Asylum Blackout (2011)

I watched Asylum Blackout mostly because the poster caught my attention, and I was mostly disappointed. I think there's a really fun film hidden in here somewhere, but it's lost in a sea of torture porn, and the paper thin story does nothing to elevate it. Add an eyeroll inducing ending, and you're left with a movie that could use a good MSTing.

There are a few genuinely spooky sequences, and I think first time director Alexandre Courtès has some talent. The leads are reasonably likable and smart (for a horror movie), and while the inmates feel like stock characters, some of them are entertaining anyway. I think Courtès might make a movie I really like someday, but this isn't it.

1.5 more flayings than plot out of 5.