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* DropTheHammer: The killer strikes Joy Wallace several times on the head and face with a test-your-strength mallet.
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* AbusiveParents: Samantha's mother, who threatens to punch her.
* AloneWithThePsycho: The final chase at the factory, [[spoiler: though it's subverted, because William's not the psycho.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: The killer.
* ClearMyName: [[spoiler:William's motive for stalking Samantha.]]
* CreepyChild: [[spoiler:Samantha, who brutally murders her mother with a knife.]]
* AloneWithThePsycho: The final chase at the factory, [[spoiler: though it's subverted, because William's not the psycho.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: The killer.
* ClearMyName: [[spoiler:William's motive for stalking Samantha.]]
* CreepyChild: [[spoiler:Samantha, who brutally murders her mother with a knife.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Samantha's mother, who Jean's mother threatens to punch her.
hit her daughter when the latter walks in on her while having sex.
* AloneWithThePsycho: The final chase at thefactory, [[spoiler: though it's subverted, factory.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: The killer seems like a pleasant person at first, but they hide a much darker side that murders anyone that either angers them in some manner or could expose them.
* ClearMyName: [[spoiler:William is stalking Sam becauseWilliam's not she killed her mother and he was blamed for it. Now, he's trying to remind her of the psycho.murder in order to draw a confession out of her.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: The killer.
* ClearMyName: [[spoiler:William's motive for stalking Samantha.]]
* CreepyChild: [[spoiler:Samantha, who brutally [[spoiler:In a flashback, Jean murders her mother with a knife.mother.]]
* AloneWithThePsycho: The final chase at the
* BitchInSheepsClothing: The killer seems like a pleasant person at first, but they hide a much darker side that murders anyone that either angers them in some manner or could expose them.
* ClearMyName: [[spoiler:William is stalking Sam because
* ClearMyName: [[spoiler:William's motive for stalking Samantha.]]
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** Mrs. Wallace gets a knitting needle through the head and out the eye.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Samantha gets away with everything and will likely go on to kill again, while everyone thinks that William was the killer.]]
* DropTheHammer: Joy gets beaten with a test-your-strength mallet.
* EyeScream: When Mrs. Wallace is stabbed through the head, the needle comes out through her eye.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:The newspaper at the beginning refers to Samantha as an ice queen. Guess who turns out to be the killer?]]
* {{Giallo}}: Not fully, but has some hints of one.
* {{Gorn}}: The murders of Mrs. Longworth, Joy, and Mrs. Wallace.
** Mrs. Wallace gets a knitting needle through the head and out the eye.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Samantha gets away with everything and will likely go on to kill again, while everyone thinks that William was the killer.]]
* DropTheHammer: Joy gets beaten with a test-your-strength mallet.
* EyeScream: When Mrs. Wallace is stabbed through the head, the needle comes out through her eye.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:The newspaper at the beginning refers to Samantha as an ice queen. Guess who turns out to be the killer?]]
* {{Giallo}}: Not fully, but has some hints of one.
* {{Gorn}}: The murders of Mrs. Longworth, Joy, and Mrs. Wallace.
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** Joy Wallace gets is beaten with a mallet, then while still alive, is pushed out in front of a bus which runs her over.
** Mrs. Wallacegets a knitting needle is stabbed through the head and out the eye.
with a knitting needle.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Samantha Sam gets away with everything and will likely go on to kill again, while everyone thinks that William was the killer.]]
* DropTheHammer: The killer strikes Joygets beaten Wallace several times on the head and face with a test-your-strength mallet.
* EyeScream: When Mrs. Wallace is stabbed through the head, the needlecomes pokes out through her eye.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:The newspaper at the beginning refers toSamantha Sam as an ice queen. Guess who turns out to be the killer?]]
* {{Giallo}}: Notfully, of Italian origin, but it has some hints the tone and plot of one.
one. Not to mention, the film features a black-gloved killer whose identity is not revealed until the end, murdering people who know too much.
* {{Gorn}}:The murders of Mrs. Longworth, Joy, and Mrs. Wallace.Longworth is stabbed to death while nude.
** Mrs. Wallace
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:
* DropTheHammer: The killer strikes Joy
* EyeScream: When Mrs. Wallace is stabbed through the head, the needle
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:The newspaper at the beginning refers to
* {{Giallo}}: Not
* {{Gorn}}:
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Mrs. Wallace and William Haskin.
* NeverOneMurder
* NeverTrustATitle: No one in the film has schizophrenia. The killer's illness is more like [[spoiler: Dissociative Identity Disorder or Anti-social personality disorder, [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/YMMV/Schizo depending on what you believe.]]]]
* PsychoKnifeNut: The killer, [[spoiler: Samantha stabbed her mother to death with one, slit Leonard's throat with one, and hides a dagger in her kitchen drawer, which she will likely use to kill Alan.]]
* NeverOneMurder
* NeverTrustATitle: No one in the film has schizophrenia. The killer's illness is more like [[spoiler: Dissociative Identity Disorder or Anti-social personality disorder, [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/YMMV/Schizo depending on what you believe.]]]]
