy Comes to Stay (uk)
Mannikins of Horror (uk)
The Weird Tailor (uk)
House of Crazies (us)