As I'm watching the 7th entry in the Child's Play series, I started thinking of how horror sequels often implement mental institutions as a plot device. No, really!


- Halloween 8 (and the original film) has an asylum, '07 remake and '09 sequel have asylums
- Elm Street 3 and Freddy vs Jason have institutions
- Phantasm 2 and 5 have institutions
- Wrong Turn 4 is set at an abandoned asylum
- Friday the 13th 5 is set at a halfway house for weirdos
- Basket Case 2 is a loony bin
- Angela escapes from an institution for Return to Sleepaway Camp
- T2 is (not horror) and has an institution
- Ash vs Evil Dead season 2 has an aslyum subplot
- Hellraiser 2 is set at an institution
- Slumber Party Massacre 2 shows the first film's protagonist in an institution
- Texas Chainsaw sequels suggest Sally went to an institution, and the new film has an institution
- The Exorcist 3 has a loony bin with the gemini killer
- Silent Night Deadly Night probably has loony bin stuff going on
- Cult of Chucky is obviously set at an institution


Damn... they all go crazy after a while, don't they?

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Also, Cult of Chucky was good. It's a lot of fan-service, but a fun insane-asylum slaughter. The plot is fun, the twists are engaging, but the ending is very abrupt and doesn't tie up any plot points, really.