Psychic Killer (1975)

A former mental patient uses astral projection to destroy the people he believes have wronged him.

Director:

Ray Danton

Writers:

Greydon Clark, Mikel Angel,

Stars:

Paul Burke, Jim Hutton, Julie Adams

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paul Burke	...	Lt. Morgan
Jim Hutton	...	Arnold Masters
Julie Adams	...	Dr. Scott
Nehemiah Persoff	...	Dr. Gubner
Neville Brand	...	Lemonowski
Aldo Ray	...	Lt. Anderson
Whit Bissell	...	Dr. Taylor
Rod Cameron	...	Dr. Commanger
Della Reese	...	Mrs. Gibson
Mary Charlotte Wilcox	...	Nurse Burnson (as Mary Wilcox)
Judith Brown	...	Anne
Joseph Della Sorte	...	H.B. Sanders
Greydon Clark	...	Sgt. Sowash
Harry Holcombe	...	Judge
Robin Raymond	...	Jury Foreman (as Robyn Raymond)

Storyline

Mental patient Arnold Masters, hospitalized for a murder he didn't commit, learns astral projection--the art of leaving one's physical body and transporting the soul someplace else--from a fellow inmate. Upon his release, Arnold uses his new powers to bump off the people he holds responsible for his arrest, his mother's death while he was imprisoned and the price of meat! Lt. Morgan and Lt. Anderson are the cops on his trail, while his caring shrink, Dr. Scott, tries to prevent any more deaths.

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Plot Keywords:

astral projection | murder | extrasensory perception | psychic power | terror | 

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Taglines:

"First it drives you mad, then it kills and kills and kills!"

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Genres:

Thriller | Horror

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

December 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Kirlian Effect

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lexington Productions, Syn-Frank Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The sign on lawyer Sanders' new building says "M. Rustam Const. Corp." Mardi Rustam and Mohammed Rustam are two of the producers.

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Goofs

Lieut. Morgan (Paul Burke) reports that the coroner describes the scalding victim as having "first degree burns". First degree burns are the least serious (but most painful) type of burn, and the coroner would know this.

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Connections

Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 4 (1997)

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Soundtracks

"La Donna e mobile"
(uncredited)
from 'Rigoletto'
by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Joseph Della Sorte

User Reviews

No logical explanation .... but who cares ... it's entertaining !

Kirilian photography is featured throughout this intriguing film. Although promoted as horror, the sci-fi element is strong. Mental patient, Jim Hutton, eliminates his enemies with "accidents" carried out through psychic phenomena. Naturally this series of bizarre killings has the police quite perplexed. Such creative dispatches to the beyond as dropping a cement slab on his shyster lawyer, could easily be interpreted as "black comedy". The lets get right down to "business" romance between policeman, Paul Burke, and Hutton's Psychiatrist, Julie Adams, even has some levity to it. The movie has sexual titillation, nudity, splatter, creative kills, and an original and impressive ending. In short, a good exploitation film, with an interesting sci-fi premise. - MERK