# Asylum (1972)

> A young psychiatrist probes four asylum inmates whose bizarre stories blur the boundary between delusion, revenge, and supernatural truth.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/15468

## Facts

- Runtime: 88 min
- Genres: Horror
- Director: Roy Ward Baker
- Cast: Peter Cushing, Patrick Magee, Herbert Lom, Britt Ekland, Barry Morse, Charlotte Rampling, Barbara Parkins, Robert Powell
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068230/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: eerie, foreboding, macabre, classic horror night, anthology marathon

## Movies like Asylum

- [Night of the Dark Full Moon (1972)](https://ember.film/movie/18456)
- [Spirits of the Dead (1968)](https://ember.film/movie/26364)
- [From Beyond the Grave (1974)](https://ember.film/movie/32133)
- [The Legend of Hell House (1973)](https://ember.film/movie/9765)
- [Ghost Stories (2018)](https://ember.film/movie/289321)
- [The House That Dripped Blood (1971)](https://ember.film/movie/24877)
- [The Shout (1978)](https://ember.film/movie/32166)
- [Tales from the Crypt (1972)](https://ember.film/movie/24623)
- [Equus (1977)](https://ember.film/movie/23268)
- [Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)](https://ember.film/movie/16040)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt