Asylum

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Asylum may refer to:

Types of asylum

  • Asylum (antiquity), places of refuge in ancient Greece and Rome
  • Benevolent asylum, a 19th-century Australian institution for housing the destitute
  • Cities of Refuge, places of refuge in ancient Judea
  • Church asylum or sanctuary, a right to be safe from arrest in the sanctuary of a church or temple
  • Lunatic asylum or mental asylum, a historical term for psychiatric hospital
  • Orphan asylum, orphanage
  • Right of asylum, refuge from persecution in another country

Entertainment

Fiction

  • Asylum (comics), a comic book series by Maximum Press
  • Asylum (Darvill-Evans novel), a 2001 Doctor Who novel
  • Asylum (McGrath novel), a 1996 novel by Patrick McGrath
  • Asylum (Seabrook book), a 1935 memoir by William Seabrook
  • Asylum (series), a young adult horror series
  • Asylums (book), a 1961 nonfiction book by Erving Goffman

Film

  • Asylum (1972 horror film), a horror film starring Peter Cushing
  • Asylum (1972 documentary film), a film featuring the psychiatrist R. D. Laing
  • Asylum (2003 film), an American short documentary
  • Asylum (2005 film), a British drama by David Mackenzie based on the novel by Patrick McGrath
  • Asylum (2008 film), an American horror film by David R. Ellis
  • Asylum (2014 film), an American horror film

Television

  • Asylum (1996 TV series), a UK comedy series on Paramount Comedy Channel
  • Asylum (2015 TV series), a UK comedy series on the BBC
  • "Asylum" (Law & Order), an episode of Law & Order
  • "Asylum" (Moon Knight), an episode of Moon Knight
  • "Asylum" (Person of Interest), an episode of Person of Interest
  • "Asylum" (Sliders), an episode of Sliders
  • "Asylum" (Supernatural), an episode of Supernatural
  • "Asylum" (Torchwood), a 2009 episode of Torchwood
  • American Horror Story: Asylum, the second season of American Horror Story

Albums

  • Asylum (Atrophy album), 2024
  • Asylum (The Back Horn album), 2010
  • Asylum (Disturbed album), 2010
  • Asylum (Kiss album), 1985
  • Asylum (The Legendary Pink Dots album), 1985

Songs

  • "Asylum" (The Orb song), 1997
  • "Asylum", by Billy Woods from Aethiopes (2022)
  • "Asylum", by Disturbed from Asylum
  • "Asylum", by John Legend from Love in the Future
  • "Asylum", by Alanis Morissette from Flavors of Entanglement (non-album track)
  • "Asylum", by Gary Numan from The Pleasure Principle
  • "Asylum", by Onslaught from In Search of Sanity
  • "Asylum", by Slaughterhouse, featuring Eminem, from Welcome to: Our House
  • "Asylum", by Supertramp from Crime of the Century

Other

  • Asylum Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
  • Asylum (magazine), a magazine about mental health and psychiatry
  • Asylum Records, an American record label
  • Asylum (1981 video game), an adventure game
  • Asylum (upcoming video game), a horror game in development since 2010
  • The Asylum, an American film production company known for their mockbusters
  • Weekend at the Asylum, a large annual steampunk event held in Lincoln, England

See also

  • Asylum seeker (disambiguation)
  • Elysium (disambiguation)
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