An Oxford graduate takes up a job in a mental asylum, only to discover that the "revolutionary" new treatments are inhumane, and that there is more going on than meets the eye.An Oxford graduate takes up a job in a mental asylum, only to discover that the "revolutionary" new treatments are inhumane, and that there is more going on than meets the eye.An Oxford graduate takes up a job in a mental asylum, only to discover that the "revolutionary" new treatments are inhumane, and that there is more going on than meets the eye.
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- TriviaThe movie is based on short story written in 1844 by Edgar Allan Poe, "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether".
- GoofsJudging by the width of the table at the dinner scene, it was almost improbable for Eliza to easily boot Edward who is sitting across the table.
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Edward Newgate: You're mad!
Silas Lamb: We're all mad Dr. Newgate. Some are simply not mad enough to admit it.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Making of 'Stonehearst Asylum' (2014)
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Performed by Arthur Collins and Byron C. Harlan
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A movie that is good & worth seeing but with this cast it should have been better. I can see why it wasn't a big release.
"Believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see." Edward Newgate (Sturgess) has just graduated medical school and takes a job at a mental institution. When he gets to know his fellow doctors he isn't sure what to think. Little by little he begins to uncover secrets about the asylum and the more he finds out the stranger things seem. This was a good movie but at the same time it was also disappointing. I liked the idea of this and the twists were perfect and placed at the right time. None of them seemed too far fetched, but that also could have been because the movies was about an insane asylum. With a cast like this however I was expecting something a little bit better. Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Kingsly and Michael Caine are all big name actors but the movie never rose to their level. This is a movie that is worth watching but it's best to temper your expectations when you see the cast. Overall, a movie that is good and worth seeing but with this cast I feel it could have been better. I can see why it wasn't a big theater release. I give this a disappointing B-.
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- Nov 4, 2014
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- Gross worldwide
- $2,478,806
- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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