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Schizoid

"Hide the Scissors."

1980-09-01 Horror 1hr 29m

When Dr. Pieter Fales' patients start receiving ominous letters and getting murdered by an unknown black-clad assailant, he and his daughter both come under suspicion.

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When Dr. Pieter Fales' patients start receiving ominous letters and getting murdered by an unknown black-clad assailant, he and his daughter both come under suspicion.

  • Released
    1980-09-01
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 29m
  • Genre
    Horror, Mystery
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    5.1
  • Production
    The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions

Crew

David Paulsen
Director
David Paulsen
Writer
Menahem Golan
Producer
Keywords:
therapist letter murder slasher patient

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Cast

Klaus Kinski

Klaus Kinski
Dr. Pieter Fales
Donna Wilkes

Donna Wilkes
Alison Fales
Marianna Hill

Marianna Hill
Julie
Craig Wasson

Craig Wasson
Doug
Richard Herd

Richard Herd
Donahue
Joe Regalbuto

Joe Regalbuto
Jake
Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Lloyd
Gilbert
Flo Lawrence

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Pat
Kiva Lawrence

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Rosemary
Claude Duvernoy

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Françoise
Cindy Donlan

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Sally
Jon Greene

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Archie
David Assael

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Barney
Richard Balin

Richard Balin
Freddy
Fredric Cook

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Willy
Kathy Garrick

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Maxine
Gracia Lee

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Bruce
Tobar Mayo

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Jonathon Millner

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Frances E. Nealy

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Housekeepe
Kimberly Jensen

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Jay May

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Cindy Riegel

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Secretary (uncredited)
Tony Swartz

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Reviews for Schizoid
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A Review by JPV852 6

Written by JPV852 on 2022-03-23

Satisfying and somewhat effective mystery-thriller. It's another 1980s-era movie that's not entirely special but kept my attention throughou... read more

Satisfying and somewhat effective mystery-thriller. It's another 1980s-era movie that's not entirely special but kept my attention throughout. Also fun to see Christopher Lloyd in a film early in his career (though had been on Taxi for a couple years before this release). **3.25/5**

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A Review by CharlesTatum 2

Written by CharlesTatum on 2023-07-15

Who is killing the women in Marianna Hill's therapy group? Is it the creepy psychiatrist Klaus Kinski? His troubled yet cute daughter Donna ... read more

Who is killing the women in Marianna Hill's therapy group? Is it the creepy psychiatrist Klaus Kinski? His troubled yet cute daughter Donna Wilkes (who has a brief nude scene that I had been dreaming about since McLean Stevenson's forgotten sitcom "Hello Larry")? Marianna's grinning ex-husband Craig Wasson? What about a young Christopher Lloyd, the bitter handyman? Or even the even younger looking detective Joe Regalbuto? Hill plays an advice columnist who is having more problems than a week's worth of Ann Landers letters. She is receiving death threats, and someone is killing the women in her group with a large pair of scissors. The killer, whom I figured out right away, wears a fedora and coat, a striking silhouette in the un-scary killing scenes. Hill is also messing around with the chain smoking Kinski, resulting in a sex scene I could have gone all my life without seeing. Kinski is sleeping with a stripper/patient, and he, uh, "analyzes her feelings" against a hot water heater, resulting in another sex scene I could have gone my whole life without seeing. The finale takes place in Hill's newspaper office, as the film makers drag the proceedings out by assembling all of the suspects together, like an Agatha Christie novel, except with shootings and stabbings instead of a parlor full of upper class Brits and a brilliant detective. Filmed and released in 1980, this has all the makings of a slasher film. The few killings here are not all that gory, but violent. The name cast try their best. Paulsen's direction is void of suspense as he hopes his mediocre script will carry the film. Instead, it becomes gimmicky and silly, but trudges along like this is Shakespeare. Between the awful synth score (the scissors have their own theme when they appear) and Kinski's overbaked performance, a viewer must take this with a grain of salt. I cannot recommend this.

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A Review by JPV852

Satisfying and somewhat effective mystery-thriller. It's another 1980s-era movie that's not entirely special but kept my attention throughout. Also fun to see Christopher Lloyd in a film early in his career (though had been on Taxi for a co...

reviewer avatar

A Review by JPV852 6

Written by JPV852 on 2022-03-23

Satisfying and somewhat effective mystery-thriller. It's another 1980s-era movie that's not entirely special but kept my attention throughout. Also fun to see Christopher Lloyd in a film early in his ...

read more
reviewer avatar

A Review by CharlesTatum 2

Written by CharlesTatum on 2023-07-15

Who is killing the women in Marianna Hill's therapy group? Is it the creepy psychiatrist Klaus Kinski? His troubled yet cute daughter Donna Wilkes (who has a brief nude scene that I had been dreaming ...

read more