UHD Upgrade Sunday: Asylum (1972) Trailer

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In 1972, ‘The Studio That Dripped Blood’ brought together director Roy Ward Baker (DR. JEKYLL & SISTER HYDE, THE VAMPIRE LOVERS), screenwriter Robert Bloch (PSYCHO) and an all-star cast that includes Peter Cushing, Britt Ekland (THE WICKER MAN), Herbert Lom (MARK OF THE DEVIL), Patrick Magee (A CLOCKWORK ORANGE), Robert Powell (THE SURVIVOR) and Charlotte Rampling (THE NIGHT PORTER) for the classic The Spinning lmage calls “the most entertaining of Amicus’ portmanteaus,” now in UHD for the first time ever: Here inside the gates of Dunsmoor Asylum For The Incurably Insane, you’ll discover four disturbing tales of voodoo vengeance, murderous mannequins, psychotic ingénues, demonic dolls and one killer twist of an ending. Barry Morse (Space: 1999), Barbara Parkins (VALLEY OF THE DOLLS) and James Villiers (REPULSION) co-star in this “eclectic mix of thrills, chills and fun” (Classic Horror), scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with more than 2½ hours of Special Features that include an all-new interview with Robert Powell.

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Asylum (2008) Available January 16

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A group of beautiful young coeds discover that their dorm was once a mental hospital where unspeakable experiments were performed by a deranged physician trying to cure troubled teens. But now, the mad doctor’s ghost is back to continue his work…and he’s running out of patients! Sarah Roemer and Travis Van Winkle star in this spine-tingling thriller from cult director David R. Ellis.

STARRING: Sarah Roemer, Jake Muxworthy, Travis Van Winkle, Ellen Hollman, Carolina Garcia

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Asylum (2008) Available January 16

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A group of beautiful young coeds discover that their dorm was once a mental hospital where unspeakable experiments were performed by a deranged physician trying to cure troubled teens. But now, the mad doctor’s ghost is back to continue his work…and he’s running out of patients! Sarah Roemer and Travis Van Winkle star in this spine-tingling thriller from cult director David R. Ellis.

STARRING: Sarah Roemer, Jake Muxworthy, Travis Van Winkle, Ellen Hollman, Carolina Garcia

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Horror History: Friday, November 17, 1972: Asylum was released in US theaters

When Dr. Martin (Robert Powell) arrives at the Dunsmoor Asylum for the incurably insane, he expects to be interviewed by asylum director Dr. Starr. Instead he is met by Dr. Rutherford (Patrick Magee), who explains that Dr. Starr had suffered a mental breakdown and now is one of the patients. Dr. Rutherford decides that if Martin can deduce which one is really Dr. Starr, then he will be given the position. Is it Bonnie (Barbara Parkins), whose affair with a married man turns murderous? Is it Bruno (Barry Morse), a hardluck tailor visited by a mysterious stranger (Peter Cushing) with a blueprint and very special fabric for an unusual suit? Is it Barbara (Charlotte Rampling), accused of murdering her brother and her nurse but insisting that her friend Lucy (Britt Ekland) was responsible; Or is it Dr. Byron (Herbert Lom) who claims the ability to transfer collecting?

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