cjs6547 This movie is a showcase for 6, or if you count the last boring one, seven short stories portrayed through film. Only the second short story was somewhat interesting. I have to agree with plastic-wrap guy, that nightmare would give me an unnatural fear of plastic-wrap too!The doctor has good acting and nice delivery, and even though he's being mean to everyone you don't completely hate him. Him and the plastic-wrap guy are the only note-worthy actors in this movie.The remaining 6 stories are quite poor - they really scraped the bottom of the barrel for material on those. The problem is the writing. Whoever wrote or produced this was really bent on getting the mental-patient angle (and that IS a fascinating angle) but not when you don't have an interesting story or any research that goes into it! They should have stuck with the plastic-wrap story, made that into a short film, or even a feature length one with some Halloween hilarity!4/10

sckala I can honestly say that this is the worst film I've ever seen in my life. The only reason I watched it till the end was due to the fact that the trailer gave me some hope! Dialogue was terrible, acting was terrible, story was terrible. It was a very very very poor mans shutter island.It's like the director got the most basic horror film elements (zombies, vampires, demons, murderers) and tried to cram them all into a 2 hour film.The whole mental institution idea and the patients being connected had the potential to be a really good film, but it was so poorly executed that it was actually embarrassing to watch.So many loose ends that were never tied up. I can't stress enough just how bad every aspect of this film is.

jackmeat My quick rating - 5,5/10. One of a few problems with anthology movies is they tend to have good episodes, and bad episodes. Just like anything else. This can also be good since you will have different audiences viewing the material and one or two bad doesn't pull you completely out of the entire movie. So this story is seen through the analysis of a doctor/writer (wonderful as always, Michael Ironside) interviewing patients of a mental hospital to get the "real" feeling of the crimes that got them locked up. Without breaking each down, they each are stories of various insanity levels that don't ever go over the top but are able to get just enough of a response for you and Ironside to to get a feeling of them. This is not done through cheap scare tactics but conveyed through quality performances from the actors/actresses. I would also not being doing justice without pointing out the astounding part played by Alfie Allen. I was also partial to the little girl in her segment, what a little brat. Anyway, the stories were adequate, some better then others, and none outstanding. Another positive note, they were able to tie the whole thing together in the end.

Frantic Phil The movie starts out like a cool story: we have a big shot doctor who is tackling every patient in this run-down mental institution. We have good actors, some more known than others, but even the lesser known actors do a good job here. The visuals and SFX are very good. The colors, lights, grading, sound effects, special effects, gore. It's all there. So why the 4/10 score?The movie lacks everything else. It lacks the SSS: Sense, substance and scares.This review is chaotic, I know, but still not as chaotic and rushed as this film was. The movie doesn't know if it wants to be a comedy, horror, sci-fi, drama. It just goes in circles and never seems to fit anywhere.I honestly wanted it to end halfway through, but once it ended I was even more like "seriously.....?" Nope. That's not how you end a (boring) movie.Don't watch it. Just let it be.If you want scares, turn off the lights, put your headphones on and rent The Babadook.