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Sanatorium

  • 2013
  • R
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
1.3K
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Sanatorium (2013)
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On New Year's Eve in 1955, Richard Howell, a patient at the Hillcrest Sanatorium, went on a bloody rampage, killing three children before he hanged himself.On New Year's Eve in 1955, Richard Howell, a patient at the Hillcrest Sanatorium, went on a bloody rampage, killing three children before he hanged himself.On New Year's Eve in 1955, Richard Howell, a patient at the Hillcrest Sanatorium, went on a bloody rampage, killing three children before he hanged himself.

  • Director
    • Brant Sersen
  • Writer
    • Brant Sersen
  • Stars
    • Ellen Bucciarelli
    • Michael Cruger
    • Jean Diller
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.9/10
    1.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Brant Sersen
    • Writer
      • Brant Sersen
    • Stars
      • Ellen Bucciarelli
      • Michael Cruger
      • Jean Diller
    • 17User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Ellen Bucciarelli
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    7fay_star

    Great Found Footage Low Budget Horror

    There are a lot of found footage horrors these days, and this isn't the best but is very far from the worst.

    The actors do a pretty decent job on what must have been a hard shoot, there is a great set and pretty well executed scares without trying to show too much.

    It's not the most original but does a decent job on a very low budget.

    Worth a watch in the dark over Halloween.
    5dracforever

    How about not pointing bright lights at the cameras?!

    Otherwise, not much, if anything, new here. Paranormal and found footage movies need to come up with something new and/or original instead of the same tired tropes. I've seen "reality" shows more engaging. I watched it through to the end hoping to not be disappointed. It's not a terrible watch for a low-budget flick but, I would only recommend it if you are in need of something to occupy your time or background noise.

    Why does IMDB require so many characters?! Wouldn't 250 be just as efficient? I'm not sure what else to say so, I'm just trying to meet the minimum requirement for this review..
    6agent7796

    Not bad.

    It's been done before, Grave Encounters springs to mind, but it's not bad for a low budget indie. I've seen worse, a lot worse, I've seen better, much better, this sits nicely in the middle ground, a reasonable plot, some scares, I little claret, worth a watch in my humble opinion.
    7dannymosquito

    I actually quite liked it! The average Imdb rating should really be higher.

    I thought this was actually pretty good for a found footage sort of film. Story was reasonable, acting was reasonable. Had some good scares. I think it's current imdb rating is fairly harsh and think its score should at the very least be a rating of 5 or above. I don't know what the people who gave this movie a really low rating were expecting... yes I admit, it doesn't have the same production value as the Ten Commandments or Oppenheimer or some movie like that, but it isnt the type of movie that needs to. I sometimes think people expect too much from these movies.

    Anyway I thought they did a really good job. Well done guys.
    6gemandeye1

    Nothing new but a satisfying ending for horror fans

    Truly nothing new in the found footage genre. After all these years it's getting to seem like they all blend together. This movie starts out like many before and is a bit monotonous at times as well as over dramatic. However, as the movie builds there are some quite good scenes to satisfy both the found footage fans and horror fans alike. This especially goes for the ending.

    Related interests

    Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)
    Horror
    Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974)
    Mystery
    Cho Yeo-jeong in Parasite (2019)
    Thriller

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      (at around 55 mins) The character who's doing the talking in front of the camera is demonstrating how the motion sensor works if anything should pass by it (an alarm sounds). But when the camera guy enters the room passing through the motion sensor, no alarm sounds.

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    • Release date
      • October 18, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Санаторий призраков
    • Production company
      • Goldmine Pictures
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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