Description: DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT (DVD 1973) - HORROR - DRAMA - THRILLER Product Description Don't Look in the Basement, also known as the Forgotten, is one of the best low-budget movies in the horror/thriller genre. With a budget of roughly $100,000, the film is presented in great B-movie style with generally good acting and directing. The plot revolves around a young psychiatric nurse, Charlotte Beale (Rosie Holotik/ Playboy cover girl 1972), who goes to work at the isolated Stephens Sanitarium following the murder of it's proprietor, Dr. Stephens (Michael Harvey), by one of the patients. There, she finds her job extremely difficult as the patients torment and harass her in varying degrees while she learns why Dr. Stephens successor, Dr. Geraldine Masters (Annabelle Weenick), is not very willing to take on new staff and so eager to keep outsiders out. The patients are truly frightening and the asylum is horribly understaffed. There's no other film quite like this... Product details MPAA rating : R (Restricted) Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces Director : S.F. Brownrigg Media Format : NTSC Run time : 95 minutes Actors : Bill McGee, Jesse Lee Fulton, Robert Dracup, Rosie Holotik, Annabelle Weenick Country of Origin : USA Number of discs : 1. Full Length Feature Film. Fully Restored and Enhanced Digital Masters. Chapters - Direct Scene Access (Go Straight to Your Favorite Scenes). Original Graphics. Interactive Menus. Biography Language: English Region: Region 1 NTSCRated: RRun Time: 95 MinutesStudio: Diamond EntertainmentDVD Release Date: 2000Color / 1973The ForgottenTheatrical release poster From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Forgotten (also known as Don't Look in the Basement and Death Ward #13) is a 1973 independent horror film directed by S. F. Brownrigg, written by Tim Pope and starring Bill McGhee, former Playboy model Rosie Holotik, and Annabelle Weenick (credited as Anne MacAdams) about homicidal patients at an insane asylum. Plot Stephens Sanitarium is a secluded rural mental health institute whose chief doctor believes that the best way to cure insanity is to allow the patients to freely act out their realities. After a patient threatens her life, an elderly nurse decides to retire and goes out to visit the chief doctor, Dr. Stephens, to inform him of the decision. However, in the process of therapy (which involves chopping wood with an axe), the crazed former magistrate, Oliver W. Cameron, known as Judge, lands the axe in Dr. Stephens' back, apparently killing him. The nurse returns inside to finish packing, and is attacked by Harriett, a patient who accuses her of stealing her "baby" (actually a plastic doll). The patient kills her by crushing her head in the nurse's suitcase. The only remaining doctor appears to be Dr. Geraldine Masters, who vows to continue Dr. Stephens's work. Later, she is greeted by Charlotte Beale, a young nurse who reveals that Dr. Stephens hired her a week before. Dr. Masters allows her to settle in. Charlotte meets the patients, including a lobotomized and child-like man named Sam, who enjoys popsicles and his plastic toy boat, a schizophrenic nymphomaniac named Allyson, an emotionally dependent woman named Jennifer, an octogenarian named Mrs. Callingham who spouts poetry and mistakes flowers in the garden for her own children, juvenile prankster Danny, a shellshocked Sergeant who lost his mind after accidentally killing his men in Vietnam, and the judge. Later, a telephone man comes to investigate the faulty phone system at the institution. Mrs. Callingham's tongue is ripped out of her mouth during her sleep. However, Dr. Masters tells Charlotte that Mrs. Callingham did it to herself. Dr. Masters is actually a patient at the institute whom Dr. Stephens allowed to pretend to be a doctor. After he disobeys her, Dr. Masters burns the Sergeant's hand and murders Jennifer for stealing medicine. After a conversation with Allyson, Charlotte discovers Dr. Masters' secret. Mrs. Callingham indicates to Charlotte that it was Masters who cut out her tongue, apparently to prevent the elderly woman from disclosing the secret. Charlotte then discovers the body of the telephone man in the kitchen closet, presumably murdered by Masters, to make sure he would not report the institution's situation to anyone on the outside. Allyson is distraught, as she thought the man was going to marry her. However, she convinces herself that the man is still alive and drags his body to her room to have sex with it. Charlotte realizes that her life is in grave danger, and tries to escape. The judge informs her that they all know Masters is a patient, but think Charlotte is one as well. Charlotte finds that all the windows and doors have been boarded up by Masters, preventing an escape. Sam then leads Charlotte to the basement, where she is startled by a man grabbing her ankle and beats him to death with a toy boat. She realizes that it is Dr. Stephens, but not before finishing him off. At the direction of Masters, Sam leads Charlotte upstairs, apparently, so the judge can axe her to death. Sam thinks Charlotte murdered Dr. Stephens on purpose, and helps restrain her. However, he has a flashback from his lobotomy (which Masters had assisted with) and lets Charlotte go. He then leaves the room as Masters cowers in a corner. As Sam leaves, the other inmates enter with weapons, and the judge axes Masters to death. Disturbed, Sam grabs the axe, and kills all the other inmates except Mrs. Callingham, who is not in the room. Charlotte is already outside, having been told of a secret exit in the basement by Sam. 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Video Format: NTSC
Music Artist: Robert Farrar
Case Type: DVD
Rating: R
Director: S.F. Brownrigg
Sub-Genre: Gore, psychopathic killer, exploitation horror, psychological thriller, horror thriller, torture, sadism, mental illness, insanity, cruelty, violence
Studio: Diamond Entertainment
Edition: Standard Edition
Aspect Ratio: Not Stated
Type: MOVIE: HORROR - THRILLER - DRAMA
Region Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)
Format: DVD
Release Year: 2000
Language: English
Producer: Walter L. Krusz, S.F. Brownrigg
Actor: Bill McGhee, Jessie Lee Fulton, Robert Dracup, Harryette Warren, Michael Harvey, Jessie Kirby, Hugh Feagin, Betty Chandler, Camilla Carr, Gene Ross, Annabelle Weenick, Rosie Holotik, Rhea MacAdams
Features: Chapters, Direct Scene Access, Original Graphics, Interactive Menus, Bio, and more!
Run Time: 95 MINUTES
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Horror, Psychological, Thriller & Mystery, Horror/Suspense
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Movie/TV Title: Don't Look in the Basement
Season: N/A
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