Schizo (1976)
R | 109 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery | March 1978 (USA)
Samantha and Alan are getting married, but William Haskins isn't pleased. He grabs a train south to London and begins shadowing Samantha as she tries to get on with married life. Haskins' attempts to frighten her drive Samantha to desperation, but she's having trouble convincing anyone that she's being stalked. Even her psychiatrist dismisses her concerns as part of her neurosis. As bodies begin turning up, Samantha's story becomes more believable, and her dark secret from the past begins to reveal itself.
Director: Pete Walker
Writer: David McGillivray (screenplay)
Stars: Lynne Frederick, John Leyton, Stephanie Beacham
R | 109 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery | March 1978 (USA)
Samantha and Alan are getting married, but William Haskins isn't pleased. He grabs a train south to London and begins shadowing Samantha as she tries to get on with married life. Haskins' attempts to frighten her drive Samantha to desperation, but she's having trouble convincing anyone that she's being stalked. Even her psychiatrist dismisses her concerns as part of her neurosis. As bodies begin turning up, Samantha's story becomes more believable, and her dark secret from the past begins to reveal itself.
Director: Pete Walker
Writer: David McGillivray (screenplay)
Stars: Lynne Frederick, John Leyton, Stephanie Beacham
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00:00Well, she deserves to be very happy.
00:07You say that as if she isn't going to be.
00:11Well, one must take that into consideration.
00:14Leonard!
00:18Look, I know you don't like Alan, but there's something...
00:21What on earth makes you say that?
00:24I don't know.
00:25Look, I neither like him nor dislike him. I hardly know him.
00:29Which puts me roughly in the same position as Samantha.
00:34We're in one of our cynical moods, aren't we?
00:36You mean she does know him?
00:38No, she picked him off the streets, didn't she?
00:40Yes, practically.
00:42Leonard, if you were anybody other than a psychiatrist,
00:45I would tell you that there is such a thing as love at first sight.
00:48But no, you think everyone's got an ulterior motive for everything.
00:51And you know, as well as I know, that that is perfectly true.
00:56I think you fancy her.
01:01You think I fancy everyone?
01:03No, only women.
01:05There are several women I don't fancy. My wife, for one.
01:10That's why I'm taking you out to lunch and not her.
01:13Ah, the wedding party.
01:17Hello, Beth.
01:18Hello, Dave.
01:20Always the bride's maiden, never the bride.
01:22Right, not if I keep hanging around with this guy.
01:24Yes, the laws against bigamy are very old-fashioned, aren't they?
01:28Leonard, I think I need your help.
01:31I've just postponed a honeymoon in Barbados
01:33so I can spend another two weeks working my balls off in this office.
01:38Do you think I'm going out of my mind?
01:40Not if there's money involved somewhere.
01:42Yes, there is.
01:43Perfectly normal.
01:44Good.
01:45Right, well, let's go and eat.
01:47You can continue reassuring me.
01:48I'm not going to reassure you.
01:51Oh, no.
01:52It isn't as though it's some big deal.
01:54Just close friends and family.
01:56Yes, I was just meaning to ask, is anyone coming from Samantha's side?
01:59No.
02:01No one at all?
02:02No. After her mother died, she lost contact with everyone.
02:05Sad, isn't it?
02:07Very.