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Insanitarium

  • Video
  • 2008
  • R
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
5K
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Jesse Metcalfe and Kiele Sanchez in Insanitarium (2008)
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After he's institutionalized in order to cover for his sister, a young man encounters a doctor who is turning his patients into flesh-eating psychopaths.After he's institutionalized in order to cover for his sister, a young man encounters a doctor who is turning his patients into flesh-eating psychopaths.After he's institutionalized in order to cover for his sister, a young man encounters a doctor who is turning his patients into flesh-eating psychopaths.

  • Director
    • Jeff Buhler
  • Writer
    • Jeff Buhler
  • Stars
    • Jesse Metcalfe
    • Kiele Sanchez
    • Peter Stormare
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.9/10
    5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jeff Buhler
    • Writer
      • Jeff Buhler
    • Stars
      • Jesse Metcalfe
      • Kiele Sanchez
      • Peter Stormare
    • 40User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Jesse Metcalfe
    Jesse Metcalfe
    • Jack
    Kiele Sanchez
    Kiele Sanchez
    • Lily
    Peter Stormare
    Peter Stormare
    • Dr. Gianetti
    Kevin Sussman
    Kevin Sussman
    • Dave
    Evan Parke
    Evan Parke
    • Charles
    Olivia Munn
    Olivia Munn
    • Nancy
    Carla Gallo
    Carla Gallo
    • Vera Downing
    Armin Shimerman
    Armin Shimerman
    • Hawthorne
    Lisa Arturo
    Lisa Arturo
    • Heather
    Kurt Caceres
    Kurt Caceres
    • Loomis
    Molly Bryant
    Molly Bryant
    • Nurse Henderson
    Dale Waddington
    Dale Waddington
    • Jack's Mother
    • (as Dale Waddington Horowitz)
    Mark Kelly
    Mark Kelly
    • Policeman
    Sharon Schaffer
    Sharon Schaffer
    • Policewoman
    Jeff Buhler
    Jeff Buhler
    • Paramedic #1
    Max Day
    • Paramedic #2
    Christopher Snow
    • BMX Kid #1
    Christopher Shea
    • Schizophrenic
    • (as Chris Shea)
    • Director
      • Jeff Buhler
    • Writer
      • Jeff Buhler
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    User reviews40

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    4FntiC

    Very disappointing

    I thought this movie would be average .. maybe good .. because of Peter Stormare. But it was extremely disappointing. The plot is very awkward and many parts are missing logic.

    The first 20mins are promising because of the creepy atmosphere. Good music and quiet believable characters. But then the story turns from "that could be interesting" to "please not the flesh-eating-zombies again". After the first half it is getting worse. We all know the music from 28 weeks later. You have seen stuff like this a thousand times before and this one isn't very original.

    4/10 because they tried it.
    Kirpianuscus

    piece from commercial genre

    one of minor horrors . clichés, blood, few good performances, dark secrets and the sacrifice of good guy for a noble cause. the film made for the fans of actors, for a precise public - B films are defined by it -, for memories - One Flew over the the cuckoos nest is the first reference - and a lot of insignificant horrors . only interesting, maybe, the first part, who falls in a chaotic story about truth. survive, love and few heroic scenes. nothing more. only a run and well known themes. and the hope to understand a sketch who propose a cast who must imitate the acting. the image of mad doctor and courageous young man are axis of a return to "50 horrors but, against the good intentions, the result is far to be reasonable.
    4JoeB131

    Cuckoo's Nest Meets Living Dead

    The premise of this movie is that a man gets himself committed to an insane asylum to rescue his suicidal sister. What he finds is that a mad doctor is injecting his patients with a new nano-tech drug that turns patients into cannibal vampire killers. This is the setup that allows about two hours of unremitting gore.

    The saddest thing about this is the participation of Armin Shimmerman of Star Trek. He's actually a good actor, and he spends all of his four scenes on the same set. They probably only had him for a day, and had to work him into the otherwise meaningless plot.

    It's not a great movie, it's typical of its genre. It has some interesting performances and some good production values, but honestly, I didn't really care about the characters and don't see a reason for you to.
    Vincentiu

    for fans

    for fans of genre. for the fans of actors. and only for them. because the film gives nothing new, interesting or unpredictable. the good guy victim of dark plan, the fight for survive, the experiment and the end who preserves possibility of the second part. Peter Stormare and Jesse Metcalfe looking transforms the roles in credible ones, a script far to be generous but inspired to use large area of dark hospitals, zombies and mad doctor, blood, metamorphoses, the end of terror who is only first step of the second. nothing original. but not the worst piece of genre. the recipes is the same - well known actors and a poor /conventional script. so, a film for the fans.
    7HumanoidOfFlesh

    Cannibal feast in a mental hospital.

    After his mother died our hero Jack was forced to have his sister Lilly committed to asylum because she began to struggle with suicidal thoughts and became a danger to herself.In order to get close to Lilly,Jack fakes insanity to get committed to the same asylum.Doctor Gianetti,who runs mental ward,created a new drug called Orpheum which turns crazies into cannibalistic killers with the urge to butchery.The plot of "Insanitarium" is routine and silly with tons of corny one-liners,but this has to be one of the goriest horror films I have seen during last few months.The acting is pretty decent and the blood flows in spades with severed limbs,impalements and decapitations painting the screen red.Overall,"Insanitarium" has enough goods to recommend it for fans of blood-drenched horror.

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      First feature film directed by Jeff Buhler.
    • Quotes

      Heather: Don't you think I'm pretty?

      Jack: You're a fucking knockout.

    • Connections
      Referenced in In Praise of Shadows: The History of Insane Asylums and Horror Movies (2022)

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    • Release date
      • July 15, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 恐怖食人院
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • BenderSpink
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      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 29m(89 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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