Asylum (DVD, 2008, Checkpoint; Sensormatic)

The movie copies big time from later Elm Street films and has a Dr. Giggles for an antagonist. This was bad and I laughed at an embarrassing script. Characters are groan inducing at best and the juvenile humor peppered with dick and poor jokes does little to ameliorate this. The only thing I think this movie did was offer some curious neon lighting and gratuitous boobie shots for the target demo. That's that.

OK, story... here we go...

Soon after arriving at her new dormitory, Madison (Sarah Roemer) meets Holt (Jake Unworthy), vapid whore Ivy (Ellen Hollman), socially retarded String (Cody Kasch), arrogant loudmouth Tommy (Travis Van Winkle) and feisty Latina Maya (Carolina Garcia). When the gang bonds over booze and a mutual hatred of their RA Rez (Randall Sims), they learn that a locked wing of their fancy new dormitory was once an insane asylum that was led by a kooky doctor (Mark Rolston) who liked to perform violent experiments on his patients. Their decision to explore the locked wing backfires when the very corporeal ghost of the long dead doctor escapes to “cure” their emotional demons.

It is surprising how disengaging Asylum is. It should have been way better. The excess use of low and candid angles was unprofessional and distracting. Alienates, uninteresting and drags. Ending was rushed and unplanned and perhaps out of budget. In addition, the performances from the fresh-faced cast range from bad to irritating. Carolina Garcia fares the best, but is unable to move beyond passable given the material she is working with.

Asylum is essentially a horror film with no scares, unoriginal kills and a lame copied villain. This movie ranks along with Troll 2 cult status—it shares more similarities with a bombs like Puppet Master or Watchers sequel.

Buy another movie on ebay unless you can get this cheap.

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Reading the other reviews for this movie I didn't expect much, but it was cheap so I bought it. Much to my suprise I liked this movie. It was kind of predictable and I pretty much called what happened but that's just cause I've seen way too many horror movies.
I thought the acting was good, the jock character in particular was hilarious and I liked the ending. The premise of this movie is that an old asylum was turned into a dorm at a college. The main group of characters that go to this dorm sneak into the asylum part that has been shut down and all kinds of fun stuff happens. The old doctor at the asylum that "fixed" the kids of the old asylum causes all kinds of problems based on the bad parts of the kids lives. Reminded me of Saw 2 where the people all died based on their past, good stuff.
Basically, if you can find this cheap enough I would recommend buying it and if your not a movie buyer then please at least rent it, I don't think you'll be dissapointed, I wasn't at least. 4 out of 5 stars, good times.

Very rude. Bad communication. Paid for item and it wasn't sent. My mothering skills were questioned and I was asked if I'm a player. My personal business has nothing to do with this transaction.

The movie came in time it was in between the estimated time. The movie works great there are no scratches on it, Ive had no problems with it. The box looks real straight it has no dents or holes or anything. Im very happy with the product.

ANOTHER DUMB MOVIE. WAS A STUPID ATTEMPT AT A HORROR MOVIE. WHAT ARE THESE WRITERS THINKING ABOUT? THEY COULD AT LEAST HAVE IT MAKE SENSE OR MAKE IT SOMEWHAT PLAUSABLE. UNKNOWN ACTORS, DUMB PLOT.