Hysteria

Oct 1, 1997

1h 40m

★ 5.0

Madness is a State of Mind

Overview

Legendary actor Patrick McGoohan turns his famous character from THE PRISONER upside down as the psychiatrist in charge of an insane asylum. He has connected his inmates into a group mind where they share each other's psychoses, dreams and sexuality with all the scary and titillating implications imaginable! Like his highly acclaimed cult classic MASSACRE AT CENTRAL HIGH, director Rene Daalders provocative excursion into sci fi-horror filmmaking looks at first glance like a classic grindhouse movie, but it is up to much more. In addition to its operatic mayhem, HYSTERIA is a mind-expanding reflection on individual vs. group consciousness, power, control, and freedom.

Genres

Science Fiction

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

August Entertainment

Hysteria Trailers

Cast

Dr. Harvey Langston

Patrick McGoohan

Myrna Malloy

Amanda Plummer

Blair

Jo Vannicola

Veronica Bloom

Emmanuelle Vaugier

Syd Meeker

Gregory Hlady

Bobby Corrado

Joseph Wynne

Hollister Watchel

Ralph Allison

Mr. Corrado Sr.

Louis Di Bianco

Mrs. Corrado

Jocelyne Zucco

Nympho

Lynn Snelling

Dr. Samuel Fry

Michael Maloney

Vern Huckabee

Sam Stone

20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.

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