Category: Amicus Horror

The British film production company was founded in 1962 by Americans Milton Subotsky and Max Rosenberg. Competing with similar popular British production company Hammer Studios, they used a lot of the same actors and directors, but rather than the Gothic period horror that the former focused on, Amicus dealt with anthologies and modern day (at the time) horror.

Notable Films: Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965), The Skull (1965), The Psychopath (1966), Scream and Scream Again (1970), The House That Dripped Blood (1971), I, Monster (1971), Tales from the Crypt (1972) and The Vault of Horror (1973).

Asylum (1972) Review

Here we have the classic anthology film written by Psycho author Robert Bloch and produced by Amicus. Dr. Martin arrives at Dunsmoor, an asylum for the incurably insane, to attend a job interview. He is met by the wheelchair-bound Dr. Rutherford, who presents him with a challenge. The previous head of the asylum, Dr. Starr, … Continue reading Asylum (1972) Review →