Originally titled , La morte dietro il cancello is a quintessential 1972 anthology horror film produced by Amicus Productions , the legendary rival to Hammer Film Productions . Directed by Roy Ward Baker and written by Robert Bloch (author of Psycho ), the film is celebrated for its clever "wraparound" framing story and a star-studded cast. The Framing Story: A Deadly Job Interview
Through Martin's interviews, the film unfolds into four distinct segments, each based on short stories by Bloch: La morte dietro il cancello (1972) - IMDb La morte dietro il cancello [360p] (1972)
The film follows (played by Robert Powell), a young psychiatrist who arrives at Dunsmoor, a remote and foreboding mental institution, seeking employment. He is greeted by the wheelchair-bound Dr. Rutherford (Patrick Magee), who offers him an unusual test: Martin must interview four patients and correctly identify which one is actually Dr. Starr , the former head of the asylum who recently suffered a mental breakdown and attacked Rutherford. The Four Tales of Terror Originally titled , La morte dietro il cancello