Asylum Blackout

Asylum Blackout

When the lights go down, the inmates will rise.

Directed by Alexandre Courtes

Produced by WY Productions, Artémis Productions

201285 min5.6 / 10

A claustrophobic survival-horror thriller built on paranoia and violence, where ordinary workers are trapped with dangerous inmates during a catastrophic blackout.

A group of cooks at an asylum for the criminally insane get locked in with the inmates during a massive thunderstorm

Questions people ask

  • Is Asylum Blackout scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 99% of films.

  • Does Asylum Blackout end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 96% of films.

  • Is Asylum Blackout violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.

  • Is Asylum Blackout easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is Asylum Blackout sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

19/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity5

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise60

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love10

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like Asylum Blackout

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Asylum Blackout

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Asylum Blackout, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Asylum Blackout, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Asylum Blackout, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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