
Psycho(1960)
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.


“Schizophrenia... When the left hand doesn't know who the right hand is killing!!”
A recently-married woman who has been labeled as mentally unstable, begins to suspect that someone close to her is the culprit in a sudden string of murders.

Lynne Frederick
Samantha

John Leyton
Alan Falconer

Stephanie Beacham
Beth

Queenie Watts
Mrs. Wallace

John Fraser
Leonard

Jack Watson
William Haskin
Trisha Mortimer
Joy
Paul Alexander
Peter McAllister
Robert Mill
Maitre d'

Colin Jeavons
Commissioner
Schizo is a drama, horror, mystery, thriller film released in 1976 exploring themes of london, england, england, psychopath, slasher, psychological thriller, maniac. Directed by Pete Walker, it stars Lynne Frederick, John Leyton, Stephanie Beacham. A recently-married woman who has been labeled as mentally unstable, begins to suspect that someone close to her is the culprit in a sudden string of murders.
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