The asylum is an american independent film company and distributor that focuses on producing lowbudget, directtovideo films. The screenplay by kirsten mccallion is from a story by nispel. When they seek refuge inside the torched ruins of blackburn asylum they must fight to survive as the angry inhabitants slaughter the friends onebyone. Manysided entertainment company that has produced standalone commercials and advertising campaigns. Thai artist prapat jiwarangsans the asylum deals with the feeling of belonging. With a focus on highconcept, marketdriven entertainment, like the sharknado franchise and the popular black summer and z nation tv series, the asylum finances, produces and releases 25 films per year through its direct pipeline to the nations top retailers and its network of international partners. In it, we find a recent medical school grad taking up a position at a. The film which expands upon sipras original short film of the same title, was shot over several months in hong kong, with a cast and crew that included several. The asylum transplants you to triassic world and more mockbuster madness. Asylum films is a video and film production house based in. A young woman named eliza graves kate beckinsale is being paraded in front of a room of mental health experts.
Violence there are occasional scenes of strong violence, including some flashbacks to a military hospital in which bloodied severed limbs are lying around. In an effort to find help, the group rushes to escape, only to find themselves locked inside with no means of communication. The asylum s sequel zoombies 2 bringing the undead animals back to life later this month. A veteran hostage negotiators next call leads him to an overrun insane asylum. The asylum is an american independent film company and distributor that focuses on. The features on the program were both madefortv movies set on the planet mars and involving earthlings who have traveled there and are being menaced by the locals though in the first one, martian land, there arent any living martians and the menace is a giant, but highly unusual, sandstorm that is sweeping the planet. The asylums sequel zoombies 2 bringing the undead animals back to life later this month.
The company has produced titles that capitalize on productions by major studios, often using film titles and scripts very similar to those of current blockbusters in order to lure customers. The official facebook page of the asylum studios in burbank, ca. Asylum is a 2014 american horror comedy film directed by todor chapkanov and starring stephen rea, bruce payne, hristo shopov, and caroline ford. This is a slot thats usually given to the not so very good films, usually, howlers detention of the dead comes to mindbut the asylum defied all. Formerly known as backmask and known as exeter in the u. The asylum is one of the worlds leading brandoriented motion picture and television studios. Blackburn, also known as the blackburn asylum, was a 2016 film following five friends as they were on a road trip. It almost feels like session 9 albeit with teenagers but that soon unravels when it descends into slasherbased survival horror territory. Exeter wants to be the haunted asylumdemonic possession version of evil dead, but its black comedy isnt present enough to give it the dark edge it wishes.
Some 855 firsttime asylum seekers applied for protection in ireland between april and june 2015, bringing to 1,480 the total number of people to seek asylum in ireland in the first six months of. The untold chapter of anne franks story, and newly revealed archival materials provide us with a unique insight into otto franks desperate attempts to seek refuge for his family in the united states. Asylum is a horror film about a group of students who live in a dorm that was once part of an insane asylum. Apr 15, 2020 15 best movies set in a mental asylum. Asylum, a british drama by david mackenzie based on the novel by patrick mcgrath. During an allnight, drugfueled party at an abandoned asylum known for the horrific treatment of its patients, a group of ordinary teens decide to experiment with the occult, mysteriously leading to a violent possession. Review 2headed shark attack is a fun but flawed ride. Stonehearst asylum is a period thriller about a young doctor who takes a post at a remote asylum with hopes of helping a beautiful inmate.
Bound is a 2015 american erotic romantic thriller drama film written and directed by jared cohn and starring charisma carpenter and daniel baldwin. Sep 03, 2015 the films eyelid never comes all the way down on those aforementioned winks either, making for a nonplussed reaction regarding just how far the movie is in on its own joke. Oren peli beteiligt sich an dem filmprojekt stonehearst asylum jedoch weiterhin als produzent. Ireland takes 1,480 asylum applications in firsthalf 2015. A forest fire and rockslide trap five bickering college friends in a small alaskan ghost town with a horrifying history. Asylum 1996 tv series, a uk comedy series on paramount comedy channel. He soon finds that dark forces are pushing the patients to commit atrocities, and he may be the only one who can. With sarah lind, zack peladeau, emilie ullerup, calum worthy. From the director of friday the th and the texas chainsaw massacre and the producers of paranormal activity and insidious comes new horror. Nov 30, 2011 trailer for the 2005 drama asylum, based on the novel of the same name by patrick mcgrath. It stars stephen lang, kelly blatz, brittany curran, brett dier and gage golightly. The asylum was once the scene of gruesome procedures that were performed on patients by a deranged psychiatrist.
Oct 24, 2014 the opening scene of stonehearst asylum sets up a film that, sadly, doesnt follow. Yellow asylum films is one of irelands leading films and television production companies. Trailer for the 2005 drama asylum, based on the novel of the same name by patrick mcgrath. On their way to their destination, the road became blocked by a rock slide. Natasha richardson, ian mckellen, marton csokas, hugh bonneville, sean harris, joss. I first saw the film at this year film 4 glasgow frighfest part of the highly underrated glasgow film festival. A pond becomes an utopian sanctuary for a refugee boy from myanmar and a genial radio dj who lost her job when all red shirt radio stations were closed after the 2014 coup detat. They tried to backtrack, only to discover a forest fire had blocked their way back. The film was released to dvd in japan on april 4, 2014 and was released in the united states on june 2, 2015. Its an oft visited setting for many a horror film, especially when it comes to sequels. Mr productions focuses on telling stories hightlighting the resiliency and beauty of the human spirit through the lens of compassion in hopes of bringing.
The asylum is a teen horror from marcus nispel, director of the texas chainsaw massacre and friday the th remakes. While exploring a section of the dorm that has yet to be restored, they inadvertently awaken ghosts of the past, so to speak. The opening of the film is fairly strong for a teen movie with a mysterious plotline regarding the past of the asylum and its residents. Clever, wellacted, and entertainingly executed, stonehearst asylum is a nice under the radar psychological thriller piece. We take pride in our capacity to produce shows spanning the entire creative spectrum and are committed to making groundbreaking television, films and documentaries. Exeter titled the asylum in the uk is a 2015 american supernatural horror film directed by marcus nispel. It was founded in 1986 by writerdirector alan gilsenan and producer martin mahon to make an awardwinning film of a samuel beckett screenplay eh joe, which featured siobhan mckenna in her final performance. With the idea of damaged minds populating the halls of such institutions for years, many of them violent, its only natural that film makers took to the setting like moths to a flame. If you do youll help keep the this is horror ship afloat with some very welcome remuneration. Ahead of a refugee summit in berlin, the german government announced that its expecting asylum applications to reach 400,000 in 2015. Pages in category the asylum films the following 154 pages are in this category, out of 154 total. San andreas quake the asylum official trailer youtube. Audio asylum filmsdvd asylum movies from comedy to drama to your favorite hollyweird star. Stonehearst asylum british board of film classification.
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