Asylum is a 2014 American horror comedy film directed by Todor Chapkanov and starring Stephen Rea, Bruce Payne, Hristo Shopov, and Caroline Ford.

[2] The film follows a riot squad that enters an insane asylum to try to deal with a hostage situation involving some of the inmates.

The resulting chaos causes the group to lose two of their members and the situation turns more tense when they realize that they are completely cut off from the outside world.

The film's script was written by horror writer and director Chris Mancini, who pitched Asylum to After Dark.

[3][5] Influx Magazine panned Asylum, writing that ""It’s ultimately a rather weak affair (and really difficult to grade knowing the average viewer walking into this coldly will have an entirely different take on the result), but despite the best efforts of Mancini and friends to salvage this mess, I think the patient is lost and they should have just pulled the plug.