Asylum fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Mystery and the mind
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Asylum is tense and scary. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
Mystery and the mind
Its world is built around mystery and the mind.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Asylum is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Screambox, and Midnight Pulp in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Hoopla, FlixHouse, and Pluto TV. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 62/100 (IMDb 6.5 and Metacritic 65). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG in the United States. Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 28 min
Asylum runs 1 h 28 min.
Yes. Critics average 65 and audiences 59 out of 100, so both groups see Asylum much the same way.
It was made in English. Produced in United Kingdom.
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6.5
