The Psychopath

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Feb. 04, 1966

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Genres: Crime, Horror, Mystery more

Tags: Slasher Horror, Giallo,

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Overview:

Four men who were involved in the investigation of a German millionaire at the end of World War II are found murdered with tiny dolls left next to their corpses.

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The Psychopath was an attempt to capitalize on the success of Hammer Films' recent series of psychological thrillers, including Taste of Fear.

Robert Bloch recalls in his autobiography being taken with his wife to the country in England by Ronald Kirkbride, and "the next morning a limo took us to Shepperton Studios, where we lunched after watching Freddy Francis helm a scene for The Psychopath. The scene that morning was one I had indicated as taking place at the bottom of a staircase leading to the upper floor of a house. But everything they actually shot now took place at the top of a staircase which descended to the cellar. What I wrote up they put down. And when I took director Francis aside and questioned him about the change he pointed out that building a set with a stairway was expensive. Shooting from a high angle into the redressed recess beneath a soundstage trapdoor saved money. In other words, I was right back on The Couch with The Night Walker. A low-budget film always operates on the same principle, that is to say, no principle whatsoever except saving a buck, even if it means losing the potential of the picture".

Police inspector Holloway (Patrick Wymark) investigates a string of murders where the victims have dolls attached to their bodies. The trail soon leads to a disabled German woman named Mrs. Von Sturm (Margaret Johnston), who knows a set of dark secrets that may hold the key to the murders.

Director: Freddie Francis

Writer: Robert Bloch

Cast: Colin Gordon John Harvey Alexander Knox Judy Huxtable Harold Lang Robert Crewdson John Standing Thorley Walters Patrick Wymark Margaret Johnston Don Borisenko Tim Barrett Frank Forsyth Olive Gregg Gina Gianelli Peter Diamond

Genres: Crime Horror Mystery Thriller

Tags: Slasher Horror Giallo

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