Schizoid (film)

Schizoid
Directed byDavid Paulsen
Written byDavid Paulsen[1]
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyNorman Leigh
Edited by
  • Robert Fitzgerald
  • Dick Brummer
Music byCraig Hundley
Production
company
Golan-Globus Productions[1]
Distributed byThe Cannon Group, Inc.
Release date
  • September 5, 1980 (1980-09-05)
Running time
89 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish[1]
Budget$350,000[2]

Schizoid is a 1980 American slasher film directed and written by David Paulsen, and starring Klaus Kinski, Marianna Hill, Craig Wasson, Christopher Lloyd, and Donna Wilkes. It follows a Los Angeles advice columnist who is subject to a series of threatening anonymous letters, while members of a group therapy she attends are being stalked and murdered by a killer armed with shearing scissors.

Produced and distributed by The Cannon Group, Inc., Schizoid was filmed in Los Angeles in 1980 and released theatrically in September that year. The film received largely negative reviews from critics, with several, such as Roger Ebert and Kevin Thomas, criticizing its depictions of violence against women.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Schizoid". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  2. ^ Edwards 2017, p. 51.