Throughout 2012 I dedicated Saturdays to the truly psychotic in Cinema. These posts were headed as Psychotic Saturdays! Saturday. So here is my look back at the top Flicks from my posts as we leave 2012. I have to say that I didn't start doing this until January and tried to keep with a theme in psychosis each week. So some of the classic obvious films are not here but they will probably make my list eventually in 2013! Here are the Top Ten Flicks On this last Psychotic Saturday of 2012!
10.
What Have You Done To Solange? (1972)
A teacher who is having an affair with one of his students takes her out on a boat. They see a knife killing on shore. Other gruesome murders start occurring shortly thereafter, and the teacher suspects that he may be the cause of them. Directed by Massimo Dallamano and starring Fabio Testi, Cristina Galbó and Karin Baal.
9. Blood Rage (1987)
“Blood Rage” was directed by John Grissmer and stars Louise Lasser, Mark Soper and Marianne Kanter. The film was originally shot in 1983 but wasn’t released until 1987. It has a man’s evil twin committing the murders that he is suspected of.
8. To Scared To Scream (1985)
Directed by Tony Lo Bianco this little gem of brutality stars Mike Connors, Anne Archer and Leon Isaac Kennedy. Detective Dinardo a New York detective is investigating a series of ghastly murders of various residents in a high-rise apartment complex. With some suspicion pointing to the strange doorman, Dinardo recruits police rookie Kate as bait to lure the killer into the open.
7. Strait-Jacket (1964)
The film is directed by William Castle and features Miss Crawford. Also in the cast are Diane Baker and Leif Erikson. Lucy Harbin has been in an asylum for 20 years after axing her husband and his mistress during a crime of passion, witnessed by her young daughter, Carol. While trying to renew ties with Carol, who is now a young woman about to be married, heads begin to roll again. Is Lucy repeating her past?
6. New Guy (2003)
Gregg's first day at his new job starts off strangely, as he discovers his cubicle is covered in a sea of Post-Its left behind by his predecessor, who he soon discovers did not leave on amicable terms. His co-workers don't seem quite normal either, standing aimlessly or endlessly chatting nonsense on the phone or gossiping by the coffee machine. Grown men cry in this office and as Gregg tries to stay on top of his new job, fighting a toy car that runs around the office, arguing with a janitor, and trying, repeatedly, to send out an all important fax; things gradually go from bad to worse in this corporate wasteland. As day turns into night, Gregg begins to realize this is no ordinary workplace. It can be very lethal...
5. Trip With The Teacher (1975)
Directed by Earl Barton and starring Edward Cross, David Villa, Susan Russell, Jill Voight and Jack Driscoll. A pretty young teacher and four of her pretty students take a minibus to some Navajo ruins, little suspecting another kind of ruin awaits. A trio of bikers begin to flirt with the gals, and when their bus breaks down, they helpfully tow the vehicle to a deserted shack. The chief biker, Al, chews up the scenery, kills folks, and rips off the teacher's clothes before raping her. The poor schoolgirls are also in for their share of abuse.
4. Hunter’s Blood (1986)
Five "city boys" travel to the country to relax by doing some hunting, drinking Bud, and generally having good time. However, the local inbred backwoods psychos turn the hunters to be the hunted, and they need all the ammo and wits they have to get out of the woods alive. Directed by Robert C. Hughes and starring Sam Bottoms, Kim Delaney and Clu Gulager.
3. Hysteria (1998)
The inmates of an insane asylum are subjected to experiments using collective consciousness and surgically implanted chips in an attempt to create perfect citizens.
2. American Translation (2012)
A sexually ambiguous Frenchman tours his native countryside with his naive American lover in pursuit of the ultimate thrill. From the moment they meet, brooding Chris (Pierre Perrier) and the beautiful Aurore (Lizzie Brocherè) fall instantly and passionately in love but it’s not long before their intense connection is consumed by Chris’s dark obsession with gay men. Before long, the pair embarks on a violent and sexual journey filled with seduction and destruction of young gay hustlers. Hard-hitting, intensely sexy and wildly controversial, American Translation is a twisted Bonnie and Clyde for a new generation.
1. Twisted (1986)
One evening the Collins find their maid Mrs. Murdock at the end of their steps: dead, neck broken. Obviously she had an accident. Consequently they need a new babysitter for an upcoming big party. The sensible Helen meets little Susan Collins at the discount market and likes her, so she offers to do the job. She doesn't know Susan's teenage brother Mark - technically skilled and good in school, but restive and cunning. As soon as the parents have left, he starts psychologically terrorizing Helen and his sister with electronic tricks.
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