The Fifth Floor

1978

Thriller

7
IMDb Rating 5.1/10 10 729 729

rape sexual abuse based on true story mental institution electroconvulsive therapy

Plot summary

A young woman collapses on the disco dance floor of what's revealed to be strychnine poisoning. Assuming that this is an attempt at suicide, her boyfriend and doctor have her committed to the Fifth Floor, an asylum with obviously crazy inmates and a predatory orderly. The problem is, she's still sane!

Director

Howard Avedis Photo
Howard Avedis

Top cast

Anthony James Photo
Anthony James as Derrick
Robert Englund Photo
Robert Englund as Benny
Michael Berryman Photo
Michael Berryman as Mental Patient
Alice Nunn Photo
Alice Nunn as Emma
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831.25 MB
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English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 30 min
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1.51 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 30 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 6 / 10

It's not OFOTCN, but it'll do

THE FIFTH FLOOR is a lower budgeted movie very obviously indebted to the success of the all-time classic ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, and inevitably it's a far lesser movie. But that doesn't mean that it's not watchable, and I found myself getting into it in a fair way as I watched. This one's a female-led production in which a woman is drugged and ends up in an institute from which she can't escape. The cast is particularly good, with an ultra-sleazy Bo Hopkins supplying the menace and the likes of an endearing Robert Englund playing in support. The main actress inhabits the role well and there are no slow parts.
Reviewed by torrascotia 5 / 10

Disco Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest

Its obvious that some big wigs, or maybe small wigs, decided that because One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest was popular and that Disco was still flapping its huge collars and flares on the dancefloor, combining the two would be a hit. Well it wasn't.I saw that because this only ended up on my radar after watching old Siskel and Ebert reviews, watching old trailers and somehow this entered my consciousness. The next day it pops up on Talking Pictures TV, so it would have been rude not to... The story is about a disco dancing student who ends up ingesting some drug which ends up with her being sectioned. The rest of the movie is her trying to prove her sanity, while being abused by various members of staff. This is many peoples idea of hell. And what I can tell you is that this is based on fact. A bunch of psychologists decided to do an experiment by pretending to be crazy in order to get sectioned. They were and nobody believed their stories about being psychologists. You can look this up.So with a solid premise and with psychiatric input to the film, its strange that "the crazies" act pretty normal. I suppose real looking mental health patients aren't for show. What is surprising is the quality of the cast. There are so many faces that went on to be so well known in the following decade its a wonder this isn't more widely known.The film does work in terms of engagement however and the story is well paced and executed. It obviously has some similarities to women in prison movies, but it doesn't really have the same sleaze or nudity. It is basically a disco-melodrama version of Cuckoos nest, without the same emotional punch. Although it does have a satisfying conclusion.
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