[1] Christopher Lee is The Keeper, the sinister and crippled administrator of the secluded and exclusive Underwood Asylum in 1947 British Columbia where the community's wealthiest families have entrusted their mentally-disturbed relatives to his unique care.
However, these families soon begin to die under grisly and unusual circumstances, leaving large inheritances to The Keeper's deranged patients.
Drake first became involved in the production as a writer, called in for a rewrite after the original proposal had been made to the Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC) by producer Donald Wilson.
[3] Although never released theatrically and shelved for nearly a decade, The Keeper went straight to television and finally premiered on December 19, 1985 as part of The CBS Late Movie.
[4] In 1987, the film was released on VHS by InterGlobal Home Video (Canada) and has long been out of print.