![]() ![]() The spring break commences and the fraternity is haunted and not by a friendly ghost either but by an evil and deeply sinister ‘guest’. Catapult forward into the future and now a fraternity has been constructed to sit atop the burnt out ruins of the asylum. Some of the patients housed within the asylum at the time of the devastating fire were killed in the establishment, as they couldn’t escape the flames and smoke. Poe refers to a, ‘Once a fair and stately palace, radiant palace, reared its head’ in the film DeCoteau’s interpretation of Poe’s palace is an asylum for the insane quite a difference!ĭeCoteau’s asylum used to be like the stately palace referred to in the poem as it once stood proud in its incredible grandeur and was a elegant building to look at but a fire ripped through the asylum and it had been left as a dejected ruin. The director, David DeCoteau, of this horror flick is known for basing his productions on the writing work of the 1809-1849 American born poet Edgar Allan Poe and his latest picture is no exception. Cast: David Flannery, Derek North, Kristen Glass ![]()
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