The Institute 2017

4.2 / 10   98 vote(s)
R
Thriller Mystery Horror

In 19th century Baltimore, Isabel Porter, a girl stricken with grief from her parents' untimely death, voluntarily checks herself into the Rosewood Institute. Subjected to bizarre and increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control, she must escape the clutches of the Rosewood and exact her revenge, or else be forever lost.

Release Date 2017-03-03
Runtime 1h 30m
Directors James Franco, Pamela Romanowsky
Producers James Franco, Luke Daniels, Scott Reed, Jeff Rice, Avi Lerner, Jonathan Yunger, Vince Jolivette, Christa Campbell, Lati Grobman, Jeffrey Greenstein
Writers Matt Rager, Adam Rager

A rare film in that: While I did not like it, I do think it might be worth watching a second time to get on the same page. I mean, I almost definitely won't do that, but the thought is still present.

Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.

Gimly