An entirely unpleasant viewing experience, Todd Sheet’s Nightmare Asylum strongly resembles a particularly violent high school play being performed in a haunted house, but with little of the entertainment value that might suggest. Every line is shouted, punches miss by a foot, and generally everyone just seems embarrassed to be involved. Sheets has spoken of his affection for Italian horror directors like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci, but this effort is artless and (even worse) tedious despite its hour running time. To create the proper nightmare atmosphere for his film, Sheets has made a conscious choice to nearly completely avoid
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