About - VideoPsychotherapy

The Asylum for Shut-Ins: VideoPsychotherapy

Vicious Political and Social Satire. A comic and insane Mash-Up of Murder, Mayhem and Madness Hosted by a malevolent Dictator-Psychiatrist from a Dystopian Future.

The Doctor is a Sadistic, Power-Mad Ventriloquist Dummy abusing the viewer with Demented Therapy and Savage Social Commentary.

VideoPsychotherapy - A Mind-Bending Hypermix of Ultra-Violent Horror and Science Fiction movie clips whipped into a relentless assault of shocking cinematic weirdness. Coming Attractions for the End of Sanity. A heady mix of sardonic humor, rage and silly fake gore—reflecting the savagery of the modern world.

The Doc has been delivering the same harsh message for decades and now it seems more relevant than ever.

Fighting Oppression and Injustice, with Humor, Mockery and the ‘Horrible Truth’

“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.” - 1984, George Orwell

Welcome to the new home of VideoPsychotherapy (1987-2025), which started as a psychotic twist on the Late-Night, Horror Movie TV Host.

Through word of mouth and VHS tapes, The Asylum, a surprisingly popular cable access show, spread like a virus across the country.

This ’Stack’ is a documentation of the madness that is The Asylum for Shut-Ins: VideoPsychotherapy—from its origin as a public access cult hit, through all its incarnations over the years and up to the present.

For context, and just plain fun, we’ve included passages from Dystopian Fiction that have inspired us and helped harden our world view. I hope we are not perceived as disrespecting these great artists—we take our crazy nonsense seriously.

We are also including selections of Fan Mail from the public access years, Media reviews and other background material.

We created The Asylum for our own amusement in the late eighties—an aggressive attack of hyperbolic violent imagery, hosted by a fascist dictator/psychiatrist who has a method for indoctrination and mind control. It reflected the rise in hateful and violent rhetoric coming from the new far-right and the ‘poison’ coming out of the media and pop culture.

The timeless message remains the same—challenge the Lies, the Oppression and the Injustice … and have a few laughs.