After he's institutionalized in order to cover for his sister, a young man encounters a doctor who is turning his patients into flesh-eating psychopaths.
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Title: Insanitarium (Video 2008)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jesse Metcalfe | ... | Jack | |
| Kiele Sanchez | ... | Lily | |
| Peter Stormare | ... | Dr. Gianetti | |
| Kevin Sussman | ... | Dave | |
| Evan Parke | ... | Charles | |
| Olivia Munn | ... | Nancy | |
| Carla Gallo | ... | Vera Downing | |
| Armin Shimerman | ... | Hawthorne | |
| Lisa Arturo | ... | Heather | |
| Kurt Caceres | ... | Loomis | |
| Molly Bryant | ... | Nurse Henderson | |
| Dale Waddington | ... | Jack's Mother (as Dale Waddington Horowitz) | |
| Mark Kelly | ... | Policeman | |
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Sharon Schaffer | ... | Policewoman |
| Jeff Buhler | ... | Paramedic #1 | |
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Metcalfe will play a man who pretends to be crazy in order to save his sister (Sanchez) from being involuntarily hospitalized. Once inside the institute, the siblings discover that a doctor (Stormare) is using his patients like lab rats, forcing them to take a drug that turns them into flesh-eating psychopaths. Written by Anonymous
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The only sister of Jack (Jesse Metcalfe), Lily Romero (Kiele Sanchez), tries to commit suicide after the death of their mother. Jack is in despair since Lily is sent to a mental institution and Jack is not allowed to visit her. Jack pretends to be insane and is arrested and sent to the same asylum with the intention of rescuing Lily from the place.
Sooner Jack learns that the administrator, Dr. Gianetti (Peter Stormare), is a deranged scientist that is using the patients like guinea pigs, forcing them to use the experimental drug Orpheus. Further, the side effect is turning patients and staff into flesh-eating zombies. But Lily and Jack are trapped in the mental institution and there is no way out for them.
"Insanitarium" has the absurd premise of a sane man that pretends to be lunatic to meet his sister that is institutionalized in an asylum. Jack does not seek the justice, but acts like a crazy man instead.
Out of the blue, the plot turns into a gory and funny dementia, splashing blood everywhere like in the trash "Braindead" and other zombie films. In the end, despite the stupid story, I found it funny and entertaining for fans of the genre. My vote is four.
Title (Brazil): "Insanatório - Quem Entra, Não Sai" ("Insanitarium – Who Gets In, does not Get Out")