Review of Schizoid

Schizoid (1980)
4/10
boring horror
13 March 2021
Newspaper advice columnist Julie (Marianna Hill) receives anonymous threatening letters. She's divorcing Doug. She attends a therapy group run by Pieter Fales (Klaus Kinski). His building has a new handyman (Christopher Lloyd). Female members of the group start getting murdered.

Non of the women are compelling and that includes the lead character. Her acting is rather stiff. The general level of acting is inferior with some outright bad. The women are nothing more than gristle for the meat grinder. It's one after another and non of it is exciting or scary. The big black guy following her into the elevator is meant to be scary but his innocence is never in doubt. Each kill unfolds without any energy. Pieter would function better if all his creepiness is kept hidden from the audience. Doug has one really bad overacting scene. All in all, it's repetitive and boring.
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