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Title: Madhouse (2005) Starring: Lance Henriksen, Natasha Lyonne, Jordan Ladd, and Joshua Leonard Director: William Butler Rating: R (Restricted) Runtime: 91 minutes Avg. Score: 4 Submit Comment Hits: 26

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• Posted on 2008-04-01
  Not Nearly Enough Screen-Time For Dendrie Taylor!...
  
  Ok, MADHOUSE is a confounding movie to me. It has great atmosphere throughout, yet spoils some of it by being so hokey in spots! The ghostly kid is lame, especially when he goes floating past the windows! Still, I did like the basic storyline, and some of the characters were quite original. Joshua Leonard was a decent Clark, though his wimpiness did grate my nerves! Thankfully, he redeems himself at the end. Jordan Ladd is not only a hottie, but also a good actress. She adds a nice twist in the plot. Lance Henriksen is always a treat to watch! His Dr. Frank is both nefarious and mysterious. My biggest complaint about MADHOUSE is the lack of screen-time for Dendrie Taylor! Her Nurse Hendricks character was wicked and f-u-n! I was shocked to see her bumped off so quickly! What a waste! Oh well, that's my take on it anyway...
  Score: 3
• Posted on 2007-09-30
  Mixed feelings...
  
  I'm torn when it comes to this movie. I liked the characters, and some of the death scenes were pretty cool. On the other, there are huge plot wholes and it gives a really messed up view of the mental health system. I work with people who have some mental health issues, and it gives them, hospitals, and medications a really bad name. I wouldn't buy this, but it wasn't a waste of time.
  Score: 3
• Posted on 2006-09-15
  The forgotten in the basement
  
  And this movie slipped under the wires. It is a good movie...and proving to me that anything Joshua Leonard is in will be worth a look. It has creepy moments...and twists along the way...but it is all easy to follow. I would have enjoyed seeing more of the head nurse act...she was off the wall! Smiling a Joshua one moment...glaring and moving her eyes to your eye level the next in a stern stare down like a snake.
  
  
  Red herring driven, the plot will keep you entertained. And guessing as to who or what is killing the staff......
  
  Score: 4
• Posted on 2006-08-13
  what happens when Identity and Silence of the Lambs meets...
  
  This movie was on my list of possible psychological thrillers for me to buy for quite a while now. I'm not sure what made me pause. Maybe it was the perfectly fantastic Session 9 that kept me from it. I figured that no other movie of it's type could possibly chill me quite as much. With the release of House of Voices recently as well as Boo, I figured hey, why not, I'll try madhouse. This movie is clever, scary and intensely riveting. You never truly know whether there really is a malevolent force at work possibly possessing a resident of the facility or if it's just some nut in general. There are plenty of suspects and lots of gruesome imagery both imagined and real. The boy "ghost" who continues to pop up is sure to raise the hairs on your arm as will the scene at the end when we learn the truth of the patient in that room in the basement. Like The Sixth Sense, clues abound everywhere and you don't really understand that they were clues until the end. Why this movie wasn't released in theaters is beyond me. Madhouse is a truly worthy addition to any genre fan's collection of twisted, psychopathic movies.And the door to a sequel is wide open at the end. More PLEASE!
  Score: 5
• Posted on 2006-06-06
  Never trust a schizophrenic....ever........
  
  I believe horror fans will love this one. It centers around a student who is interning at a mental hospital, with a jaded past.
  From the first second, this movie pulls you in with a violent collage of brutal images. It follows our main character, as he tries to unlock the mysteries of this asylum.
  Once he meets the strange prisioner in the basement, things go from normal to crazy real quickly.The casting in this movie wasn't the best, but the characters WERE well written. Overall, I had fun watching it, and the violence is top-notch.
  Great movie for horror fans.
  Score: 4