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Sanitarium

2001 · 86 min

A slow, uneasy descent into institutional dread, where murky secrets and creeping paranoia keep you unsettled rather than shocked.

Tagline
The cure is deadlier than the disease
Overview
A generation ago, Dr Max Warick was researching a mysterious experimental drug which was scientifically proven to cure certain types of madness. But as the most deranged test subjects miraculously regained their sanity, the control patients, who were given no drugs at all, suffered horrific consequences. Because no one could find the cause of such deadly side effects, the experiments were stopped. But now twenty years later, a new set of hospital officials are about to release the drug into the marketplace. And the only man who can prevent this terror from eating away at the masses has since traded in his lab coat for a straight jacket.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • madness
  • science
  • corruption
  • conspiracy
  • guilt
Places
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror6
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
horror, mystery
Directed by
James Eaves, Johannes Roberts
Written by
James Eaves, Johannes Roberts
Starring
Jeremy Minns, Kate Copeland, John Webster, Harold Gasnier, Uri Geller, Jared Morgan, Azucena Duran, Andy Blacksmith
Music
Johannes Roberts
Runtime
86 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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