Asylum

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Asylum may refer to:

Kinds 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
Mental asylum, a term for psychiatric hospital
Orphan asylum, orphanage
Right of asylum, political asylum

Entertainment

Fiction

Asylum (comics), two characters in the Marvel Comics universe
Asylum (comics), a comic series
Asylum (Darvill-Evans novel), a 2001 Doctor Who novel
Asylum (McGrath novel), a 1996 novel by Patrick McGrath
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 (1997 film), an American 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
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" (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 (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 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, California, U.S.
Asylum Township, Bradford County, 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
The Asylum, an American film production company

See also

Asylum seeker (disambiguation)

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