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William McGhee (Actor), Anne MacAdams (Actor), S.F. Brownrigg (Director, Producer) Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: William McGhee, Anne MacAdams, Rosie Holotik, Jessie Lee Fulton, Jessie Kirby
  • Directors: S.F. Brownrigg
  • Producers: S.F. Brownrigg
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Stax Entertainment Ltd
  • DVD Release Date: 11 April 2005
  • Run Time: 86 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0007YH6VA
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 34,248 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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The lunatics have truly taken over the asylum in this notorious slice of 1970s exploitation horror. n the isolated Stephens Sanatorium for the criminally insane the patients are allowed to move freely until one of them takes an axe to Dr Stephens. When a young nurse arrives to take up her new job, she finds the strange assortment of psychotic patients among them a child-like, lobotomised hulk, a nymphomaniac, a schizophrenic judge with an axe fetish and a cackling old woman are allowed to live out their violent delusions under Dr Stephens' replacement. Soon Nurse Charlotte (former Playboy cover girl Rosie Holotik) is discovering the real madness within the asylum's walls, as the patients are hacked, chopped, slashed and stabbed by a violent killer who hides in the shadows. From its low-key beginning to its shocking, blood-spattered finale, Don't Look in the Basement boasts a string of gory moments throat slashings, eyeball piercings, tongue removals that ensured it made it onto the 1980s video nasty' list. Previously banned by the British Board of Film Classification, and guaranteed to offend with its sensationalist approach to the mentally ill, Don't Look in the Basement was the first film by cult 70s director S.F. Brownrigg.

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3.0 out of 5 starsDo look in the Basement!
By Wrench on 24 Mar. 2007
Format: DVD
DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT was a film that was on the UK's 'Banned Video Nasties' list, but is now finally released in it's uncut form.

The film is about a young newly recruited Nurse who takes up a job in a small Mental Hospital where a small number of patients reside. Soon she discovers that not is all as it seems as mysterious and suspicious events start to take place and eventually discovers that one of the patients isn't who they appear to be.

It's a surprisingly good movie! Helped along by some pretty decent acting for a b-movie, especially by the actors portraying the mental patients, who were very convincing in their roles. The films' print and sound aren't the best, but in a way that adds to the nightmarish feeling of the movie. The plot does unravel a bit slowly, but the varied array of characters make up for it and they keep things interesting. And the twist in the plot near the end set's up a memorable, gory, last 15 minutes.

It's worth a look, and it's a pretty good film for what it is.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Manic and Disturbing Masterpiece
By Green Man Music on 19 Jan. 2006
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From it's carry-on film cover, one might think that DLITB is some kind of cheap horror comedy. What I discovered was in fact a very dark film which, despite its low budget, manages to hook the viewer in to the dark and chaotic world of the sanitarium in which the story is set.
Even the ridiculous premise - that there exists a facility for violent axe murderers with no locks on the doors, where lone female nurses can sleep in rooms next door to them, and patients are given axes as therapy - doesn't seem to matter, as it's all overshadowed by the tense claustrophobic atmosphere, and the bizarre interaction between the distinctly individual patients.
The film is essentially about a new nurse that begins her job in the sanitarium. Disturbed by its dangerous lack of rules and alternative philosophy, by the time she tries to escape from the sanitarium it has descended into chaos as the patients, each with their distinctive individual and sometimes extreme insanities, try to hold court (with axes where necessary) and what staff remain seem no better than them.
I would recommend this film to any fan of hardcore B-movie horror.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA dark, disturbing, low-budget masterpiece
By Daniel Jolley HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWER on 10 Jan. 2006
Format: DVD
I must say that Don't Look in the Basement really impressed me. Here's a film with little production value, no budget to speak of, and a Playboy cover model (April 1972) in the lead role – and yet the movie does so much with so little that I have to honor it with five stars. Largely due to its one-time pairing with Last House on the Left at many a drive-in theatre, the film has developed something of a cult status since its release. I say it deserves a strong cult status judged solely on its own merits. Some may call it sleaze or exploitation drivel (and the UK once included it among its banned "nasties" for no reason I can possibly fathom, as it isn't that gory), but I call it a disarming, underground work of genius. I can't find any of the humor that some seem to glean from the film – to me, it's dark and disturbing and quite memorable.
All of the action takes place at the Stephens Sanitarium, with the story providing us a good handle on each of the unfortunate patients residing there. Dr. Stephens himself is something of a rebel, as he gives his patients a lot of free rein; his form of treatment basically involves taking each patient all the way through his/her obsessions and out the other side. Unfortunately, Dr. Stephens learns first-hand that he really doesn't have all of the kinks worked out of his treatment method – letting a mental patient work out his aggression with an axe turns out to be a mistake. That evening, young Charlotte Beale (Rosie Holotik) arrives at the sanitarium, where she is informed by Dr. Masters (Annabelle Weenick) that the man who just hired her is now dead. Dr.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsA feeling of unease crept over her!
By L.J.F.64 on 11 Mar. 2015
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A nurse arrives to start a new job at a small isolated asylum but as events take place she starts to realise that things are not as they seem.

A dark, creepy, claustrophobic little low budget shocker. Director S.F. Brownrigg excels in building the tension and creating an uneasy atmosphere throughout on what was a very minimal budget. The last 30 mins is when the pace really takes off and the violence ramps up. Acting wise this does impress, Anne McAdams as Dr. Masters is excellent but all of the cast are good which did surprise me in such a picture. The characters have been very well written also, in a lot of exploitation films they're barely stick figures but here have been fleshed out very well. The only real downsides are the first hour which is a bit talky for some tastes & after the first 10 mins there is a bit of a lull in the horror until later on. Another issue I had was although this is a creepy film it isn't ever scary and given the story and situations it easily could've been. Looking at the picture again however this is a good independent 70's horror film that lacks just that extra edge to push it into cult classic status. A real surprising entrant on the video nasties list. 3.5/5
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