Review of Asylum

Asylum (I) (1972)
7/10
Anthology Perfection?
18 October 2014
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.
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