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September 1973 (USA) moreTagline:
The Day The Insane Took Over The Asylum! morePlot:
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 synopsisNewsDesk:
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Don’t Look in the Basement Remake Postponed (From HorrorYearbook. 23 October 2009, 6:46 AM, PDT)
Don’t Look in the Basement Getting the Remake Treatment
(From Dread Central. 8 March 2009, 5:21 PM, PDT)
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Why? It's a nice basement. more (78 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast) | 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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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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89 min | Australia:92 minCountry:
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Australia:R | Iceland:(Banned) | Norway:18 (video premiere) | UK:X (1977) | USA:R | UK:15 (DVD rating)Filming Locations:
Tehuacana, Texas, USAFun Stuff
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The UK cinema version was cut by the BBFC to remove a closeup shot of an axe blow to a woman's body and the film later found itself on the banned list of video nasties. The cut version was released on the UK HHO label in 2005 and the full uncut version (now rated 15) was released on the Stax label later the same year. moreQuotes:
[repeated line]Judge Oliver W. Cameron: My name is... Oliver... W... Cameron. Juror's consult. Abjudicator of the court of appeals. Doctor of jurisprudence.
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S.F. Brownrigg is surely one of the most overlooked directors in the slasher genre with Basement being his masterwork. The plot concerns a young nurse (Playboy covergirl Rosie Holotik) who takes a job at a secluded mental hospital. Upon her arrival, it transpires that her employer has been killed by one of the patients and the place is now being run by strict disciplinarian, Dr Masters. Make no mistake, this is a horribly under-staffed operation. The lunatics truly are taking over the asylum and you really have to feel for the young nurse. Tough first gig. The basement figures only very briefly and towards the end of film. It is, in fact, the safest place in the house because the rest of the place is pure madness. I can only assume that Don't Look in the Basement was perhaps an afterthought as a title, possibly forced on the film by the backers to make it sound more scary as the title card appears to have been dropped in arbitrarily and does not match the other titles. Scenes worth watching for are the Judge attacking the doctor with an axe and a broken rubber knife in the final bloodbath. Forget One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. This is the stuff.