Sanitarium (2013)

Director
Bryan Ortiz; Bryan Ramirez; Kerry Valderrama

Main cast
Lou Diamond Phillips; Malcolm McDowell; Robert Englund; Lacey Chabert; John Glover

Genres
Horror, Thriller

Description
Malcom McDowell, Lou Diamond Phillips and Robert Englund star in three separate stories set in an eerie mental asylum.


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