Insanitarium (2008)

Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Brilliant and touching

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Written and directed by Jeff Buhler, it stars Jesse Metcalfe, Kiele Sanchez, Kevin Sussman and Peter Stormare.After the untimely death of her mother, Lily attempts suicide and is committed to a mental health institution. Her brother, Jack, gets himself committed so as to break his sister out of the facility, but what he finds within those walls is sheer horrifying carnage.You don't need me to point up all the films that this uses as influences, this is pure and simple a bloody zombie/infected based movie, with some sturdy young and attractive actors trying to survive as they strive to escape the madness! Cast are fine and full of guts, with Stormare let loose by the director to instill the head doctor with mania/ego unbound.It takes a while to get going, but fans of blood and gore aplenty are well catered for in the second half of film. The setting of an asylum is also a plus (filmed at RFK Memorial Hospital, Hawthorne, California) and with Stormare on mean - mad - overdrive, this is far from bottom of the barrel stuff. 6/10

Insanitarium was a surprisingly good movie. It started out a little slow and the acting was cheesy at the beginning. The whole idea of faking insanity to get into a sanitarium seemed extremely un-likely, but oh well.It got good! Nancy was a very pretty nurse in the movie. Jesse Metcalfe did an excellent job. It was full of action and suspense and definitely keeps your heart going.There were quite a few very gruesome moments .... drinking a cats blood and eating peoples limbs while they are alive made my stomach quiver a little bit.Good special effects, great acting and a lot of action. A horror movie I give a thumbs up!

One of the worst flicks I've seen in a long time. A stolen plot from TV's Prison Break that even features actors from the show! Instead of prison it's an insane asylum and instead of saving his brother it's his sister.Shameful rip off with some incredibly poor acting. The rest of the "Plot" is stereotyped from every bad crazy people exploitation movie ever made -- including the sex crazed hunny with giant implants.It's an insulting mess.If if was done in a campy sort of way, perhaps there would be some funny moments to capture our interest, but it's not.It's done as a straight forward horror movie and it simply doesn't work in the slightest.Stay away at all costs!

Insanitarium is the best b-movie I have seen ever, and I'm dead serious, no pun intended. The film's strongest point was the storyline. Executed perfectly, not your usual cliché' "kids break into sanitarium for lol's." A young man cons his way into a sanitarium to see his mentally-ill suicidal sister. It is very interesting and grabs you from the start, from here, the movie just roars uphill.Insanitarium's death scenes will leave gore hounds, like myself, crying in awe. Some of this stuff was really awesome. (Ex: Arm broken and torn off.) This is a very well crafted movie and is worth your money.8/10.