The Forgotten (1973)
1/10
A dull and lifeless exercise in trashy tedium
6 March 2000
I watched this film because it was on the DPP's original video nasties list, but how it was included on there is a mystery. It doesn't have hardly any nasty scenes, just one at the end. The film is about a group of ludicrous inmates in an asylum who begin to take over it. The inmates include one who thinks he's a judge, one who thinks he's a soldier (and is strangely allowed to dress as one), another who is besotted with a toy boat in a bath, a nymphomaniac, and an old lady who says some unusual things. A nurse is assigned to the place and witnesses all these characters' behaviour and more. But the film is so cheap and lifeless, it doesn't hold your attention. It ends up being risible and absurd, and can't escape the asphyxiation of its low budget.
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