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Don't Look in the Basement
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Overview

User Rating:
4.8/10   1,070 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Tim Pope (writer)
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Release Date:
September 1973 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Day The Insane Took Over The Asylum! more
Plot:
A young psychiatric nurse goes to work at a lonesome asylum following a murder. There, she experiences varying degrees of torment from the patients. full summary | full synopsis
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(4 articles)
User Comments:
Prepare to scream!!! more (79 total)

Cast

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Bill McGhee ... Sam (as William Bill McGhee)
Jessie Lee Fulton ... Jane St. Claire
Robert Dracup ... Ray Daniels
Harryette Warren ... Jennifer D.
Michael Harvey ... Dr. Stephens
Jessie Kirby ... Danny
Hugh Feagin ... Sergeant Jaffee
Betty Chandler ... Allyson King
Camilla Carr ... Harriet
Gene Ross ... Judge Oliver W. Cameron
Annabelle Weenick ... Dr. Geraldine S. Masters (as Anne MacAdams)
Rosie Holotik ... Nurse Charlotte Beale
Rhea MacAdams ... Mrs. Callingham
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Directed by
S.F. Brownrigg 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Thomas Pope  uncredited
Tim Pope  writer

Produced by
S.F. Brownrigg .... producer
Walter L. Krusz .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Robert Farrar 
 
Cinematography by
Robert B. Alcott  (as Robert Alcott)
 
Film Editing by
Jerry Caraway 
 
Art Direction by
Lynda Pendleton 
 
Makeup Department
Jill Esmond .... makeup artist
Jackie Hughes .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
John Jacobie .... unit manager
 
Sound Department
Brian H. Hooper .... sound effects (as Brian Hooper)
Edward Motteram .... sound
 
Special Effects by
Jack Bennett .... special effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Bethea .... grip
David Cejka .... assistant camera
Robert Dracup .... gaffer
Dale Johnson .... camera operator
Doug Reynolds .... grip
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Florence Baker .... wardrobe
 
Editorial Department
Lynn Lenau .... assistant editor
 
Other crew
Joe Copeland .... location coordinator
Joe Eakin .... location coordinator
C.J. Feagin .... continuity
Calvin Praytor .... location coordinator
Annabelle Weenick .... production coordinator
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Death Ward #13 (USA) (alternative title)
Don't Go in the Basement (UK) (video box title)
The Forgotten
De sinnssykes redselshus (Norway) (video box title) [no]
Non guardare in cantina (Italy) [it]
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Runtime:
89 min | Australia:92 min
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Certification:
Australia:R | Iceland:(Banned) | Norway:18 (video premiere) | UK:X (1977) | USA:R | UK:15 (DVD rating)
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Trivia:
This film was shot in 12 days on a budget of less than $100,000. more
Quotes:
Mrs. Callingham: Up the airy mountain, down the rushy glen, we dare not go a hunting, for fear of little men! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Grave Danger (2009) more

FAQ

Is this available on DVD?
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9 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Prepare to scream!!!, 18 January 1999
7/10
Author: Jason C. Atwood from Suffolk, Virginia

You'll either love or hate movies such as this thriller set inside a lonesome asylum in a far off lonesome land. It's not so much of a horror show, but a concoction of frightening imageries and wackozoid mental patients. "Scream" is the best term to use in what was obviously a popular drive-in classic noted for some strange and wicked behaviors. Notice the "judge", who's about to put on the ax from behind the doctor! Brr-r-r-r!!! Not much else can be described here other than some bloody tasty goodness, but when you get a chance, remember the familiar old saying by the hag lady: "Get out! Get out! And never ever come back!". Don't you wish you haven't looked in the basement?

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