It's 'Shutter Island' in the Scottish Highlands with this initially intriguing, ultimately depressing Victorian-era madhouse drama.
Stonehearst Asylum
No one is what they seem.
2014 · 1h 52m · PG-13
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Brad Anderson
Overview
An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.
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Top critics, in their words
On the surface, Anderson seems to have all the necessary pieces for a surreal psycho pop. But the fear factor eludes him, leaving "Stonehearst Asylum" more insipid than insane.
All involved deserve better, particularly Poe.
Shockingly flabby ...
If you accept the grandly Gothic insanity here, there's a lot of fun to be had.
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