Sanitarium - Mini Review

 This film is a horror anthology with tales based around some type of madness.  Malcolm McDowell plays a doctor at a sanitarium.  The movie involves him relating the stories of three of the residing patients.

  The acting is good.  There are many well-known actors in the cast.  The premise of all three tales are very promising, but how they all play out is disappointing.  The stories lose focus and tend to drag, especially the final one.

  The three stories involve:

•  An eccentric artist who creates these evil-looking clay figures straight out of a Tim Burton film.  He might be bringing these creations to life in more ways than one.   
•  A boy who suffers abuse at the hands of his father is suddenly stalked by a figure that may be even more savage than his old man.
•  A man who believes in the Mayan Apocalypse of 2012, builds a fallout shelter to survive it.

If only the film realized the potential of the three stories.  I give it 3 out of 5 stars.