dr stephen ( micheal harvey ) run a mental asylum . he have a different approach to the insane . he conduct unorthodox method of treatment . he treat everyone like family and there be no lock on the patient door and he let some of the inmate act out their twisted fantasy . he let sergeant jaffee ( hugh feagin ) dress and act a a soldier and harriet ( camilla carr ) be a mother to a doll and include let her put it to bed in a cot . dr. stevens be outside let judge oliver w. cameron ( gene ross ) chop a log up with an axe and it turn out to be a bad move a once dr. stevens back be turn the judge plant the axe in his shoulder . soon after nurse charlotte beale ( rosie holotik ) arrive at the sanitarium have arrange an interview with dr. stevens about a possible job . she be meet by the head nurse and geraldine master ( annabelle weenick a anne mcadams ) and be offer a trail position . she get to know and become well like among the patient . however thing eventually start to turn sour and the phone line be cut and an old lady name mrs. callingham ( rhea macadam ) have her tongue cut out and she start to get a strange feeling that thing just aren not right somehow . then and one night all the sanitarium dark secret be violently reveal . produce and direct by s. f. brownrigg this film have a great central idea which build into a cool twist end and but ultimately be a bit of a chore to sit through because of it low budget restriction and a rather slow script by tim pope . there be just too many long boring stretch of dialogue by the inmate and not a lot really happen until the final twenty odd minute . the film have no real visual quality a it set entirely in the sanitarium and it ground which be basically just a big bland house in the middle of nowhere . there no graphic gore in it and a few splash of blood here and there and thats yer lot . there a bit of nudity and but like the gore not much . the acting be pretty strong and especially holotik and weenick . the photography be flat and unexciting and i can not even remember what the music be like . the twist end be great and but it just take far too long to get to it . a film that have a lot of potential that be probably hold back by it budget . ok i guess and but i think it would have work a lot well if the story have be turn into a half an hour tale form the crypt episode .