Trying to reach his sister, a man has himself committed to the same psychiatric ward as her in order to get her out only to find the staff experimented with a drug that turns people into psychotic killers and tries to bring down those responsible before the killers get loose.This was quite the frustrating effort. Among the few qualities that work well here are the rather enjoyable and impressive qualities afforded to the sanitarium. This is easily one of the most undesirable asylums featured as the concept of the location as well as what they're accomplishing inside makes for a truly disturbing concept through his procedures and treatment of the patients. This one really works nicely with the intensity featured here in these scenes as the scenes of the group tormenting their patients or the outbursts of the turned patients who constantly attack him or his friends as they give this one the kind of expressively chilling setup that goes over into rather chilling territory. Even the action picks up considerably in the final half as the film lets them loose within the confines of the building and forces a massive assault on the uninfected in order to find a way to escape which allows plenty of stellar action here with the crazed cannibalistic staff running wild ripping people to pieces or popping out to swarm the group in massive numbers as there's plenty to like here. This offers up plenty of brawling, running around and chilling confrontations from the entire ward crumbling down at once to the escape from the main floor featuring plenty of crazed patients running around to the big final race to get to the top of the facility where they started which forces a great manner of battles to get away from them. This action all gives it a fantastic series of gore setups which make this one quite graphic and splattery, yet these here are what all that holds up for this one. One of the few minor flaws is the fact that there's just such a lame setup to bring him to the asylum that it never really makes sense and doesn't hold up at all since there are too many red flags about getting through security checks to make his appearance there seem too coincidental. Likewise, the fact that the majority of the first half is content to just walking through the rules of the setup doesn't make for all that much thrilling content here and just causes this one to feel bland and just running through the motions in regards to how it goes about getting him acclimated. This lowers the action considerably as it's mainly just their freak-outs without anything else going on for it so that brings it down as well. With a lame finale that just seems stupid in retrospect, these here are the film's minor problems.Rated R: Extreme Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Nudity and violence-against-animals.

The only sister of Jack (Jesse Metcalfe), Lily Romero (Kiele Sanchez), tries to commit suicide after the death of their mother. Jack is in despair since Lily is sent to a mental institution and Jack is not allowed to visit her. Jack pretends to be insane and is arrested and sent to the same asylum with the intention of rescuing Lily from the place.Sooner Jack learns that the administrator, Dr. Gianetti (Peter Stormare), is a deranged scientist that is using the patients like guinea pigs, forcing them to use the experimental drug Orpheus. Further, the side effect is turning patients and staff into flesh-eating zombies. But Lily and Jack are trapped in the mental institution and there is no way out for them."Insanitarium" has the absurd premise of a sane man that pretends to be lunatic to meet his sister that is institutionalized in an asylum. Jack does not seek the justice, but acts like a crazy man instead. Out of the blue, the plot turns into a gory and funny dementia, splashing blood everywhere like in the trash "Braindead" and other zombie films. In the end, despite the stupid story, I found it funny and entertaining for fans of the genre. My vote is four. Title (Brazil): "Insanatório - Quem Entra, Não Sai" ("Insanitarium – Who Gets In, does not Get Out")

Insanitarium is the best b-movie I have seen ever, and I'm dead serious, no pun intended. The film's strongest point was the storyline. Executed perfectly, not your usual cliché' "kids break into sanitarium for lol's." A young man cons his way into a sanitarium to see his mentally-ill suicidal sister. It is very interesting and grabs you from the start, from here, the movie just roars uphill.Insanitarium's death scenes will leave gore hounds, like myself, crying in awe. Some of this stuff was really awesome. (Ex: Arm broken and torn off.) This is a very well crafted movie and is worth your money.8/10.

After his mother died our hero Jack was forced to have his sister Lilly committed to asylum because she began to struggle with suicidal thoughts and became a danger to herself.In order to get close to Lilly,Jack fakes insanity to get committed to the same asylum.Doctor Gianetti,who runs mental ward,created a new drug called Orpheum which turns crazies into cannibalistic killers with the urge to butchery.The plot of "Insanitarium" is routine and silly with tons of corny one-liners,but this has to be one of the goriest horror films I have seen during last few months.The acting is pretty decent and the blood flows in spades with severed limbs,impalements and decapitations painting the screen red.Overall,"Insanitarium" has enough goods to recommend it for fans of blood-drenched horror.