Asylum of Satan (1972)
Directed by William Girdler
Genres - Mystery, Horror |
Sub-Genres - Supernatural Horror |
Release Date - Jan 1, 1972 (USA - Unknown), Jan 1, 1972 (USA) |
Run Time - 78 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Cavett Binion
This silly, cardboard production -- the first of many awful horror oddities from director William Girdler -- stars Carla Borelli as an attractive musician who becomes a literal prisoner in the Pleasant Hill Mental Hospital, a chamber of horrors overseen by the evil Dr. Jason Spector (Charles Kissinger). The devil-worshipping doc's rather unorthodox methods include the regular torture and murder of his patients (with the aid of dime-store rubber spiders and snakes), but he intends to save Borelli for last as the centerpiece in one of the hokiest-looking human-sacrifice rituals on record. Even Ol' Scratch himself puts in a cameo appearance -- or maybe that's just an extra in a rubber ape mask with glued-on rubber ram's horns. The filmmakers undoubtedly undertook this project after stumbling across a post-Halloween clearance sale.
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sacrifice, kidnapping, mental-illness, piano, purity, sadist, supernatural-forces, torture