Clark (Joshua Leonard) is starting his first day of his internship at a mental institution. Things are looking up: the guy who runs the place (Lance Henriksen) was friends with his grandfather, and he'll be working closely with Jordan Ladd. Lucky guy, huh? Not quite. He quickly finds that the "terminally insane" are kept in a dungeon, staff members are sleeping with patients, the head nurse arms herself with a zapper, and everyone else denies the existence of the small boy he sees roaming the halls at night.
Overall, this is an average asylum(-cum-slasher) movie with some creepy imagery. It starts out very promising but it never really gets its feet off the ground and settles for absurdity in the second half. The performances aren't bad (it is nice to see a BWP cast member getting work--it looks like Leonard's home is going to be the low-budge horror world). Natasha Lyonne plays a patient in the hospital and she is a scene stealer, but she only has four scenes, accumulating maybe three minutes. Jordan Ladd is good but her character is a bit ridiculous--I can't get into it without giving spoilers. It is worth a rental if you like asylum horror.
My Rating: 5/10.
Overall, this is an average asylum(-cum-slasher) movie with some creepy imagery. It starts out very promising but it never really gets its feet off the ground and settles for absurdity in the second half. The performances aren't bad (it is nice to see a BWP cast member getting work--it looks like Leonard's home is going to be the low-budge horror world). Natasha Lyonne plays a patient in the hospital and she is a scene stealer, but she only has four scenes, accumulating maybe three minutes. Jordan Ladd is good but her character is a bit ridiculous--I can't get into it without giving spoilers. It is worth a rental if you like asylum horror.
My Rating: 5/10.