Asylum of the Dead (2012)

Aka The Lost Episode

A group of teens visit an abandoned asylum where a film crew disappeared a year ago.  Apparently it’s sometimes used as a haunted attraction since there are dummies in some of the rooms.

Suddenly we are catapulted into a van full of people. Is this the film crew? Yes, it is and get ready for abrupt shifts from the teens in the asylum and flashbacks to the ghost hunting team who disappeared.  The only constant between the two groups is that neither is very bright.

The ghost hunters and their crew are really disorganized. When someone shows up as they’re getting out of the van, they ask if he’s the caretaker. When he warns them to leave, they ask the location manager if he has the permission to shoot there.  If you’re meeting someone, you should be aware of it. So a stranger out of nowhere should be a bit of a red flag.  Also they just walk into the buildings. No security? No key to get in?

The group split up to look the place over and set up, breaking the first rule of abandoned buildings which is never go off on your own.  The floor could collapse, other people could be in there, or you could get locked in somewhere.They are completely disorganized and one guy gets locked in the van by a spirit. How? How do you get locked in a van?

We can’t trust the researcher on the team since she says the asylum has seventeen buildings connected by  underground tunnels, totally missing that by definition a tunnel is underground.

Since we know they disappeared, it isn’t a surprise when they run into ghosts who decide to murder them. Just as you start to forget you’re in a flashback, we switch to the present with the teens talking about the disappearance. The teens had no trouble walking in, which you’d think it would be more difficult since people disappeared a year ago.

Ridiculous dialogue:

Security:Lady, you would not believe how many kids I’ve had to run off since American’s Most Haunted was here. But we’ve collected more than $300,000 in trespassing fines in the last year.

Lady looking for her son after he was dared to go there (angrily): My son is not a trespasser.

Thanks for the history lesson here but we’re trying to work. Do you need something specific or are you going to keep freaking us out?

If they hadn’t assumed he was the caretaker,
maybe they would have listened to him

There is definitely peeling lead paint on those walls.

The room with the dummy and paint to make it look old

You’ll forget teens are telling the story of the lost film crew.

The host who wanders off alone

Nothing awkward about holding an iPad to see ghosts