Nurse Charlotte Beale arrives for a new job, only to discover Dr. Stephens has been killed by an axe-wielding patient.
The film is set at Stephens Sanitarium, an isolated mental institute where the chief doctor, Dr. Stephens, believes the best therapy is for patients to freely act out their delusions. Don't Look in the Basement
The new administrator, Dr. Geraldine Masters, reluctantly hires Charlotte but maintains a tyrannical and suspicious grip on the facility. Nurse Charlotte Beale arrives for a new job,