While I would NOT imagine that "Schizo" was a film made with the utmost care and sensitivity concerning mental illness (after all, it IS meant as an exploitation flick), its introduction is completely wrong and absurd. The narrator tells us that 'Schizophrenia is sometimes known as Multiple or Split Personality...". It is not and Schizophrenia has nothing to do with Multiple Personality...nothing whatsoever. This is a relatively common myth but the filmmakers should have known the difference. Enough of my rant.
Samantha (Lynne Frederick) is a woman who should be very happy. After all, she just got married. But immediately following her wedding, she sees a strange man, William Haskin. And, again and again, she sees this man to the point where it frightens her. After all, who is this strange guy and why is he following her? and, does he mean her any harm? Well, apparently Samantha has some sort of shady psychological past and because of that, folks don't believe her when she tells them about this man. What is Samantha's past and what does this guy have to do with this? See the movie and find out...or not.
While there is the basis of a good film here, the film so often took the low road and so you cannot take it seriously. First, there's the title of the film...clearly meant to titillate. And, speaking of titillation, several times through the movie, there's gratuitous nudity and the movie clearly isn't a serious story about murder and mental illness. Additionally, so often in the film Samantha is scared...but there's really no reason for this and the tension is rather false....and this becomes a bit tiresome. Not a horrible film...but one that clearly cannot be taken very seriously nor loved.
Samantha (Lynne Frederick) is a woman who should be very happy. After all, she just got married. But immediately following her wedding, she sees a strange man, William Haskin. And, again and again, she sees this man to the point where it frightens her. After all, who is this strange guy and why is he following her? and, does he mean her any harm? Well, apparently Samantha has some sort of shady psychological past and because of that, folks don't believe her when she tells them about this man. What is Samantha's past and what does this guy have to do with this? See the movie and find out...or not.
While there is the basis of a good film here, the film so often took the low road and so you cannot take it seriously. First, there's the title of the film...clearly meant to titillate. And, speaking of titillation, several times through the movie, there's gratuitous nudity and the movie clearly isn't a serious story about murder and mental illness. Additionally, so often in the film Samantha is scared...but there's really no reason for this and the tension is rather false....and this becomes a bit tiresome. Not a horrible film...but one that clearly cannot be taken very seriously nor loved.