Asylum (2008 film)

Infobox Film
name = Asylum


caption = "Asylum" at Winthrop University
director = David R. Ellis
producer =
writer = Ethan Lawrence
narrator =
starring = Sarah Roemer Lin Shaye
music = David Hamilton
cinematography = Gary Capo
editing = Howard E. Smith
distributor =
runtime =
country = flagicon|USA
language = English
budget = $10 million
preceded_by =
followed_by =
released = July 15, 2008
amg_id = 1:360767
imdb_id = 0804443

"Asylum" is a thriller movie from 20th Century Fox set to come out in 2008. David R. Ellis, of "Snakes on a Plane", is directing. Parts of the movie were filmed on the campus of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC.

Plot

A college student discovers her dorm was once a notorious asylum. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804443/] According to Winthrop's campus newspaper, The Johnsonian, a group of college freshmen with troubled pasts and nightmares are at Richard Miller University for orientation a couple of weeks prior to the beginning of classes. They stumble into an old restricted area and awaken the spirit of a mad scientist, who who then proceeds to torture and torment the students in the same way he tortured the patients in 1939 at Burke Asylum. [http://www.thejohnsonian.com/media/storage/paper988/news/2006/09/20/Entertainment/Winthrop.Changes.Name.For.Film-2287364.shtml?norewrite200611300934&sourcedomain=www.thejohnsonian.com]

Cast

*Sarah Roemer as Madison
*Carolina Garcia as Maya
*Ellen Hollman as Ivy
*Randall Sims as Rez
*Travis Van Winkle as Tommy
*Jake Muxworthy as Holt
*Cody Kasch as String
*Ben Daniele as Brandon
*Caroline Kent as "young Madison"
*Crystal McLaurin-Coney as College Ambassador

University set changes

*Main Winthrop University name changed to "Richard Miller University" at entrance to campus.
*Tillman Hall changed to "Tagert Hall".
*Tillman Hall changed to "Burke Asylum, Public Institute for the Young" for flashbacks.
*Winthrop Police car decals were covered with "Richard Miller University" decals.
*However, they kept Winthrop's colors - garnet and gold.

External links

*imdb title|id=0804443|title=Asylum