Don't Look in the Basement

Original title:
The Forgotten

Written by:
Tim Pope

Directed by:
S.F. Brownrigg

Made in:
USA in 1973

Actors:
Bill McGhee .... Sam (as William Bill McGhee)
Jessie Lee Fulton .... Jane St. Claire
Robert Dracup .... Ray Daniels
Harryette Warren .... Jennifer D.
Michael Harvey .... Dr. Stephens
Jessie Kirby .... Danny
Hugh Feagin .... Sergeant Jaffee
Betty Chandler .... Allyson King
Camilla Carr .... Harriet
Gene Ross .... Judge Oliver W. Cameron
Annabelle Weenick .... Dr. Geraldine S. Masters (as Anne MacAdams)
Rosie Holotik .... Nurse Charlotte Beale
Rhea MacAdams .... Mrs. Callingham

Plot:
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 in charge and not very eager to have her working there. Charlotte finds her job hard as the patients torment and harass her at every turn. But that's only half of it as Charlotte slowly discovers that Dr. Masters is not who she says she is for the whole asylum has been taken over by the patients bent on murder and mayhem, and Masters turns out to be one of them. IMDB

Review:
Not for everyone. You have to be into old, badly acted movies like this to enjoy this one. The acting is decent, and the plot is good.

Banned in Iceland.

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