ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Curt Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

Sam Panico A young girl watches her mother get murdered. Years later, she's grown to become a famous ice skating star and is set to be married. But once she announces those nuptials in the newspaper, a stalker grows more and more obsessed with her. One by one, her friends start to die and she wonders...does she know the killer?Also known as Amok and Blood of the Undead, this film fits in to a post-Psycho and giallo yet pre-slasher world. It's also definitely British. And it's one of many films where exposure to sex as a young age makes you a killer. I'm not giving away anything but if you don't figure out the ending twist within the first few minutes unless you have never watched a horror film before.This is another Peter Walker directed, David McGillivray written film - they also worked on Frightmare, House of Whipcord and House of Mortal Sin together.Lead actress Lynne Frederick is also in the Saul Bass directed Phase IV and became the wife of Peter Sellers at the age of 22. They had a rocky marriage but his death haunted her throughout the rest of her short life, hurting her next two marriages (she was also married to David Frost). She even had a shrine to Sellers in her home. She's really good here and it's a shame her life was so rough.Plus, you get Joe Meek protege John Leyton as her husband (Meek was the producer and songwriter who pioneered space age pop), Stephanie Beacham (Dracula A.D. 1972) as the best friend (and eye candy) and Jack Watson (Peeping Tom).It never really gets to where you want it to be, but it's not the worst film. It just doesn't really understand what schizophrenia is, despite the long medical introduction. Redemption has released this film on DVD and blu-ray, so you should be able to find it used pretty cheaply. I watched it on YouTube, so there's always that, too.

kapelusznik18 ****SPOILERS**** British Giallo slasher flick that has ice skating queen Smantha Falconer, Lynne Frederick, stalked by this just released from prison, for the murder of Samantha's mom, William "Uncle Bob" Haskin, Jack Watson, who at first seems to have the hots for Samantha in him slobbering all over a newspaper photo of her. Taking a train trip to London to attend, uninvited, Samantha's wedding to businessman Alan Falconer, Uncle Bob is determined to make this blessed event for Samantha instead into a living hell for her. It turns out that Samantha's testimony, in her mom's murder, back in 1961 sent Uncle Bob away for 15 years. Now he's out on bail and looking for revenge.The film "Schizo" goes the usual way of a slasher film but with a truly twist ending that makes the villain in it to be far less scary or obvious. The killings that take place in the film are done in such a matter where you don't see the killer's identity making you feel that Uncle Bob who's been painted as the villain right from the start may well not be the killer. As for Samantha her freaking out at every opportunity makes the police and good friend Beth, Stephanie Beacham, as well as family friend and head shrinking psychiatrist Leonard, John Fraser,feel that she in some way needs psychiatric help herself.****MAJOR SPOILERS****By the time the truth come out due to Uncle Bob's revelations it's too late for him as well as too late in catching the killer who in the end gets away Scot-free to murder again. One of the better slasher movie from the 1970's that holds the audience interest while keeping the body count down to a minimum. The killer is always on the scene but never noticed by anyone and the person who does know who he is just happens to be the one who everyone suspects who does the killings! That's until he ends up becoming a victim himself!

lost-in-limbo British cult film-maker Pete Walker's "Schizo" is quite a blunt, if nastily grimy little psycho shocker (with giallo touches) that doesn't provide much in the way of story surprises, but cements a growing sense of unease that's broken up by constant its unpleasantness.Samantha is an international ice-skater who's about to marry. This should be a happy time in her life; however she gets the feeling that someone is stalking her. Someone from her past, she would like to forget about. However that's hard to do when dead bodies start piling up and she believes it to be the man that slashed her mother to death, but no one seems to believe her.The ensemble cast bestows some strong performances, especially in its support with standouts like the gorgeous Stephanie Beacham and a cynical John Frazer. Even Jack Watson had a creepy presence about him. A sound turn by Lynne Frederick in the lead covering a neurotic side and John Leyton is acceptable as her husband. Walker sturdily strings together the taut set-pieces with his leering, but expressive camera-work. The narrative keeps everything rather shady, building an edgy psychological imprint with its stalk and slash structure. The script stays interesting (despite never being too revealing) and playing around with a sense of paranoia (stress used as an excuse), but the red herrings are too obvious to be effective, so when it comes to the double whammy it doesn't pack much of a blow or is particularly credible. Stanley Myers' unhinged music score is jaunty, but extremely haunting and disorienting in its spells.Nice cover artwork on the VHS case, but it does give a subtle clue to where the story might just head.

Scarecrow-88 Psychological terror tale from popular British cult director Pete Walker concerning the effects of a supposedly paroled murderer on an ice skating pro, recently married to a garment factory boss.Lynne Frederick is Samantha, celebrated "Ice Queen" tormented by William Haskin(Jack Watson), the man convicted for the savage knife-stabbing of her mother. It seems as if Haskin's goal is to terrorize and kill Samantha, finishing what he started ten years prior to her mother. But, everything might not be as it seems and Samantha's newlywed husband, Alan(John Leyton)and gal pal, Beth(Stephanie Beacham, adding a bit of star power to the little thriller)are starting to question her sanity. When people Samantha knows start turning up dead, murdered in horrible ways(..sliced throat, hair pin through the eye, hammer clubbing to a skull), could she be next on the list? Director Pete Walker establishes a weird vibe, and his camera-work is tightly confined and, often, quite claustrophobic, shooting the cast really close, capturing nuances in the expressive faces of both Frederick and Watson, noting that often what is not shown is just as important as what is(..especially in the case of Samantha whose odd behavioral shifts are important to the overall story). The spine-chilling score, by Stanley Myers, adds just the right tone to the proceedings.Samantha's mood swings give Walker's movie an extra strange quality that only adds punch to the crazy twist. The motivation for the murders is pure Walker, a sordid sexual scenario sets off the horrors that will take place. One of Walker's more violent movies, and Frederick is nude several times to , both adding sizzle to his shocker. Something you'd might see on a chiller theater program, perfect midnight movie viewing. I'm guessing, Schizo is great drive-in fare. John Fraser is Samantha's reliable shrink and Queenie Watts her eccentric housekeeper, Mrs Wallace, both receiving gruesome fates. While Beacham has a secondary role, it's important as she sleuths for Samantha, hoping to put the whole "stalker" nonsense to rest, endangering herself in the process.