Don't Look in the Basement

Don't Look in the Basement

Hell... has found a new home!

Directed by S.F. Brownrigg

Produced by Camera 2 Productions, Century Studios

197389 min4.9 / 10

A claustrophobic, paranoia-soaked asylum horror film where a nurse becomes trapped in an increasingly nightmarish environment of psychological and physical torment.

A young psychiatric nurse goes to work at a lonesome asylum following a murder. There, she experiences varying degrees of torment from the patients.

Questions people ask

  • Does Don't Look in the Basement end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 96% of films.

  • Is Don't Look in the Basement scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Don't Look in the Basement easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is Don't Look in the Basement violent? Yes. More violent than 83% of films.

  • Is Don't Look in the Basement sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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.

18/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity26

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise31

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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