Reviewed by Kevin Scott, MoreHorror.com
I’ve been looking to discover some gems from the 1970”s and 80’s that have somehow escaped me all these many years, and happened to stumble across Schizo. Hmmm, I hadn’t seen this one, and it looked and sounded promising. I didn’t really know what to expect, because it came out a bit early too capitalize on the wave of slasher films that would inundate unsuspecting future horror fans in the next few years, and it seemed a bit polished to be anything grimy, independent, and provocative. To my great surprise, what I ended up with was a proper English giallo. I may have just coined a new term, albeit maybe only useful when referring to this film, but at least I can sound well rounded when I describe it to anyone.
The plot centers around a young figure skater in London...
I’ve been looking to discover some gems from the 1970”s and 80’s that have somehow escaped me all these many years, and happened to stumble across Schizo. Hmmm, I hadn’t seen this one, and it looked and sounded promising. I didn’t really know what to expect, because it came out a bit early too capitalize on the wave of slasher films that would inundate unsuspecting future horror fans in the next few years, and it seemed a bit polished to be anything grimy, independent, and provocative. To my great surprise, what I ended up with was a proper English giallo. I may have just coined a new term, albeit maybe only useful when referring to this film, but at least I can sound well rounded when I describe it to anyone.
The plot centers around a young figure skater in London...
- 10/23/2013
- by admin
- MoreHorror
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