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It's Helen's (Jenna Verdicchio) last day at the mental institute she's
working at, a place that's to be locked down in the next very few days,
and thus only houses three patients - all criminally insane,
unfortunately. It's already evening, and Helen only stays that long
because the staff have drinks in her honour ... and suddenly a guard,
Thomas (Steve Hope Wynne) drags her off into a cell, ties her hands, tries
to rape her, and when that doesn't work, he proceeds to torture another
inmate ... which leads to an accident with some machine that alters them
in some way, makes Thomas hear voices, and also seems to cause
megalomania. So with the help of the inmates - all but Lara (Kristina
Dargelyte), who's only feigning her insanity - and young pushover guard
Joshua (David Aldridge), he proceeds to execute the entire staff ... all
but Helen, who has managed to free herself and evade Thomas and company
... and she finds an unexpected accomplice in Lara, too. Problem is
though, there's only one exit out of the building, and to get there, Helen
and Lara have to cross the part of the building controlled by Thomas and
his minions. A second problem: The place will blow up in the morning due
to a fault in the gaslines. Eventually, Helen and Lara find an
underground passage leading to the front door, and in the passage they
find Chloe (Rosie Cochrane), who apparently has been living in the tunnle
for quite some time, and Helen decides to take care of her - much to
Lara's dismay, who thinks the kid will only slow them down. And Thomas and
his goons are still after them, and soon too they get their hands on Chloe
and Lara ... but Lara isn't one who goes down without a fight, and so
she's pretty good at holding her own and eliminating Thomas' followers.
Eventually, she and Helen make it to the front door even, but while Lara
is about to exit without batting an eye, Helen insists on going back to
save Chloe, with the building about to blow up ... Psychotic
is a fine little piece of horror and suspense cinema that slickly
directed, well acted, and that makes perfect use of its location. That
said, the film is less than perfect, there are some narrative gaps, leaps
of reason, and some ideas are a little too far-fetched to work. But that
doesn't mean the film isn't suspenseful, and it's also pretty well-paced,
and thus it's utterly enjoyable.
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