Product Details

• Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Charlie Weirauch, Jason Widener, Deborah Zoe, Roark Critchlow
• Directors: Thomas Elliott
• Writers: Llywelyn Jones
• Producers: Thomas Elliott, Jennifer Daly, Joy Czerwonky
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Velocity / Thinkfilm
• DVD Release Date: February 3, 2004
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000CBY0U
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #148,920 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Asylum Days" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars an interesting film, May 3, 2006

By	life of film - See all my reviews

I rather enjoyed this film. I'll not post any spoilers but to say the other reviewer is too much like most other reviewers - picking a film apart rather than simply suspending belief and enjoying a flick. Asylum Days has a very creepy feel throughout. It's not a great film, but it serves well enough for entertainment value.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Oh wow! That is one bad movie!, December 16, 2003

By	"mymantra" (Milpitas, CA USA) - See all my reviews

It's spectacular how truly bad this movie is. I watch a lot of movies: the slowest moving French movies are gripping in comparison. I even watched all through, always thinking: "it really can't be this bad, can it?"; well, yes, it really can and is that bad. It only gets worse the more you watch. Some of my favorite "bad" moments:

! spoiler (as if you need more warning) !

* psycho son-like-father moments including a touching spouse abuse that somehow got recorded for posterity in a family super-8 movie and provides nostalia for the boys

* cornball cop-talk that tries to be funny but comes off stupid like the pizza-maggot non-sequitor, the "I'll bet you she was kidnapped just because it advances the plot better" scene and the "I can't call for back-up 'cuz I'd rather get killed off than cry wolf" scene.

* the LA cop so stupid it seems a revelation that there might be connection between the asylum in LA and the heroine's kidnapping only *after* he completely reads a 6+ volume screenplay about how the heroine spent time in the same LA asylum

* goofball gas station lady who is paralytically afraid of the asylum, then denies killing anyone (unprovoked) to a cop and later eagerly jumps in another cop's car to escort him personally to asylum

* heroine finds a dead body (a policeman) and somehow knows to search it thoroughly to find his gun, despite never having seen him before or knowing he's a cop. He's lying on his back and the gun is in his back waistband!

* Rube-Goldberg decapitation climax that is still stunning in its utter contrivance

* despite abuse and kidnapping, heroine has a mushy moment with kidnapper (!!) that clearly is leading to intense romance in the second after the movie ends

It's only redeeming feature is that you can show it at a Bad Movie Party. Also good for cinema school classes to demonstrate all the ways to *not* make a movie.

1.0 out of 5 stars The absolute worst movie ever!, October 10, 2009

By	blucifixtion (Texas) - See all my reviews

Do not waste your time, money or brain cells by even inserting this movie into your DVD player. It's horrible in every way. I can't believe I actually paid $1 for this.