* PsychoKnifeNut: The killer, [[spoiler: Samantha stabbed her mother to death with one, slit Leonard's throat with one, and hides a dagger in her kitchen drawer, which she will likely use to kill Alan.]]
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice:
** Mrs.Wallace and Wallace, via a knitting needle.
** WilliamHaskin.
Haskin, via a factory machine.
*NeverOneMurder
* NeverTrustATitle: No one in the film has schizophrenia.NeverOneMurder: The killer's illness body count is more like [[spoiler: Dissociative Identity Disorder or Anti-social personality disorder, [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/YMMV/Schizo depending on what you believe.]]]]
five.
* PsychoKnifeNut: The killer,[[spoiler: Samantha [[spoiler:Sam stabbed her mother to death with one, slit Leonard's throat with one, and hides a dagger in her kitchen drawer, which she will likely use to kill Alan.]]
** Mrs.
** William
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* NeverTrustATitle: No one in the film has schizophrenia.
* PsychoKnifeNut: The killer,
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler:William Haskin is made to be this, while at one point Samantha's husband is seen wearing black leather gloves.]]
* SerialKiller
* SlasherMovie
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Samantha's the one who killed her mom and everyone else.]]
* SerialKiller
* SlasherMovie
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Samantha's the one who killed her mom and everyone else.]]
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler:William Haskin RedHerring:
** [[spoiler:The strange man stalking Sam ismade not the killer. He's trying to be this, while at one point Samantha's husband is seen wearing black leather gloves.expose a killer.]]
** [[spoiler:Sam's husband, Alan]] sports black leather driving gloves at one point.
*SerialKiller
* SlasherMovie
SlasherMovie: Definitely more on the psychological side of things, but still one due to its gory kills.
* TheReveal:[[spoiler:Samantha's The killer is [[spoiler: Sam, aka Jean Longworth, a girl that murdered her mother and framed the one lover, William Haskin for it. The strange man stalking her is William, who killed was trying to remind her mom and everyone else.of the past in hope to get her to confess.]]
** [[spoiler:The strange man stalking Sam is
** [[spoiler:Sam's husband, Alan]] sports black leather driving gloves at one point.
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* SlasherMovie
* TheReveal:
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* TheyKnowTooMuch: Likely why Leonard and Joy were killed.
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* TheyKnowTooMuch: Likely why TheyKnowTooMuch:
** Leonard is murdered because he's the killer's psychiatrist and realized that the latter is not right in the head.
** Joywere killed.
Wallace is murdered because the killer believed that she learned their identity from Leonard's spirit.
** Leonard is murdered because he's the killer's psychiatrist and realized that the latter is not right in the head.
** Joy
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* PsychoKnifeNut: The killer, [[spoiler: Samantha stabbed her mother to death with one, slit Leonard's throat with one, and hides a dagger in her kitchen drawer, which she will likely use to kill Alan.]]
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A newly married woman (Creator/LynneFrederick) is tormented by visions of a strange man stalking her, and various other occurrences. But, is she just going crazy, or is the strange man really there? And does the man have anything to do with the black-gloved killer offing people she knows?
around her?
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:The newspaper at the beginning refers to Samantha as an ice queen. Guess who's who turns out to be the killer?]]
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: After being impaled, William Haskin somehow manages to escape the spikes, making the audience believe he might succeed in his mission. However, this is quickly dashed when William barely is able to make it to the killer before collapsing and dying.]]
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* PsychicPowers: Joy Wallace has the ability to channel the dead.
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* PsychicPowers: Joy Wallace has the ability to channel the dead. Unfortunately, this leads to her undoing when she manages to channel one of the killer's victims, making her a liability in the killer's eyes.
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A newly married woman (Creator/LynneFrederick) is tormented by visions of a strange man stalking her, and various other occurrences. But, is she just going crazy, or is the strange man really there? And does the man have anything to do with the black-gloved killer offing people she knows?
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* {{Giallo}}: Not fully, but has some hints of this.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:The newspaper at the beginning refers to Samantha as an ice queen. Guess who's the killer?]]
* {{Giallo}}: Not fully, but has some hints ofthis.one.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Mrs. Wallace, who gets a knitting needle through the head and out the eye.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Mrs. Wallace, who CruelAndUnusualDeath:
**Joy Wallace gets beaten with a mallet, then while still alive, is pushed out in front of a bus which runs her over.
**Mrs. Wallace gets a knitting needle through the head and out the eye.
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* DropTheHammer: Joy, who gets beaten with a test-your-strength mallet.
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* DropTheHammer: Joy, who Joy gets beaten with a test-your-strength mallet.
* KnifeNut: The killer, [[spoiler: Samantha stabbed her mother to death with one, slit Leonard's throat with one, and hides a dagger in her kitchen drawer, which she will likely use to kill Alan.]]
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* NeverTrustATitle: No one in the film has schizophrenia. The killer's illness is more like [[spoiler: Dissociative Identity Disorder or Anti-social personality disorder, [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation depending on what you believe.]]]]
