Schizoid (1980)

Directed by

David Paulsen

Genre

horror film, slasher film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

R

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 58 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An advice columnist gets threatening letters while her therapy group members are killed with scissors. A killer stalks them one by one.

grungysuspensefuldatedexploitativecheesymean-spiritedlow-budgetchoppy

What happens

Schizoid is a 1980 American slasher film directed and written by David Paulsen, and starring Klaus Kinski, Marianna Hill, Craig Wasson, Christopher Lloyd, and Donna Wilkes. It follows a Los Angeles advice columnist who is subject to a series of threatening anonymous letters, while members of a group therapy she attends are being stalked and murdered by a killer armed with shearing scissors. Produced and distributed by The Cannon Group, Inc., Schizoid was filmed in Los Angeles in 1980 and released theatrically in September that year. The film received largely negative reviews from critics, with several, such as Roger Ebert and Kevin Thomas, criticizing its depictions of violence against women. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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