Asylum (2007)

17% of users liked it
(2,182 ratings)

A college student discovers her dorm was once a notorious asylum.

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Rating, Runtime: R, 5 min.
Directed By: David R. Ellis
Written By: Ethan Lawrence
Genres: Mystery & Suspense, Horror

In Theaters: Nov 7, 2007 Wide
On DVD: Jul 15, 2008
Studio: 20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
[An] utterly inept follow-up horror of a horror film by Snakes [on a Plane] director David R. Ellis.
Brent Simon, Shared Darkness
A sort of cross between Stay Alive and Session 9, with a healthy smear of down-market horror moves copped from '80s-era DIY flicks that never made it off of VHS.
Geoff Berkshire, Metromix.com
No amount of lowered expectations can disguise what a piece of junk [Asylum] is.

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Steve K

Formulaic and, eventually, just silly.
E.J. B

The killer is a ghost who can teleport, disappear and reappear, but to defeat him, you can stab him, burn him, or do anything to him that would also harm a flesh and blood human being. I'm all for the cheap thrills of cheesy "dead teenager" flicks, but if I'm… More
The killer is a ghost who can teleport, disappear and reappear, but to defeat him, you can stab him, burn him, or do anything to him that would also harm a flesh and blood human being. I'm all for the cheap thrills of cheesy "dead teenager" flicks, but if I'm thinking about logic in a movie like this, then the filmmakers are doing a lot of things wrong. A failure even by low standards.
Jacob P

Weak story, terrible acting, cheesey costume design, and very predictable. Although some scenes were fairly graphic, it wasn't good enough to stop this film from being an unsmart horror flick.
Deb S

"Give Me Your Suffering" The ghost of an insane doctor murdered by his own patients many years ago returns to mutilate some college kids who begun graduate school. At first everything seems to be fine, but soon they find out the campus was once the spot where the… More
"Give Me Your Suffering" The ghost of an insane doctor murdered by his own patients many years ago returns to mutilate some college kids who begun graduate school. At first everything seems to be fine, but soon they find out the campus was once the spot where the psychotic doctor practiced his own twisted brand of medicine. The doctor still haunts the halls, preying on the students using their own troubled past to help weaken them for the slaughter. Their only hope is to free the tortured souls of his previous victims that are trapped within him. Reminiscent of the "Freddy Krueger" series this psychotic man goes around killing the teens in twisted and nasty ways with his sharp blades, has supernatural strength and a lust for blood and gore.
William G

A horrifically inept spook story.
d j

awful!!!