SHORT TAKES
January 1, 1973
ASYLUM — A tasteful, insipid shock theatre presentation. If there’s anything worse than a tasteful horror movie, it’s one that’s additionally not horrific. A young doctor’s application for a new job in an insane asylum takes him through four tales — “Frozen Fear,” “Weird Tailor,” “Lucy Comes to Stay,” and “Mannikins of Horror” trying to figure “who done it” to Dr. Rutherford (Patrick Magee of Clockwork Orange). The creators of Psycho, The House That Dripped Blood and Tales From the Crypt guessed wrong.