Asylum
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Asylum may refer to:
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[edit] Politics and society
- Asylum (antiquity), places of refuge in ancient Greece and Rome
- Right of asylum or political asylum
- Church asylum or sanctuary, a right to be safe from arrest in the sanctuary of a church or temple
- Lunatic asylum, an obsolete type of institution for housing the "insane"
- Psychiatric hospital, a hospital specializing in the treatment of serious mental disorders
- Orphan asylum or orphanage, an institution dedicated to caring for orphans
- Benevolent Asylum, a 19th-century Australian institution for housing the destitute
[edit] Art and entertainment
[edit] Film
- Asylum (1972 film), a British horror film starring Peter Cushing
- Asylum (1997 film), an American horror film starring Robert Patrick and Malcolm McDowell
- Asylum (2003 film), an American short documentary
- Asylum (2005 film), a British drama by David Mackenzie based on the novel by Patrick McGrath (see below)
- Asylum (2008 film), an American horror film by David R. Ellis
- Asylum, a 1972 documentary about the psychiatrist R.D. Laing
- The Asylum, a film studio
[edit] Literature
- Asylum (comics), two characters in the Marvel Comics universe
- Asylum (Image Comics), a comic series
- Asylum (Doctor Who), a Doctor Who novel
- Asylum (novel), a novel by Patrick McGrath
- Asylums (book), a nonfiction book by Erving Goffman
- Asylum, a comic published by New Comics Group
[edit] Music
- Asylum Entertainment, Asylum-et.com is a social network, entertainment website and record label originally founded in 1992
- Asylum Records, an American record label
- Albums
- Asylum (Disturbed album), or the title song
- Asylum (Kiss album)
- Asylum (Legendary Pink Dots album)
- Songs
- "Asylum" (The Orb song)
- "Asylum", a song by Alanis Morissette from Flavors of Entanglement (non-album track)
- "Asylum", a song by Flymore
- "Asylum", a song by Gary Numan from The Pleasure Principle
- "Asylum", a song by Onslaught from In Search of Sanity
- "Asylum", a song by Supertramp from Crime of the Century
- "The Asylum", a song by Aiden from Knives
- "The Asylum", a song by Edguy from Rocket Ride
- "The Asylum", a song by The Tears from Here Come the Tears
[edit] Television
- Asylum (TV series), a 1996 UK comedy series
- "Asylum" (Law & Order), an episode of Law & Order
- "Asylum" (Supernatural), an episode of Supernatural
- "Asylum" (Torchwood), an episode of Torchwood
[edit] Video games
- Asylum (1981 video game), an adventure game
- Asylum (1991 video game), an arcade game
- Asylum (2012 video game), an adventure game
[edit] Places
- Asylum, California, U.S.
- Asylum Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Asylum Arena, a multi-purpose venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
[edit] See also
- Poorhouse or workhouse, a government-run facility in the past for the support and housing of dependent or needy persons
- Asylum seeker (disambiguation)
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