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A young woman develops a taste for human blood after experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into blood-thirsty zombies, leading into a city-wide epidemic. Director David Cronenberg Stars Marilyn Chambers Frank Moore Terry Schonblum
- Bedlam (1946) | Mark Robson
- Don Juan Demarco (1994) | Jeremy Leven
- Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970) | Werner Herzog
- House of Fools (2002) | Andrei Konchalovsky
- Girl, Interrupted (1999) | James Mangold & Jonathan Kahn
- Unsane (2018) | Steven Soderbergh
- Dogra Magra (1988) | Toshio Matsumoto
- Brainstorm (2001) | Laís Bodanzky
- Session 9 (2001) | Brad Anderson
- I’m A Cyborg, But That’S OK (2006) | Park Chan-Wook
One of 18thcentury England’s greatest shame was the insane asylum, commonly referred to by Londoners as ‘Bedlam.’ Mark Robson’s horror thriller tracks the experiences of a spirited young girl, Nell’s (Anna Lee) efforts to expose the cruelty & reform ‘bedlam’. But, the sadistic Sims (Boris Karloff), running the asylum, commits the girl into the inst...
In Jeremy Leven’s oddball fantasy, Johnny Depp plays a delusional young man who is convinced that he is the world’s greatest lover, Don Juan. His magnetic eyes and steamy words make some women believe that, including the nurses at the psychiatric institution, he has been committed to (“Have you ever loved a woman until milk leaked from her?”asks Do...
Werner Herzog’s controversial picture is largely set inside the confines of an institution that’s situated in a small island town with a barren landscape. It doesn’t mention what kind of institution its inmates are rebelling against. Some interpret it as a penal institution, and some consider it a mental asylum. But that’s just one of the metaphori...
An anti-war allegory employing the inmates of an abandoned asylum is, of course, not a fresh cinematic subject. Philippe de Broca’s famous quirky comedy King of Richards (1966) is set in a deserted small town where the neglected inmates of a psychiatric institution take over the town. The scenario gets playful when a lone Scottish soldier is sent t...
American author Susanna Kaysen’s memoir relates her brief stay (during the 1960s) in a psychiatric hospital after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. In James Mangold’s movie adaptation, Winona Rydergives the powerful angst-ridden portrayal of Susanna, while Angelina Jolie plays the charming sociopath Lisa.
Steven Soderbergh’s taut iPhone-shot thriller, embellished with a yellowish color palette, perfectly brings out the dread of the central character stuck in a psychiatric institution. Claire Foy plays Sawyer Valentini, who moves and gets a new job to escape her stalker. But an unexpected turn of events leads Sawyer to be involuntarily committed to a...
Based on Yumeno Kyusaku’s famous novel, the movie version, directed by Toshio Matsumoto, deals with the experiences of a young insane man, Kure Ichiro, confined to an Eastern philosophy talking psychiatric doctors of a mental asylum. Like the young protagonist who killed his fiance on the day of marriage, we are also haunted by many unanswered ques...
Brazilian film-maker Lais Bodanzky’s painful docu-drama, similar to “Girl, Interrupted”, chronicles author Mr. Carrano’s stay in a hellish mental asylum for a detox program. Middle-class teenager Neto (Rodrigo Santaro—played as Xerxes in “300”) is a normal boy, but feels alienated from his family and hangs out with friends for music & drugs. The fa...
Brad Anderson’s horror/mystery is like his future work “The Machinist,” which is a peek into the dark side of human psychology. But, the majestic & rotting Danvers State Hospital plays a vital role in its protagonist’s sinistral downfall. It is almost inconceivable to think of the film’s effectiveness without the terrifying atmosphere of the asylum...
Acclaimed Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook’s offbeat romantic drama, set in a mental asylum, tells the story of Young-goon, who, driven crazy by her assembly line work, thinks of herself as a cyborg and tries to charge herself by plugging into the mains. In the mental hospital, she stubbornly refuses food in favor of a battery charge. In comes anoth...
- End Game (2018) Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, ‘End Game’ is a short documentary film. The movie revolves around Dr. Pantilat and other physicians’ efforts to challenge the orthodox perception of life and death so that patients fighting terminal illnesses can find meaning even in the last moment of life.
- Doctor G (2022) Ayushmann Khurrana is one of the few actors in the Indian film industry who is always willing to do offbeat films where grounded stories are the main star.
- Paddleton (2019) Mark Duplass and Ray Romano take us on a tour that is emotive and heartbreaking for its intimate nature. The Netflix original movie, ‘Paddleton’ follows the neighbors, played by Duplass and Romano.
- On Body and Soul (2017) ‘On Body and Soul’ is a poetic depiction of an enigmatic love story set against the backdrop of a depressing Budapest. When the older introvert, Endre, meets the new mysteriously shy recruit in the office, Maria, ‘On Body and Soul‘ takes a turn for a psychological journey.
A directionless teenager, Susanna, is rushed to Claymoore, a mental institution, after a supposed suicide attempt. There, she befriends a group of troubled women who deeply influence her life.
- 'Girl, Interrupted' (1999) Based on Susanna Kaysen’s memoir that details her experience in a psychiatric hospital following her diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, Girl, Interrupted delves into the resistance of help and idealizations of characters who refuse to accept their mental state is problematic.
- 'I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK' (2006) One of the most prominent filmmakers in South Korea who brought the world Snowpiercer, The Handmaiden, and The Vengeance Trilogy, Park Chan-wook is famous for his dark tone and sense of humor.
- 'Manic' (2001) A lesser-known film about psychiatric hospitals, Jordan Melamed’s Manic is not a movie to overlook. Instead, it should be celebrated for its raw attempts to showcase teen despair and the connections that can help them through tough times.
- 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' (1975) The hallmark of films that popularized the idea of institutionalization to the cinematographic world, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, based on the novel of the same name by Ken Kesey, is a must-watch for those who wish to take a journey with its characters.
Mar 22, 2015 · Sabina arrives at Burgholzi psychiatric hospital a hysterical mess. Through talk therapy with Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender), they discover that the source of her illness was derived from the trauma of being spanked by her father as a child and the shame she felt over the arousal she experienced during the act.
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Jan 9, 2019 · Whether you want to understand patients' lives outside the clinic, explore ethical quandaries, or analyze storytelling techniques, movies can provide an evocative window into the realities of the medical world. But what to watch first?
