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Don't Look in the Basement

Original title: The Forgotten
  • 19731973
  • RR
  • 1h 29m
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4.9/10
3.3K
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Don't Look in the Basement (1973)
A young psychiatric nurse goes to work at a lonesome asylum following a murder. There, she experiences varying degrees of torment from the patients.
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A young psychiatric nurse goes to work at a remote asylum following a murder. There, she experiences varying degrees of torment from the patients.A young psychiatric nurse goes to work at a remote asylum following a murder. There, she experiences varying degrees of torment from the patients.A young psychiatric nurse goes to work at a remote asylum following a murder. There, she experiences varying degrees of torment from the patients.
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3.3K
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  • Director
    • S.F. Brownrigg
  • Writers
    • Thomas Pope(uncredited)
    • Tim Pope
  • Stars
    • Bill McGhee
    • Jessie Lee Fulton
    • Robert Dracup
  • Director
    • S.F. Brownrigg
  • Writers
    • Thomas Pope(uncredited)
    • Tim Pope
  • Stars
    • Bill McGhee
    • Jessie Lee Fulton
    • Robert Dracup
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    • 127User reviews
    • 52Critic reviews
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    Bill McGhee
    Bill McGhee
    • Sam
    • (as William Bill McGhee)
    Jessie Lee Fulton
    Jessie Lee Fulton
    • Jane St. Claire
    Robert Dracup
    • Ray Daniels
    Harryette Warren
    • Jennifer D.
    Michael Harvey
    Michael Harvey
    • Dr. Stephens
    Jessie Kirby
    • Danny
    Hugh Feagin
    • Sgt. Jaffee
    Betty Chandler
    • Allyson King
    Camilla Carr
    • Harriet
    Gene Ross
    Gene Ross
    • Judge Oliver W. Cameron
    Annabelle Weenick
    Annabelle Weenick
    • Dr. Geraldine S. Masters
    • (as Anne MacAdams)
    Rosie Holotik
    Rosie Holotik
    • Nurse Charlotte Beale
    Rhea MacAdams
    Rhea MacAdams
    • Mrs. Callingham
    • Director
      • S.F. Brownrigg
    • Writers
      • Thomas Pope(uncredited)
      • Tim Pope
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    • Trivia
      This film was shot in 12 days on a budget of less than $100,000.
    • Goofs
      When the people are chopping someone up with axes, one of the heads of the axes fall off.
    • Quotes

      [Ray is fixing the asylum's telephone]

      Allyson King: You know, I used to live in this place where the phone man was always coming around.

      Ray Daniels: That bad, huh?

      Allyson King: Uh uh... that good.

      Ray Daniels: Oh, I thought that you meant that you'd had a lot of phone trouble.

      Allyson King: Hell, I didn't even have a phone!

    • Crazy credits
      The characters in the film are shown as the actor's/actress's name appears at the end of the film, including the murdered characters!
    • Alternate versions
      Once listed as a video nasty, the UK Stax (Boulevard) and Elstree Hill DVDs are now 15 rated and uncut, restoring the original cinema cut to a shot of an axe hitting a woman's bloody body.
    • Connections
      Edited into III Slices of Life (2010)

    User reviews127

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    7/10
    Surprisingly a creepy n entertaining film inspite of the micro budget n less known actors.
    I first saw this in the late 80s n was quite shocked. Revisited it recently aft knowing that ther is a sequel made after 40 years. During an unusual process of therapy, a lunatic patient lands an axe in a doc's back. Now a viewer may ask what kinda doc gives an axe to a mental patient in an asylum. Cos the doc believes that the best way to deal with insanity is to allow the patients to freely act out their realities in the hopes that they will snap out of it. Even aft the ghastly incident, our lunatics roam freely inside the sanitarium, of course it is situated in a secluded rural place. The unique thing about this film is that the title appears aft almost ten mins. The scene where Danny flirts with the nymphomaniac, touches her, praises her n the moment she gets naked.... his maniacal laughter is epic. The judge with his repetitive behavior of announcing judgements n his facial close ups is lol. The characters are interesting, the settings n feel claustrophobic n the twist predictable but the film creepily entertaining.
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    • Release date
      • September 1973 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Forgotten
    • Filming locations
      • Tehuacana, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Camera 2 Productions
      • Century Studios
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    • Budget
      • $100,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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