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Schizophreniac: The Whore Mangler
USA 1997
produced by Ron Atkins for BNP Productions
directed by Ron Atkins
starring John Giancaspro, Jasmin Putnam, J.Breck Brown, Pete Coleman, Garvin Lee, Stella McKinney, Kevin O'Malley, Jennifer Atkins, Bobby Jo Rabishaw, Mary Francis, Sandy Shoning, Kimberly Lynn Lillard, Robert Williams, Laurie Farwell, Michael Anthony Caschetta, Gary Lee Bauman, Ron Atkins (voice)
story by Ron Atkins, Gary Lee Bauman, John Giancaspro, screenplay & music by Ron Atkins
Schizophreniac
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Harry (John Giancaspro) has been brought up as a girl - against his
will -, and now he hates all women and all gays too, and eventually, under
the influence of pretty much every drug imaginable, he starts killing
people, not only prostitutes (as the title would suggest), but whoever is
unfortunate enough to cross his path at the wrong time, including his
psychiatrist (J.Breck Brown) and his girlfriend (Jasmin Putnam). But since
he's such a psycho, he projects all the evil he's doing into his rubber
doll (voiced by Ron Atkins) who tells him to kill, and frequently dresses
up as a woman before his killings. In one of his brighter moments, Harry
tries to get rid of the doll, but it seems he's not able to shake it ... I
might have to add here that this film is supposed to be a comedy. Very
weak attempt to make a horror comedy, a film that lacks in almost every
department: the plot is poorly developed, made up mainly from clichés the
film seems unable to poke fun at, the dialogue is terrible, the special
effects are pathetic, and no attempt is made to hide their shortcomings,
but worst of all, John Giancaspro's central performance is nothing short
of annoying, changing back and forth between hypercool gangsta-talk and total goofiness
without any rhyme or reason and without ever being able to pin even a single
gag throughout the movie. Better stay away from this one.
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