This one is almost Giallo, though made in England and not Italy. Still we have Euro-Babes doing naughty things and in great peril. In fairness, it might be other Euro-Babes that are the cause of the peril...might. Big knives, throats slit, needles through heads, impalements, more big knives, and a lot of blood. There will be screaming and hunks that never really know what is going on...typical men. Our feature today is 1976's "Schizo," directed by Pete Walker.
Sam (Lynne Frederick) is a 21-year-old figure skater...quite a dish. Here's a clue...not her fiancé Alan (John Layton) or bestie Beth (Stephanie Beacham) know much about her. Nevertheless, Sam is a babe and Alan marries her. Okay, so this is the backstory that we are given. When Sam was six, she heard William (Jack Watson) upstairs banging her mom. Sam wandered up there and saw this strange guy stabbing her mom to death. 15 years later, Sam is marrying Alan and Jack is paroled and now stalks Sam...with a knife. Jack stalks and terrorizes Sam, or so that is what we see. He'll do this at the wedding, and Sam does not want to tell anyone about it. Sam goes to her bestie's BF Leonard (John Fraser) and tells him. Leonard is a psychiatrist and notices something odd about Sam...he'll be stabbed in the back of the head soon after.
Now Sam insists this William is back and terrorizing her. Finally Alan and Beth know about her past. William gets bolder even sneaking into Sam and Alan's house. Now it gets weirder as Sam goes to visit a psychic club and what happens there is really creepy. It'll get creepy for the psychic as she will be bludgeoned to death after the seance. Bodies are piling up and Sam is screaming more and yelling at everyone that William has come back to murder her. See where this is going? Where this is going will be very twisted and sordid...and quite bloody. Sam gets to be annoying but we do like the perky Beth, probably because she is so pretty and not nearly as annoying and narcissistic as Sam.
Is William the killer? What did happen to Sam's mom 15 years ago? Are all sultry babes totally insane? The cheese factor is terrific. The hunk factor is terrific. Jack Watson does a great job as a maybe-slasher. Blood, screams, nudity, and Euro-Babes in peril is enough to make this film a worthwhile watch. Also, Stephanie Beacham is in it! See "Schizo," and enjoy Lynne Frederick and Stephanie Beacham turning in quite sexy performances.