Madhouse (2004)

A young psychiatric intern unearths secrets about the mental health facility in which he works.

Director:

William Butler

Writers:

William Butler (story), Aaron Strongoni (story)

Stars:

Joshua Leonard, Jordan Ladd, Natasha Lyonne

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joshua Leonard	...	Clark Stevens
Jordan Ladd	...	Sara
Natasha Lyonne	...	Alice
Lance Henriksen	...	Dr. Franks
Dendrie Taylor	...	Nurse Hendricks
Leslie Jordan	...	Dr. Morton
Patrika Darbo	...	Betty
Christian Leffler	...	Drake
Newell Alexander	...	Dr. Douglas
Dan Callahan	...	Dr. Hendricks
Mark Holton	...	Mr.Hansen
Aaron Strongoni	...	Carl
Todd Stites	...	Trannie
Rosemary Alexander	...	Grace
Muffy Bolding	...	Polly Bond

Storyline

The psychiatric intern Clark Stevens comes to Cunningham Hall, a mental healthy facility administrated by Dr. Franks, for a training period before his graduation in medical college. He gets close to the resident Sara and to Ben London, a dangerous patient lodged in cell 44 in the basement of the clinic. Clark becomes intrigued with a boy, who seems to be a ghost, and finds that Dr. Franks does not use real medication in the patients. A further investigation shows hidden dark secrets in the clinic.

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Plot Keywords:

medication | ghost | madhouse | mental patient | defibrillation | 

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Taglines:

Let the insanity begin.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong horror violence/gore and some sexuality

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 July 2004 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Ludnica

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$19,737 (Hong Kong) (29 October 2004)

Gross:

$19,737 (Hong Kong) (29 October 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lakeshore Entertainment, Lakeshore International, Madhouse Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min 91 min (Fantasy Fim Fest) 87 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The drug "Risperdex" mentioned in the movie is reference to the real drug Risperdal. However, Risperdal is an antipsychotic, not an antidepressant.

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Goofs

When Clark is first in Dr. Franks office, he looks over the books on the shelf. One of them is labeled "Psychoterapy Pratctices" by Dr. Jess Williams." Obviously it should be spelled "Psychotherapy Practices."

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Connections

References Wheel of Fortune (1983)

User Reviews

S10 Reviews: Madhouse (2004)

Clark (Joshua Leonard) is a young and idealistic new intern at a run-down and out-dated mental health facility. His aspirations for cleaning the place hit a snag when he butts heads with Dr. Franks (Lance Henrikson) who seems to not mind that the patients never seem to get any better. Shortly Clark begins seeing things and death and mayhem invade the reality of the "Madhouse". Together Clark and Sara must uncover who or what it is that stalks the asylum and survive the massacre.

"Madhouse" is a slick-looking production. Nicely filmed and directed it adds some nice visual pizazz to a relatively standard script. The three leads are all veterans of horror films and do very well in their parts. Excellent sound design and above-average photography make "Madhouse" a solid horror-thriller.