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Dark Asylum

2001, Movie, R, 96 mins

Dark Asylum: Review

DARK ASYLUM
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Although its characters often place themselves in needless jeopardy, this made-for-cable nuthouse flick squeezes out enough frissons to compensate. A serial killer nicknamed "The Trasher" (Larry Drake) terrorizes the city but never leaves a corpse behind. The cops finally figure out that the madman's lair lies in the city's sewer system, which provides is both his dumping ground and his escape route. The police apprehend The Trasher and place him temporarily in Crestmore, a maximum-security asylum that will soon close its doors forever. Meanwhile, psychiatrist Maggie Belham (Paulina Porizkova) is planning to spend a quiet evening with her mother and daughter, until she receives a desperate phone call from former colleague Dr. Fallon, (Jurgen Prochnow), who now works at Crestmore Asylum. Hoping to enhance his reputation by interviewing The Trasher, the soon-to-be unemployed Fallon requests the benefit of Maggie's expertise in serial-murder cases. The Trasher has other plans. While Maggie watches from behind a two-way mirror, Fallon questions the hulking monster and gains fatal knowledge of The Trasher's methods. Once Fallon has fallen, the crazed slayer kills asylum guards, orderlies and cops, only to find his escape plan hampered by an automatic security system that seals off the floor when there's an emergency. The bad news is that Maggie is also trapped, and has only a single ally: the institution's sole resident, a daft soul named Quitz (Judd Nelson), who knows the facility inside and out. While eluding the Trasher, Maggie finds herself wondering about the extent of Quitz's mental instability. The apparently unstoppable Trasher eventually finally finds his way out and, livid at Maggie's uncooperative actions, kidnaps her daughter and forces Maggie to pursue him throughout his subterranean headquarters. But is the killing machine a match for a mother protecting her child? Though he looks like a cross between Ed Wood stalwart Tor Johnson and Divine at the end of FEMALE TROUBLE, Drake somehow manages to scare the bejeebus out of the audience. Even when this assembly line fright flick takes the inevitable dive into ridiculousness, Drake pulls up viewers by the scruffs of their necks and makes his bestial menace seem all-too palpable. leave a comment --Robert Pardi
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