Sanitarium (film)

Sanitarium is a 2013 horror anthology film that was directed by Bryan Ortiz Monsters are Real, Bryan Ramirez Figuratively Speaking, and Kerry Valderrama Up to the Last Man. It received its world premiere at the Miami International Film Festival on March 1, 2013 and was released to DVD on December 31, 2013.

The film is divided into three short stories framed by Dr. Henry Stenson, a psychologist who are treating three patients with unique disorders. Each one is preceded and succeeded by Stenson giving a monologue about his interpretation, except for the last patient, whom he interviews directly. The second patients story is additionally framed by a psychology student about to write a thesis by reading the patients file.Gustav, an aged, disheveled doll artist, works for his old friend, Sam, who helps showcase his creations. He is assisted by the young Mateo, whom he is unaware has been drugging his alcohol with a psychoactive drug which soon drives Gustav into believing that his creations can talk. He is especially obsessed with a female doll whom he named Madeline, who talks him into killing Sam, his assistant, and also Mateos lover, Isabelle. After Mateo discloses what he had done, Gustav commits suicide, but not before saying that Mateo can now own his creations. The segment is closed with the deranged Mateo opening a box containing Gustavs creations, as Stenson wonders which one is controlling which. ........

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