Director: Brad Anderson
Writers: Joe Gagemi
Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Kingsley, Michael Caine, Jim Sturgess
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Synopsis: A couple of days before Christmas in 1899, the Oxford new graduate Dr.
Edward Newgate arrives at the Stonehearst Asylum to complete training
for his specialty of asylum medicine. He is met by armed men who take
him to Dr. Silas Lamb, who welcomes his help and takes him under his
wing. Edward is shocked to see the methods that Dr Lamb uses to run this
asylum. He becomes infatuated with Eliza Graves, one of the patients
who is a lady of status and does not seem to belong. One night, Edward
overhears a knocking from the bowels of the facility and is shocked to
find that everything is not as it seems in this place and that his
uneasy feelings may be justified. What will Edward Choose?Why We Suggest It: The twists and turns of this film are only matched by the halls of the asylum that this film takes place in. Sir Ben Kingsley and Jim Sturgess both give wonderful performances as medical doctors in the insane asylum, where the staff where make you wonder if their methods aren't just as crazy as the patients. This movie is both entertaining and engrossing as things in the asylum aren't as they always seem. A star studded cast that includes, Brendan Gleeson, Kate Beckinsale, and Michael Caine greatly serve this atmospheric tale, taken from Edgar Allen Poe, make this one will give Shutter Island a run for its money in the creepy Asylum genre.
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