The movie is surprisingly subdued in its pacing, its characterizations, and its go-for-broke sensibilities.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

At the very start of the movie when he was trying to enter the gates of hades or sedah hospital he was going to leave but a bottle stopped he from leaving by flattening his tire.Then he sees his wife and his daughter in his room, the daughter wants to set a place from her father but the mother said that Adams was not going to come. So i am assuming that the wife and daughter where already in heaven.it makes sense to me now y the hospital was always hot. "The Man" Eriq La Salle was just one of the many formsms of the devil. As you watch you'll notice you never see The Man and Dr. Delazo in the same place at the same time. do not believe that sinbad was an angel because he was also show in the last scene when all the patiences were around the devil. i think sinbad was just another person who was also in hell and just wanted to help Dr.Adams so Adams wouldn't have to go though the same damnation as himself ." Helping you out brother to bother" as Sinbad puts it. When Dr. Adam researched The man all his finger prints belonged to evil people which were the souls he collected and one finger was blank. i believe that it was for Dr. Adam. Patiences Sins Lupa- Whore Cheryl- Suicide suzanne- Promiscuity Mandell- questioning religion Mr. Brennan- Running from things Selden- Having sex with mother Mr. Tobin-wanting to be a woman so bad he sold his soul Ms. Aslee- Murdering her husband I only have one question why were all the pictures on all the walls tilted?? the message at the end of the movie was good. they showed of the camaras and it was basically saying becareful what u do because their always watching!!!!!

From the beginning roll of credits to the end, I'm drawn into the director's vision. I had to kill any preconceived ideas or take the chance of spoiling the thrill ride my mind was about to take. Mission accomplished. "Crazy as Hell" is movie entertainment at it's best. Visually, the camera directs me through the vision the creator wants me to see giving sometimes subtle, sometimes obvious clues. Teasers galore! Definitely classified as a psychological thriller of high caliber.Such an eclectic, full-course meal for the mind. The settings, dialogue, casting and superb acting - almost flawless. I expected low grade meat and potatoes but was presented with and enjoyed stimulating delicacies that I will no doubt discuss only with acquaintances who I know can handle fine, deeper meanings. Not easily digestible Food-for-Thought.I'll be recommending this movie forever and am looking forward to more from this talented director. Although I purchased the DVD at a discount, I'd pay full retail value for this video any day. The financiers/producers will do good and realize better returns should they dare to promote this project with the proper respect it is due.

I felt that I needed to comment on this film for a couple of reasons. (smiles) Raysond mentioned "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Shock Corridor", and "Girl, Interrupted", but neglected to add in what, I feel, is a worthy addition to said list of movies that actually portray mental illness and the institutions to which we relegate the unfortunate souls who suffer from these illnesses of the mind. The movie I felt was left off that list was "Gothika", and I thought, often, of that particular film while watching this one...What happens when the border between the Psychiatrist and the Patient is crossed, or breached, or, in the case of the movie from which I take my name, "Mister Frost", violated outright? Psychiatry and Psychology is the Religion for the "New Millennium". These Doctors with their PhD's are the new Priesthood. As was said several times in this movie (Crazy As Hell) and was mentioned in a couple of the other movies, these Doctors -- quite a lot of the time, I should think -- do not really view their patients as people. They are, at best, "cases" to be solved. Or, at worst, as the Psychiatrist in this movie was accused of, "...another notch in the win column": Another successful wager won… In the movie "Mister Frost", the Devil (Portrayed Amazingly well by Jeff Goldblum) says, "Because I'm chaos, it is my destiny to destroy." At the end of the day that is what this movie (as well as "Gothika") is truly about: Our fear of the destruction of our sanity by chaos. We all know that we walk a truly fine line between the sane and the insane, one that is made all the more precarious by the ever-changing opinions of society and the medical profession as to what constitutes "sanity". How many of us have feared that we might wind up locked away in one of these wards, against our wills and without recourse? Trapped there among the terribly wrong and delusional inmates, who would believe that we were sane? And, of course, this begs the question, "Are any of us TRULY sane?" As one character in "Gothika" points out, "You can't trust someone who thinks you're crazy." "Crazy As Hell" I would rank right up there with the best, easily, of the purely psychological thrillers. It portrays its contrasts using tricks of light and shadow…a blurring of what is real and what is not…from sharp focus to a soft blur… Director Eriq La Salle has us hook, line and sinker from start to finish… It was very refreshing to see an ending on a movie FOR ONCE that I just hadn't seen coming whatsoever. I didn't even pick up on the Hades/Sedah connection until after the movie was over.I felt that the way the production designer MUST have worked with the set designers and property masters was particularly effective. As the main character's world slowly crumbles over the course of the movie his environment and the objects contained in it begin to reflect this slow shifting of sanity into insanity. For example, the pictures and certificates on the walls of his office become progressively askew as the movie progresses, as do the Rorschach Ink Blots on the walls in the corridor leading to the ward the main character is put in charge of for the purposes of the documentary which is being filmed.This movie does have some shortcomings, as do all movies, but they are easily glossed over and are not severe enough to mention. Nor will these minor shortcomings (mostly in the realm of technical issues) detract from the basic enjoyment of what is a very enjoyable movie.Psychosis is an all-pervading mental disorder. Those who suffer from it DO NOT understand the distinction between "consensual reality" and their own particular version. How can any of us truly ever know if we are sitting here, right now, or if we are locked away, forgotten, in a mental ward somewhere hopelessly banging our heads against the wall…?As Jeff Goldblum's character in "Mister Frost" says, "I'm the Ga Ga Man! Boo!"

There were parts of this film which I did not like at all, because of the initial portrayal of the hospital and the patients. I worked Psych for 9 years and there were some scenes that were true to life, but overall, they were played for shock/humour. Having said this, I was distracted from these shortcomings by the excellent acting of the entire cast and when Mr.La Salle and Mr. Beach encounter each other, the sparks fly. I had no idea where the film was going but I was glad for the ride; these two guys display their talents and there is no doubt that you are seeing two masters at work. Some of the characters seemed superfluous to me, but the author did also write the screen play so I'll assume that he knew what he was doing (Big of me, don't you think?) I didn't care for the ending,and frankly, I thought it was an unoriginal cop-out, but the lead up to it - the chase, the revelation, made it bearable. Also, is there anything Ronnie Cox can't do?