{"id":2440,"date":"2017-10-01T10:23:19","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T15:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=2440"},"modified":"2017-10-01T10:23:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T15:23:19","slug":"asylum-of-darkness-2017-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=2440","title":{"rendered":"Asylum of Darkness (2017) – Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Asylum of Darkness”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Movie 1 – 2017 31-Days of Horror<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dwight wakes up as a patient in a psychiatric hospital, he cannot remember what he did to be admitted.\u00a0 He insists he is innocent.\u00a0 Once he escapes he finds a sinister, supernatural world outside the hospital. Although he may be able to escape the asylum, he can’t escape his own insanity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Writer\/director Jay Woelfel creates a fascinating world rich with mystery leaving the viewer questioning whether they are watching something supernatural or the protagonist’s uncontrolled madness.\u00a0 \u00a0There is a lot happening in the story, you don’t quite know what is real and what isn’t.\u00a0 Mostly, it works well and keeps the audience engaged, despite usual indicators of a low budget film.<\/p>\n

It was a little slow in drawing me in, largely due to the music.\u00a0 Woelfel’s direction style, being a composer, relied heavily on a lot of music, to the point, in some scenes, of drowning out the dialogue and even the story.\u00a0 Perhaps it’s more of an editing\/sound thing, regardless, it occasionally felt as if the score was more important than the dialogue in telling the story.<\/p>\n

I’m always a fan of Tiffany Shepis; Amanda Howell, as Ellen Finch, did an admirable job; and Tim Thomerson makes any film better, however brief his screen time is; but Frank Jones, Jr. as Van Gogh, though still a relatively small role, was a bright star in this.\u00a0 \u00a0Richard Hatch, as Dr. Shaker, really steals every scene though.\u00a0 This appears to be the last film released prior to his death earlier this year, and what a performance!\u00a0 This film may not be perfect, but Richard’s Hatch’s performance was spectacular.<\/p>\n

If you’re a fan of low budget, indie horror that makes you think a little bit, this might be for you.<\/p>\n

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