Tales That Witness Madness (1973)

The head doctor (Donald Pleasence) in a modern asylum for the insane takes a colleague (Jack Hawkins) on a tour. Of specific interest are four patients: a child (Russell Lewis) with an imaginary tiger for a friend which distresses his parents (Georgia Brown, Donald Houston). An antiques dealer (Peter McEnery) who inherits a unicycle that time travels to the past. A man (Michael Jayston, NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA) who falls in love with a tree much to the consternation of his jealous wife (Joan Collins). A literary agent (Kim Novak) who throws a Hawaiian luau that results in a gruesome payoff. This horror film was one of several portmanteau films popular in the 60s and 70s, usually produced by Amicus. Directed by the Oscar winning cinematographer Freddie Francis, this is one of the better horror anthology films of the era. While the first two segments are rather predictable, the last two (the Jayston and Novak episodes) are quite magnetic. With Suzy Kendall, Mary Tamm (THE ODESSSA FILE) and Michael Petrovitch.