Our humble hero just wants to swing by a remote mental institution in the south of France on his way home to America. His plan is to spend one night in the self-described ‘madhouse’ to satisfy his curiosity. What could be wrong with spending a single night in a rural and private 1800s asylum without a means of escape? You know, besides every word in that sentence.
Adapted by the Weisers from
“The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether”
by Edgar Allan Poe
