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* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[spoiler: Dr. Starr]] does this at the end as we welcomes a new visitor to the asylum, implying that the murder and mayhem will continue. [[spoiler: Whether Starr is still posing as Max by this point is unclear.]]
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* DrPsychPatient: Both inverted ''and'' played straight: Dr. Martin is challenged by Rutherford to determine which of four interviewed patients is the ''previous'' head of the facility, Dr. B. Starr, who has suffered a breakdown and no longer remembers being a staff member. [[spoiler:The concluding twist has Max the attendant, who'd let Dr. Martin into the interview rooms, turn out to be Starr, having killed and assumed the identity of the real Max.]]
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* DrPsychPatient: Both inverted ''and'' played straight: Dr. Martin is challenged by Rutherford to determine which of four interviewed patients is the ''previous'' head of the facility, Dr. B. Starr, who has suffered a breakdown and no longer remembers being a staff member. [[spoiler:The concluding twist has Max the attendant, who'd let Dr. Martin into the interview rooms, turn out to be Starr, having killed the real Max and assumed the his identity of the real Max.in order to confuse Dr. Martin.]]
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** At first, Barbara appears to be the sanest of the patients seen yet, demanding that she see her lawyer and insisting that Dr. Martin can see that she's "not ill". The only hint of madness is her insistence that what happened was not her fault, it was Lucy's, which gives the viewer an indication of [[ImaginaryFriend what her story is going to be like]]. However, it's the end of her story that conclusively shows her insanity, as she points out 'Lucy' in her own reflection before {{laughing mad}}ly.
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** At first, Barbara appears to be the sanest of the patients seen yet, demanding that she see her lawyer and insisting that Dr. Martin can see that she's "not ill". The only hint of madness is her insistence that what happened was not her fault, it was Lucy's, which gives the viewer an indication of [[ImaginaryFriend what her story is going to be like]]. However, it's the end of her story that conclusively shows her insanity, as she points out 'Lucy' "Lucy" in her own reflection before {{laughing mad}}ly.
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** [[spoiler:Dr. Starr is ultimately revealed to be none of the patients seen. He's actually Max the orderly -- or rather, he [[KillAndReplace murdered the real Max and took his identity]]. Not even a trained psychiatrist like Martin realizes that that 'Max' is a homicidal maniac, and the mask only slips after Starr has killed Martin, whereupon he too starts {{laughing mad}}ly.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Bonnie and Bruno are clearly insane, which makes their stories of the supernatural hard to believe, but no other evidence against them is provided, and [[spoiler:Dr. Byron's psychokinetically controlled LivingToys]] provide proof of the supernatural (or at least PsychicPowers), suggesting that there might actually be undead dismembered body parts and magically animated shop mannequins out there. Interestingly, the story that seems most likely to be a mad delusion -- "Lucy Come to Stay" -- is the one story with no explicitly supernatural elements.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Bonnie and Bruno are clearly insane, which makes their stories of the supernatural hard to believe, but no other evidence against them is provided, and [[spoiler:Dr. Byron's psychokinetically controlled LivingToys]] provide proof of the supernatural (or at least PsychicPowers), suggesting that there might actually be undead dismembered body parts and magically animated shop mannequins out there. Interestingly, the story that seems most likely to be a mad delusion -- "Lucy Come to Stay" -- is the one story with no explicitly supernatural elements.
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** [[spoiler:Dr. Starr is ultimately revealed to be none of the patients seen. He's actually Max the orderly -- or rather, he [[KillAndReplace murdered the real Max and took his identity]]. Not even a trained psychiatrist like Martin realizes that that 'Max' "Max" is in fact a homicidal maniac, and the mask only slips after Starr has killed Martin, whereupon he too starts {{laughing mad}}ly.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Bonnie and Bruno are clearly insane, which makes their stories of the supernatural hard to believe, but no other evidence against them is provided, and [[spoiler:Dr. Byron's psychokinetically controlled LivingToys]] provide proof of the supernatural (or at least PsychicPowers), suggesting that there might actually be undead dismembered body parts and magically animated shop mannequins out there. Interestingly, the story that seems most likely to be a mad delusion -- "LucyCome Comes to Stay" -- is the one story with no explicitly supernatural elements.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Bonnie and Bruno are clearly insane, which makes their stories of the supernatural hard to believe, but no other evidence against them is provided, and [[spoiler:Dr. Byron's psychokinetically controlled LivingToys]] provide proof of the supernatural (or at least PsychicPowers), suggesting that there might actually be undead dismembered body parts and magically animated shop mannequins out there. Interestingly, the story that seems most likely to be a mad delusion -- "Lucy
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''Asylum'' is a 1972 British horror film made by Creator/AmicusProductions. It was produced by Milton Subotsky, directed by Roy Ward Baker, and scripted by Creator/RobertBloch (who adapted four of his own short stories for the screenplay). The film's cast includes Creator/PeterCushing, Creator/BrittEkland, Creator/HerbertLom, Creator/PatrickMagee, Creator/BarryMorse, and Creator/CharlotteRampling.
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''Asylum'' is a 1972 British horror film made by Creator/AmicusProductions. It was produced by Milton Subotsky, directed by Roy Ward Baker, and scripted by Creator/RobertBloch (who adapted four of his own short stories for the screenplay). The film's cast includes Creator/RobertPowell, Creator/PeterCushing, Creator/BrittEkland, Creator/HerbertLom, Creator/PatrickMagee, Creator/BarryMorse, and Creator/CharlotteRampling.
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* DismemberingTheBody: In "Frozen Fear", Walter murders his wife Ruth and hacks her body into pieces and hides the parts in a new freezer in the cellar. Later the individual pieces start [[PullingThemselvesTogether moving around on their own]] to extract revenge on him and his lover.
