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User Rating:
3.9/10   804 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Ethan Lawrence (writer)
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Release Date:
15 July 2008 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Once you're in, you can never get out.
Plot:
Six college students discover their dorm was once an insane asylum that conducted gruesome lobotomy's on its teenage inmates during the 1930's. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

  (in credits order)

Sarah Roemer ... Madison

Jake Muxworthy ... Holt
Mark Rolston ... The Doctor

Travis Van Winkle ... Tommy

Ellen Hollman ... Ivy

Carolina Garcia ... Maya
Cody Kasch ... String

Lin Shaye ... String's Mother

Joe Inscoe ... Mackey

Gabe Wood ... Kelso

Randall Sims ... Rez

Andrea Powell ... Carol
Pete Burris ... Lloyd
Caroline Kent ... Madison At 11

Brantley Pollock ... Brandon At 12

Crystal Coney ... Dorm Clerk (as Crystal McLaurin-Coney)
Benjamin Daniele ... Brandon (as Ben Daniele)
Cody Hanford ... Young Mackey
Bridget Gethins ... Tommy's Mother

Ron Clinton Smith ... Ivy's Father

Juan-Carlos Guzman ... Rudy

Jamie Moore ... Campus Cop #1
Charles Cabaniss ... Campus Cop #2 (as Charles T. Cabaniss)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aaron Blomberg ... Barbwire Boy (uncredited)

Jamie Hill ... Trendy Girl (uncredited)

Taylor Gordy Montrey ... Dorm Clerk (uncredited)
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Directed by
David R. Ellis 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Ethan Lawrence  writer

Produced by
Patrick Aiello .... executive producer
Ashok Amritraj .... producer
Jessika Borsiczky .... producer
Tawny Ellis .... co-producer
George Parra .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
David Hamilton 
Giovanni Scapecchi (original music by)
 
Cinematography by
Gary Capo 
 
Film Editing by
Howard E. Smith 
 
Casting by
Craig Fincannon 
Jennifer L. Smith 
Mary Tricia Wood 
 
Production Design by
Jaymes Hinkle 
 
Set Decoration by
Teddy Martin 
Tricia Schneider 
 
Costume Design by
Alexandra Welker 
 
Makeup Department
David LeRoy Anderson .... special makeup effects designer
Mark Ballou .... special makeup effects technician: AFX Studio
Judith H. Bickerton .... key hair stylist (as Judith Bickerton)
Jamie Kelman .... special makeup effects artist
Patricia McAlhany Glasser .... hair stylist (as Patricia McAlthany-Glasser)
Nicole Michaud .... special effects hair: AFX Studio
Rick Pour .... makeup department head
Dave Snyder .... special makeup effects artist
Jason Willis .... assistant makeup artist
 
Production Management
Janet Muswell .... post-production supervisor (as Janet Muswell Hamilton)
Marsha L. Swinton .... production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Karen Estelle Collins .... second assistant director
Jennifer Deigl .... second second assistant director
Nicholas Fitzgerald .... second assistant director: second unit
James Giovannetti Jr. .... first assistant director
Oakley Lehman .... second unit director
 
Art Department
Kip Bartlett .... set dresser
Michael T. Booe .... constructor
John B. Clarey III .... carpenter
George Harding III .... first assistant props
Jacelyn Lauren Jackson .... art department intern
Scott Johnson .... on-set dresser
Tom Jones Jr. .... construction coordinator
Aaron Longstreth .... set dresser
Alicia Lowe .... art department coordinator
Paul Oliver .... charge scenic
Mark Paton .... art department production assistant
Amber Leigh Smith .... art department production assistant
Bob Smith .... lead man
Greg Spencer .... foreman
Richard Waldrop .... property master
Rod Honeycutt .... set dresser (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Javier Bennassar .... sound designer
Javier Bennassar .... sound effects editor
Jocelyn Caron .... foley recordist
Jenny Elsinger .... cable person
Guy Francoeur .... foley artist
Alan Freedman .... adr mixer
Travis MacKay .... adr recordist
Marshall McGee .... additional boom operator
Marshall McGee .... additional sound mixer
Chris Navarro .... adr mixer
Carl Rudisill .... sound mixer
Eric Thompson .... adr mixer
Matthew Woolley .... foley editor
 
Special Effects by
Larry Dean Bivins .... special effects foreman
Ray Bivins .... special effects coordinator
 
Visual Effects by
Daniel Birnbaum .... digital compositor
Chris Bond .... visual effects supervisor: Frantic Films
Vanessa Cheung .... matte painter
Tim Christensen .... compositor: Frantic Films
Rachel Clement .... digital cleanup artist
Nick Fredin .... visual effects animator
Julius Friede .... digital intermediate colorist
Erik Henry .... visual effects supervisor
Jan Huybrechs .... 3D scanning: Eyetronics
Mike Jahnke .... animator
Sean Konrad .... lead compositor
Cynthia Maurer .... texture artist
Allan McKay .... visual effects technical director
Janet Muswell .... visual effects producer
Nicholas Nakadate .... visual effects technical director
Robert Schajer .... visual effects producer: Frantic Films
Alex Scollay .... visual effects artist
Jane Sharvina .... compositing supervisor: Frantic Films
Martha Soehendra .... compositor
Daniel C.J. Todd .... visual effects artist
Allen Tracy .... visual effects editor: Frantic Films Los Angeles
Robert Ward .... visual effects artist
Jeremy West .... 3D prop modeler
Denise Woodward .... render wrangler: Frantic Films
Radost Yonkova .... visual effects compositor: Frantic Films
 
