The Forgotten (1973 film)
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| The Forgotten (1973 film) | |
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| Directed by | S.F. Brownrigg |
| Produced by | S.F. Brownrigg Walter L. Krusz (executive producer) |
| Written by | Tim Pope |
| Starring | Rosie Holotik Bill McGhee Gene Ross Hugh Feagin Annabelle Weenick Camilla Carr |
| Music by | Robert Farrar |
| Cinematography | Robert B. Alcott |
| Editing by | Jerry Caraway |
| Release date(s) | 1973 |
| Running time | 89-92min |
| Language | English |
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The Forgotten (1973) (more commonly known as Don't Look in the Basement) is a psychological horror film about a psychiatrist that believes her patients deserve a chance to act out their frustrations unfettered, and this leads to disastrous consequences as the head doctor is murdered when a patient known as "Judge" (an ex-magistrate) is chopping wood and gets a little too close to the doctor.
A young, pretty assistant comes to fill in for the vacancy and shortly thereafter more murders occur. The film raises the question of who is behind them and if the psychiatrist is all she seems Patients include a half-minded, strong black man who loves popsicles, a man mentally still in the war, a goofy, mischievous boy who cannot stop laughing, and an old woman that spouts strange poetry.
This was an extremely low-budget film widely released in drive-in theatres in the early '70s on a double-bill with Wes Craven's debut, The Last House on the Left. Both films shared the tagline: "To avoid fainting, keep repeating to yourself: 'It's only a movie.. it's only a movie.. it's only a movie..'"
Rated R for some scenes of gory violence.
