Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Asylum of Satan (1972)

I'm kind of a sucker for '70s movies set in mental hospitals and - throw in some Satan for good measure - and you got my attention. "Asylum of Satan" isn't a good film by any stretch of the imagination and maybe I was just in a good mood when I watched it (which is weird considering I watched this sometime around one in the afternoon, stone sober...), but I kind of enjoyed it more than I feel it deserves.

Simple premise involving a woman who wakes up in a funny farm run by a Satanic cult leader who needs her for a sacrifice, all while her fiance is struggling to gain access to the mysteriously impregnable facility. A few of the other handicapped patients are killed off along the way and we round things out with a paper-mache devil creature...

This thing is cheezy all around - from the shitty looking bugs pulled on fishing line, to rubber snakes attacking a blind chick in a swimming pool, horrible looking fake facial hair and the aforementioned homemade Satan monster at the end. At the same time, it's oddly watchable if you're in the mood to not be too impressed and just laugh at something goofy. Moderately recommended to drive-in trash fans.

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