Review: Asylum
Robert Powell plays a doctor who applies for a job at an insane asylum. Asylum warden Patrick Magee tells him that the job is his so long as he can tell who among a select few of inmates is really the former asylum head, now gone mad. Each patient he meets tells him their story. ‘Frozen Fear’: Richard Todd plays a scheming, cheating husband who kills and chops up his wife so he can be with his mistress (Barbara Parkins). The wife’s body parts stored in the freezer don’t take kindly to this. ‘The Weird Tailor’: A cash-strapped tailor (Barry Morse) accepts a new gig from oddball Peter Cushing to make a suit for his son using a most peculiar material that seems to glow and only working at night. ‘Lucy Comes to Stay’: A disturbed woman (Charlotte Rampling) is released from an asylum to live with her brother (James Villiers). Her friend Lucy (Britt Ekland) turns up to cause homicidal trouble. ‘Mannikins of Horror’: An intense man (Herbert Lom) believes he has the power to will his being ins