Image Entertainment will
close out 2013 with the Dec. 31 DVD debut of Sanitarium, a three-tale
horror anthology — from three different directors — that is very much in the
spirit of those classic Amacus gems from the 1970s (The House That Dripped Blood
(1970), Tales from the Crypt (1972), Asylum (1972), Vault
of Horror (1973), etc.).
The connecting theme with
Sanitarium
involves Dr. Stenson (played to the hilt by Malcolm McDowell), who is the
psychiatrist overseeing the three patients whose stories comprise the bulk of
the narrative. Of course we begin to
suspect that he is as nutty as the people locked up there.
The first story in this
horror trip through the halls of hell is from director Bryan Ramirez (who
previously wrote and directed the multi-award-winning Mission Park) and
involves none other than John Glover as Gustav in the segment titled “Figuratively
Speaking.” It seems that he’s a
designer and model maker of up-scale dolls and, well, they have more or less
taken over his life by ordering him about.
In a nice spin on this
first creepy tale we have horror icon Robert Englund doing a sweet turn as his
manager who sees a multi-million dollar payday if he can convince Gustav to
part with his “friends.”
Next up is filmmaker
Bryan Ortiz’s segment titled “Monsters are Real” (Doctor S Battles the Sex Crazed
Reefer Zombies: The Movie), we have the case study of Steven (David
Mazouz — as Jake, Kiefer Sutherland’s son, in the Touch TV series), a
school kid who is convinced that he is being stalked by a mysterious hooded
stranger.
But, it all could just be
him acting out as a result of his father’s abuse (played by Chris Mulkey — The
Purge, Boardwalk Empire, Little Chenier, etc.), which his
teacher Ms. Lorne (Lacey Chabert — Mean Girls, Lost in Space) begins to
suspect and decides to pay a visit.
We all know what paying a visit to a crazy
person’s house involves … hiding your eyes!
The last segment, “Up to
the Last Man,” from director Kerry Valderrama (Garrison), gives Lou
Diamond Philips free reign as James Silo, a nut job who is convinced that
aliens are taking over the planet that has something to do with a Mayan
prophecy. In any case his initial
solution to the invasion is to dig out an underground bunker in his backyard
and go full-tilt survivalist.
Somehow, since we are
dealing with patients under the care of the good Dr. Stenson, that little plan
didn’t work out all that well — took quite the toll on his family (if you know
what I mean). But you know, Mr. Silo
might be right … maybe THEY ARE taking over!
Image Entertainment’s Sanitarium
will be a great way to ring in the New Year come the last street-date
Tuesday of 2013 (Dec. 31).
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