Synopsis
In 19th century Baltimore, Isabel Porter, a girl stricken with grief from her parents' untimely death, voluntarily checks herself into the Rosewood Institute. Subjected to bizarre and increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control, she must escape the clutches of the Rosewood and exact her revenge, or else be forever lost.
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Director & Writers
James Franco
Director
Pamela Romanowsky
Director
Matt Rager
Writer
Adam Rager
Writer
Cast
James Franco
Dr. Cairn
Joe Pease
Roderick Porter
Scott Haze
Gunther
Lori Singer
Madame Werner
Amber Viera
Margaret
Val Lauren
Dr. Jacobs
Zoë Bleu Sidel
Lucy
Gabrielle Haugh
Allison
Cynthia Murell
Clara Barnes
Allie Gallerani
Isabel Porter
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