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* NeverTrustATitle: No one in the film has schizophrenia. The killer's illness is more like [[spoiler: Dissociative Identity Disorder or Anti-social personality disorder, [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/YMMV/Schizo depending on what you believe.]]]]
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* TheUnTwist: The killer's identity really isn't that big of a mystery, when you [[spoiler: look at the killer's their sleeves.]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Not really schizophrenia...]]
'''''Schizo''''' is a 1976 horror film directed by Pete Walker.
A newly married woman is tormented by visions of a strange man stalking her, and various other occurrences. But, is she just going crazy, or is the strange man really there? And does the man have anything to do with the black-gloved killer offing people she knows?
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!!This film contains examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Samantha's mother, who threatens to punch her.
* AloneWithThePsycho: The final chase at the factory, [[spoiler: though it's subverted, because William's not the psycho.]]
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler: Is Samantha really dissociative, or is she a psychopath that is completely aware of her actions?]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: The killer.
* ClearMyName: [[spoiler:William's motive for stalking Samantha.]]
* CreepyChild: [[spoiler:Samantha, who brutally murders her mother with a knife.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Mrs. Wallace, who gets a knitting needle through the head and out the eye.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Samantha gets away with everything and will likely go on to kill again, while everyone thinks that William was the killer.]]
* DropTheHammer: Joy, who gets beaten with a test-your-strength mallet.
* EyeScream: When Mrs. Wallace is stabbed through the head, the needle comes out through her eye.
* {{Giallo}}: Not fully, but has some hints of this.
* {{Gorn}}: The murders of Mrs. Longworth, Joy, and Mrs. Wallace.
* HandOfDeath: For every murder scene, all that's shown of the killer is their black gloves.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Mrs. Wallace and William Haskin.
* NeverOneMurder
* NeverTrustATitle: No one in the film has schizophrenia. The killer's illness is more like [[spoiler: Dissociative Identity Disorder or Anti-social personality disorder, [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation depending on what you believe.]]]]
* PsychicPowers: Joy Wallace has the ability to channel the dead.
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:William Haskin is made to be this, while at one point Samantha's husband is seen wearing black leather gloves.]]
* SerialKiller
* SlasherMovie
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Samantha's the one who killed her mom and everyone else.]]
* TheUnTwist: The killer's identity really isn't that big of a mystery, when you [[spoiler: look at the killer's sleeves.]]
* TheyKnowTooMuch: Likely why Leonard and Joy were killed.
* {{Woobie}}: [[spoiler: William Haskin, who not only witnessed Samantha brutally murder his lover, but was blamed for it and spent two years in prison. In the end, all he wanted was to prove his innocence by scaring Samantha into confessing, but he ended up provoking her evil side.]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Not really schizophrenia...]]
'''''Schizo''''' is a 1976 horror film directed by Pete Walker.
A newly married woman is tormented by visions of a strange man stalking her, and various other occurrences. But, is she just going crazy, or is the strange man really there? And does the man have anything to do with the black-gloved killer offing people she knows?
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!!This film contains examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Samantha's mother, who threatens to punch her.
* AloneWithThePsycho: The final chase at the factory, [[spoiler: though it's subverted, because William's not the psycho.]]
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler: Is Samantha really dissociative, or is she a psychopath that is completely aware of her actions?]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: The killer.
* ClearMyName: [[spoiler:William's motive for stalking Samantha.]]
* CreepyChild: [[spoiler:Samantha, who brutally murders her mother with a knife.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Mrs. Wallace, who gets a knitting needle through the head and out the eye.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Samantha gets away with everything and will likely go on to kill again, while everyone thinks that William was the killer.]]
* DropTheHammer: Joy, who gets beaten with a test-your-strength mallet.
* EyeScream: When Mrs. Wallace is stabbed through the head, the needle comes out through her eye.
* {{Giallo}}: Not fully, but has some hints of this.
* {{Gorn}}: The murders of Mrs. Longworth, Joy, and Mrs. Wallace.
* HandOfDeath: For every murder scene, all that's shown of the killer is their black gloves.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Mrs. Wallace and William Haskin.
* NeverOneMurder
* NeverTrustATitle: No one in the film has schizophrenia. The killer's illness is more like [[spoiler: Dissociative Identity Disorder or Anti-social personality disorder, [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation depending on what you believe.]]]]
* PsychicPowers: Joy Wallace has the ability to channel the dead.
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:William Haskin is made to be this, while at one point Samantha's husband is seen wearing black leather gloves.]]
* SerialKiller
* SlasherMovie
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Samantha's the one who killed her mom and everyone else.]]
* TheUnTwist: The killer's identity really isn't that big of a mystery, when you [[spoiler: look at the killer's sleeves.]]
* TheyKnowTooMuch: Likely why Leonard and Joy were killed.
* {{Woobie}}: [[spoiler: William Haskin, who not only witnessed Samantha brutally murder his lover, but was blamed for it and spent two years in prison. In the end, all he wanted was to prove his innocence by scaring Samantha into confessing, but he ended up provoking her evil side.]]
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