Don’t Look in the Basement

1256-poster
release date November 30 1972
studio Alpha Video
director S.F. Brownrigg
writer Tim Pope
starring Bill McGhee, Jessie Lee Fulton, Robert Dracup, Harryette Warren, Michael Harvey
tagline To avoid fainting, repeat: "It's only a movie..."

Synopsis

Nurse Charlotte Beale arrives at the isolated Stephens Sanitarium to work, only to learn that Dr. Stephens was murdered by one of the patients and his successor, Dr. Geraldine Masters, is not very eager to take on new staff. Charlotte finds her job maddeningly hard as the patients torment and harass her at every turn, and she soon learns why Dr. Masters is so eager to keep outsiders out.

Official Review

Nurse Charlotte Beale accepts a position at Stephens Sanitarium, a groundbreaking mental health facility treating its patients with an experimental technique known as Obsession Development Theory. When she arrives at the hospital, the lovely young lady discovers that the inmates are quite literally running the asylum. …Read More

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Official Score: 2.5 / 5