Madhouse

"Let the insanity begin."

2004 1h 31m EN

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5.7

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★5.7TMDB · 159★5.4IMDB · 7,073

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Synopsis

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A young psychiatric intern unearths secrets about the mental health facility in which he works.

“Let the insanity begin.”

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Cast

Joshua Leonard
Clark Stevens
Jordan Ladd
Sara
Natasha Lyonne
Alice
Lance Henriksen
Dr. Franks
Dendrie Taylor
Nurse Hendricks
Leslie Jordan
Dr. Morton
Patrika Darbo
Betty
Christian Leffler
Drake

Credits

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Director: William Butler
Writers: William Butler, Aaron Strongoni
Languages: Russian, English
Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom, Romania

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1 / 8

ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Russian, English.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: United States of America, United Kingdom, Romania.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by William Butler, shot by Viorel Sergovici. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Alberto Caruso. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Stephen Semel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Joshua Leonard and Jordan Ladd and Natasha Lyonne carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Let the insanity begin.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

William Butler directs. Viorel Sergovici behind the camera. Alberto Caruso scores. Stephen Semel cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America, United Kingdom, Romania. Dialogue in Russian, English.

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1Released 22 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Russian, English.
3International production across 3 countries: United States of America, United Kingdom, Romania.
4Directed by William Butler, shot by Viorel Sergovici. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Alberto Caruso. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Stephen Semel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Joshua Leonard and Jordan Ladd and Natasha Lyonne carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Let the insanity begin.".
9IMDB entry: tt0363276 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Viorel Sergovici
Original score: Alberto Caruso
Editing: Stephen Semel
Production design: Radu Corciova
Costume design: Ioana Albaiu
Makeup / hair: Mariana Andreescu
VFX supervisor: Helena Packer
Sound: Claude Letessier
Stunt coordinator: Ciprian Dumitrașcu
Runtime: 91 min · 1h 31m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Madhouse (2004)
IMDB rating: 5.4/10 · 7,073 votes
MPAA: R
US box office: $21,036,771

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John Chard2014-01-11
★ 7/10
We all go a little crazy sometimes. Straight to DVD fare it may be, but it has some merit as a spooker to make it worth spending time with. Plot finds Joshua Leonard as a psychiatric intern who arrives at Cunningham Hall Mental Facility and quickly finds that all is not as it seems. It’s hardly an original concept, that of a mental asylum housing something sinister, either supernatural or of human origin, but director and co-writer William Butler has a good feel for a chilly atmosphere, while he’s not scrimping on the shocks and terrifying imagery either. The asylum is a suitably depressing place, unhealthily cold to look at and the patients milling about the place are the requisite hot-pot of sad cases and the disturbed. Then there is the basement ward, of course, where the extreme cases are kept in cells, and it looks like something straight out of Hades. Jordan Ladd is on hand for eye candy and romantic thread duties, and Lance Henriksen adds his horror weight to the role of Governor of Cunningham Hall. It’s all very competently performed and constructed, the screenplay full of killings, dark corridor peril, secrets and a curveball twist thrown in as well. It doesn’t push any boundaries, so searching for anything new here will only end up in disappointment. Yet it’s stylish and creepy enough to warrant a night in with the lights turned off. 6/10

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