Stunts
Alina Andrei .... stunt double
Alina Andrei .... stunts
Stanton Barrett .... stunt double
Annie Ellis .... stunt coordinator
Cheyenne Ellis .... stunt performer
John Gilbert .... stunts
G. Grant Jewett .... stunts
Teddy Martin .... stunt production assistant
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Brad Baker .... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Monica Barrios-Smith .... second assistant camera
Patrick Borowiak .... assistant camera
Cheyenne Ellis .... still photographer
Frank Godwin .... camera operator
Adam Hinson .... rigging gaffer
Mike Jones .... best boy electric
Teddy Martin .... camera production assistant
Erik Murphy .... best boy rigging grip
Alan Newcomb .... film loader
Cristiano Palermi .... lighting technician
Brad Peterman .... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Mark J. Rainsford .... grip (as Mark Rainsford)
Doug Robinson .... electrician
Art Schultz .... best boy rigging electric
Christian Shonts .... second assistant camera
Jennie Shope .... camera production assistant
Henry Tirl .... Steadicam operator
Sean Yaple .... second assistant camera
 
Casting Department
Tona B. Dahlquist .... extras casting
Tara Feldstein .... casting assistant
Jamie Hill .... extras casting assistant
Jennifer Ricchiazzi .... casting associate
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
John Bromell .... charge dresser
 
Editorial Department
Mindy Elliott .... first assistant editor
Alexander J. Harper .... post-production production assistant
Dennis Little .... digital intermediate production coordinator
Jon Pehlke .... on-line editor
Sarah Priestnall .... production supervisor Digital Intermediate
 
Transportation Department
Tina Del Castillo .... driver
Rick Parkinson .... transportation captain
John Rice Sr. .... transportation coordinator
 
Other crew
Allyson Abernethy .... production secretary
Lisa Arnone .... script supervisor
Prince Bagdasarian .... film and high definition coordinator
Richard S. Bellina .... construction medic
Erik Bright .... unit publicist
Chris Buchanan .... production assistant
Anthony Cam .... accounting clerk
Cody Chandler .... accounting intern
Kathleen Durkin .... assistant to director
Shawn Gillespie .... production accountant
Will Griffin .... production assistant
Bass Hampton .... location manager
Brian A. Hoffman .... set production assistant
Jennifer Irvine .... production coordinator
Bevin Jett .... assistant production coordinator
Jess L. Johnson .... location assistant
Jenne Lee .... set production assistant
Teddy Martin .... office intern
Teddy Martin .... set intern
Teddy Martin .... stand-in: male
Janet Melody .... textile artist
Robert A. Mitchell .... post-production accountant
Kelley Newman .... unit publicist
Tarah Phillippi .... assistant accountant
Janet Place .... production accountant
Stefan Rand .... set production assistant
Jacqueline Roberts .... payroll accountant
Kirsten Short .... assistant accountant
Kara B. Still .... script supervisor: second unit
Michelle R. Thomas .... assistant to producer
Ryen W. Thomas .... set production assistant
Justin Turner .... production assistant
Arturo Lopez Uscanga .... scanning manager
 
Thanks
Eddie Dubose .... thanks
 

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong horror violence and terror, disturbing images, language and brief nudity.
Runtime:
93 min
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Language:
Color:
Color (technicolor) | Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Filming Locations:

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Madison: It's the first week. It's always hard. more
Movie Connections:
References Jaws (1975) more

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12 out of 17 people found the following review useful.
I Would Like to Give My Suffering for Watching This Movie, 2 September 2008
4/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The teenager Madison McBride (Sarah Roemer) is traumatized by the loss of her deranged father when she was nine year–old and the suicide of her beloved brother Brandon one year ago. She decides to join the Richard Miller University, where Brandon committed suicide, to overcome her demons. While walking to her dorm, she meets the weird janitor Wilbur Mackey (Joe Inscoe) that tells her that the place is haunted. Madison befriends the recovering drug addicted Holt (Jake Muxworthy); the geek outcast String (Cody Kasch); the sexually abused Ivy (Ellen Hollman) and Maya (Carolina Garcia); and the joker athlete Tommy (Travis Van Winkle). All the schoolmates have traumas and the veteran Rez (Randall Sims) is responsible for them. String discovers in Internet that in 1935, their dorm together with an attached abandoned section was an asylum administrated by Dr. Magnus Burke (Mark Rolston) and considered a safe refugee for troubled teenagers with state-of-art treatment. However, in 1939, the interns uprose against the insane doctor, killing and disclosing the truth about his treatment. Sooner they find that their dorm is haunted by Dr. Burke that is seeking for tortured souls.

The lame "Asylum" is a forgettable collection of clichés that do not frighten or make laugh. The villain Dr. Burke slightly recalls Freddy Krueger with his sharp blades and bringing nightmarish memories to his victims. The characters are destroyed the same way they appear, without any development or care with the consequences. In accordance with the story, Mackey was eleven year-old in 1939. Therefore, in 2007, he would be seventy-nine year-old, still working and in an excellent shape. In the end, I would like to give my suffering for watching this terrible movie. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "Asylum – Não Estamos Sozinhos" ("Asylum – We Are not Alone")

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