Asylum (also known as House of Crazies in subsequent US releases) is a 1972 British anthology horror film made by Amicus Productions. The film was directed by Roy Ward Baker and produced by Milton Subotsky. Robert Bloch wrote the script, adapting four of his own short stories.
Baker had considerable experience as a director of horror films, having made Quatermass and the Pit and Scars of Dracula. Bloch had written the novel Psycho, on which the film directed by Alfred Hitchcock was based
MPAA Rating: | PG |
Genre: | Horror |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Produced By: | Gustave M. Berne, Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky |
Directed By: | Roy Ward Baker |
Written By: | Robert Bloch |
Cast: | Sylvia Syms, Daniel Johns, Megs Jenkins, Herbert Lom, Frank Forsyth, John Franklyn-Robbins, Peter Cushing, James Villiers, Ann Firbank, Charlotte Rampling, Patrick Magee, Richard Todd, Barbara Parkins, Tony Wall, Geoffrey Bayldon, Sylvia Marriott, Barry Morse, Britt Ekland, Robert Powell |
In Theaters: | Nov 17, 1972 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 28 minutes |
Production: | Harbour Productions Limited, Amicus Productions |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |