{"id":28242,"date":"2022-03-25T20:38:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T03:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=28242"},"modified":"2022-03-25T20:38:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T03:38:48","slug":"review-schizoid-xray-4k-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2022\/03\/review-schizoid-xray-4k-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Schizoid\/X-Ray 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Neither Schizoid<\/em><\/strong> or X-Ray<\/em><\/strong> are very good movies yet they\u2019re at least watchable and even a bit of trashy fun at times, and probably better suited for group viewing for an \u201cMST3K\u201d style setting.<\/p>\n

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Schizoid\/X-Ray<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Horror, Suspense\/Thriller<\/span>
\nVinegar Syndrome | R \u2013 89 min. \/ 89 min. \u2013 $49.98 | March 29, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 03\/25\/2022 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>David Paulsen (Schizoid<\/em>); Boaz Davidson (X-Ray<\/em>)
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>David Paulsen (written by) (Schizoid<\/em>); Boaz Davidson (story) (X-Ray<\/em>)
\nCast (Schizoid<\/em>): <\/strong>Klaus Kinski, Donna Wilkes, Mariana Hill, Craig Wasson, Richard Herd, Christopher Lloyd
\nCast (X-Ray<\/em>): <\/strong>Barbi Benton, Chip Luca, Jon Van Ness, John Warner Williams, Den Surles<\/span><\/p>\n
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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Interviews, Featurette, Trailer
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes (Limited Edition only)
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>4K, Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>3<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio (4K\/BD): <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)
\nVideo (4K): <\/strong>2160p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nVideo (BD): <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nDynamic Range: <\/strong>HDR10
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, French, Spanish
\nCodecs: <\/strong>HEVC \/ H.265 (4K), MPEG-4 AVC (BD)
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/span><\/p>\n
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Vinegar Syndrome provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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Note:\u00a0<\/strong>The screen grabs came from the included Blu-ray disc and does not represent the 4K picture.<\/span><\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE \u2014 2\u00be\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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SCHIZOID<\/em><\/strong> (1980) \u2014 ***\u00bc\/*****
\n<\/strong>Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>Pieter Fales (KLAUS KINSKI) is a renowned psychiatrist who is unable to reconcile his relationship with his teenage daughter (DONNA WILKES), Alison. Julie (MARIANA HILL), one of Peter\u2019s patients, is a successful advice columnist in the midst of a messy divorce, who has also started receiving threatening letters. When a black-clad, scissors-wielding killer begins murdering people in Julie\u2019s life, she begins to suspect that her unknown writer and this mystery assailant might be one and the same…<\/p>\n

Quick Hit Review: Schizoid<\/em><\/strong> is an imperfect but entertaining enough mystery-thriller with plenty of suspect characters to keep the mystery alive through the short running time. Mariana Hill is good in the lead and it\u2019s fun seeing Christopher Lloyd early in his feature film career (at this point, Taxi<\/em> was on the air for a couple of years), and playing a fairly sinister guy to boot. It\u2019s not great and relationship between the psychologist and his daughter was creepy but still worth checking out.<\/p>\n

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X-RAY<\/em><\/strong> (1981) \u2014 **\u00bc\/*****
\n<\/strong>Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>When Susan (BARBI BENTON) was a little girl, she rejected the Valentine of a lovestruck classmate. Decades later, she\u2019s come to the hospital for a routine medical examination. But when her x-rays seem to show something unusual, Susan finds herself trapped in a bizarre medical nightmare, made all the worse as her vengeful childhood valentine, disguised among the hospital staff, begins murdering everyone in his path as a means of proving his undying \u2018romantic obsessions…<\/p>\n

Quick Hit Review: <\/strong>Definitely the lesser of the double feature, X-Ray<\/em><\/strong> might feature the lovely Barbi Benton and she does have some good screen presence but the plot is convoluted and predictable though the kills aren\u2019t too bad, albeit not especially creative.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 3\u00be\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The three-disc set comes housed in a Blu-ray case and the \u201cLimited Edition\u201d version comes with a slip cover (the one I received did not). The inside cover is reversible with the other movie\u2019s artwork on the other side. All of the features are on the Blu-ray disc which contains both movies while there are two 4K discs containing only the respective movie.<\/p>\n

Interviews (Schizoid<\/em>):<\/strong><\/p>\n