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Writers:
David McGillivray (writer)
Murray Smith (adaptation)
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Release Date:
March 1978 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Schizophrenia... When the left hand doesn't know who the right hand is killing!!
Plot:
Samantha and Alan are getting married, but William Haskins isn't pleased. He grabs a train south to... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Lynne Frederick ... Samantha
John Leyton ... Alan Falconer
Stephanie Beacham ... Beth
John Fraser ... Leonard Hawthorne
Jack Watson ... William Haskin
Queenie Watts ... Mrs. Wallace
Trisha Mortimer ... Joy
Paul Alexander ... Peter McAllister
Robert Mill ... Maitre d'
Colin Jeavons ... Commissioner
Victor Winding ... Sergeant
Raymond Bowers ... Manager
Pearl Hackney ... Lady at Seance
Terry Duggan ... Editor
Lindsay Campbell ... Falconer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Amok
Blood of the Undead
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Runtime:
USA:109 min | USA:98 min | Argentina:100 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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The last cinema film of John Fraser. more
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References Psycho (1960) more

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Too predictable, despite effective scenes, 7 May 2001
Author: jangu from Stockholm, Sweden

By the time Pete Walker made this little slasher-shocker he seemed to have run out of good ideas. The attacks on the courts, family and church had now been made and what could he do now? How about some sort of case-study about schizofrenia? It might have worked, but mr Walker plays his cards too soon in this movie and makes the ending show a mile ahead. With the element of a "who-is-it" suspense gone, what is there left? Some surprisingly gory murders that could shock even todays jaded audience and probably scared the wits out of them in the 70's, decent performances for a horror movie (director Walker almost always managed to get the best out of his average-talented actresses) and an overall smooth running picture. Enjoyable as a timekiller (there are many, many worse slashers than this) but easily forgotten.

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