Contents.Plot (including cast list) Framing Story Dr Martin arrives at a secluded 'for the incurably insane' to be interviewed for a job by the wheelchair-bound, Lionel Rutherford. Rutherford explains that he owes his current incapacitation to an attack by an inmate.Rutherford reveals his unorthodox plan to determine Martin's suitability for the post of chief doctor.

The building used for the exterior and several interior shots as the 'asylum' of the title is the former 3rd West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum (later re-named High Royds Hospital) at Menston, West Yorkshire. The Asylum’s apocalyptic thriller BLACK SUMMER was the #1 scripted series on its release on Netflix. And its critically-acclaimed action-horror series, Z NATION, is one of SYFY’s longest-running and highest-rated. In 2018 the company launched The Asylum Movie.

One of the asylum's current inmates is Dr B. Starr, the former head of the asylum, who underwent a complete mental breakdown. Martin is to interview the inmates of the asylum to deduce which one is Dr Starr. If his choice is correct, Rutherford will 'consider' him for the post.The attendant Max Reynolds admits Martin through the security door to the inmates's solitary confinement cells, where he interviews each in turn.This story is loosely based on Bloch's short story,' first published in and adapted for television on.

– Dr Martin. – Dr Lionel Rutherford. – Max Reynolds'Frozen Fear' Bonnie recounts the plot to murder Ruth, the wealthy wife of her lover Walter. Ruth is a possessive heiress who studies. This results in horrific repercussions after Ruth's dead body has been dismembered and wrapped in individual parcels. – Bonnie.

– Ruth. – Walter'The Weird Tailor' Bruno recounts how poverty and impending eviction forced him to accept the unusual request of a Mr Smith to produce an elaborate suit of clothing from a mysterious, scintillating fabric that must be sewn only after midnight.After learning what the suit will be used for (it will reanimate Mr Smith's deceased son) and that Mr Smith has no money to pay the tailor, Bruno fights Smith and accidentally kills him. He returns with the unsold suit. His wife Anna uses the suit to adorn their store, and its true powers are revealed when the mannequin comes to life.This story was also earlier adapted as an episode of the -hosted television series ('The Weird Tailor', Season 2, Episode 4).

– Bruno. – Mr Smith. – Anna. – Stebbins.

– Otto the dummy'Lucy Comes To Stay' The ebullient Barbara informs Martin she has been in an asylum before. My time at portia trainer. After her release from that facility, she is closely monitored at home by her brother George and a nurse, Miss Higgins. This frustrated existence is relieved when her mischievous friend Lucy comes to visit. – Barbara. – Lucy.

– George. – Miss Higgins'Mannequins of Horror' Martin interviews Dr Byron, who holds Rutherford in contempt. Byron explains he is working towards transference with a small whose head is a likeness of his own, showing Martin several earlier models. Byron plans to 'will' his mannequin to life. He explains the interior of the robot is organic, a miniaturised version of his own.

Martin concludes his interview, and Max shows him downstairs to deliver his judgment to Rutherford.This story was later loosely adapted for the episode 'Mannequins of Horror'. – Dr Byron. – Asylum head nurse. – Asylum gatekeeper. – New housemanEpilogue Byron successfully brings his mannequin to life; it makes its way to Rutherford's office and kills him with a. Martin destroys the mannequin, which results in the death of Dr Byron, and seeks help.

Dr Starr's true identity is revealed: it is 'Max Reynolds', who had murdered the real Reynolds two days before. He then strangles Martin to death.Sometime later, a new candidate for the job arrives and is met by Dr Starr, who escorts him into the asylum.Critical reception 's review of the film was favourable: ' Asylum is a textbook example of the skill that Amicus Productions showed for producing entertaining horror anthology films.' Box office The film was one of Amicus' more popular movies at the UK box office. Despite this it was the last movie Robert Bloch wrote for the studio. Soundtrack Though is credited as having composed the music for this film, the majority of the score is drawn from pieces by, in particular (heard over the opening and closing credits). Selections from his are also used: 'Gnomus' is heard over both an early display of artworks depicting lunatics and past medical practices to deal with the insane, and during the sequence of Byron's mannequin coming to life and making its way downstairs.

The booming crescendo of 'The Hut on Hen's Legs' is heard over the sequence where the tailor's dummy is animated and rampages in Bruno's shop.DVD and Blu-ray release After years of releases using degraded 16mm (for TV) and old theatrical 35mm prints, the film finally received a deluxe DVD release in 2006 from Dark Sky Films. The DVD provides extensive special features including an by director Roy Ward Baker and cameraman Neil Binney, plus 'Inside the Fear Factory' (a featurette about Hammer rival Amicus Films), cast and crew bios, liner notes, trailers and a still photo gallery. The film was remastered from a pristine 35mm print.

In 2017 Severin Film released with film importing many of the extras from the Dark Sky Films DVD and added special features including an interview with Milton Subotsky's widow Fiona who discussed his life and the history of Amicus Films.References.