Psychic Killer (1975)

User Rating:

2.9/10   

Director:

Ray Danton

Writers:

Mikel Angel (writer)
Greydon Clark (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

December 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Horror

Tagline:

"First it drives you mad, then it kills and kills and kills!"

Plot:

A former mental patient uses astral projection to destroy the people he believes have wronged him.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Astral Projection | Psychic Power | Man Hunt | Extrasensory Perception

Cast

Paul Burke	...	Lt. Morgan
Jim Hutton	...	Arnold Masters
Julie Adams	...	Dr. Laura Scott
Nehemiah Persoff	...	Dr. Gubner
Neville Brand	...	Lemonowski
Rod Cameron	...	Dr. Commanger
Whit Bissell	...	Dr. Taylor
Mary Charlotte Wilcox	...	Nurse Martha Burnson (as Mary Wilcox)
Judith M. Brown	...	Anne (as Judith Brown)
Della Reese	...	Mrs. Gibson
Joseph Della Sorte	...	H.B. Sanders
Greydon Clark	...	Sgt. Sowash
Johnny Dennis	...	Frank
Stack Pierce	...	Emilio
Harry Holcombe	...	Judge
Robin Raymond	...	Jury foreman (as Robyn Raymond)
Jerry James	...	Dr. Cummings
Diane Deininger	...	Arnold's mother
Bill Quinn	...	Hospital coroner
Marland Proctor	...	Motorcycle cop
Walter O. Miles	...	Coroner (as Walter Miles)
Mello Alexandria	...	Cop
Sandra Rustam	...	Young girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aldo Ray	...	Lt. Anderson
William Bonner	...	Ambulance driver (uncredited)
Edward Cross	...	Old man (uncredited)
Sheldon Lee	...	Inmate (uncredited)

Directed by
Ray Danton		(as Raymond Danton)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mikel Angel		writer
Greydon Clark		writer
Ray Danton		writer (as Raymond Danton)

Produced by
Greydon Clark	....	associate producer
Larry Huly	....	associate producer
Mardi Rustam	....	producer
Mohammed Rustam	....	executive producer

Original Music by
William Kraft

Cinematography by
Gerald Hirschfeld

Film Editing by
Michael Brown

Casting by
Edward R. Morse

Art Direction by
Joel Leonard

Costume Design by
Monika Henreid

Makeup Department
Tino Zacchia	....	hair stylist
Tino Zacchia	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Leonard Bram	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Hargrove	....	second assistant director (as Bob Hargrove)
Ron Smith	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Michael Hayes	....	property master

Sound Department
Ted Gomillion	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Hedy Dietz	....	still photographer
Connie Holt	....	second assistant camera
Ted Holt	....	gaffer
Gene Luce	....	first assistant camera
Michael Mileham	....	director of photography: second unit
Sordahl Robert	....	key grip
Ernest Paul Roebuck	....	grip (as Ernie Roebuck)
Timothy Stott	....	best boy

Editorial Department
Earl Watson	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Kendall L. Johnson	....	technical advisor: Kirlian photography
Patricia Motyka	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Lexington Productions
• Syn-Frank Enterprises

Distributors

• AVCO Embassy Pictures (1975) (USA) (theatrical)
• International Film Distributors (1976) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1979) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• CMV Laservision (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Dark Sky Films (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Elite Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Killer Force (Australia)
The Kirlian Effect
The Kirlian Force

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Norway:18 | UK:18 | USA:PG | Iceland:(Banned) | UK:18 (DVD rating)

Company:

Lexington Productions

Trivia:

Julie Adams' character Dr. Scott says she is from "Blyville, Arkansas". The actress grew up in Arkansas (Little Rock).

Goofs:

Factual errors: Lieut. Morgan (Paul Burke) reports that the coroner describes the scalding victim as having "first degree burns". First degree burns are the least serious (but most painful) type of burn, and the coroner would know this.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 4 (1997) (V)

Soundtrack:

La Donna e mobile

Psyhic Killer - Better than I thought it would be...

To be honest, I actually looked forward to watching the entire movie...but then again I'm used to watching the worst of the worst Blaxploitation movies.

But the acting was actually really good. Of course all the characters names have already slipped my mind, but the female psychologist was really good, can't remember if I've seen her in anything else - guess I should research that.

The 'meat' scene was a lot more graphic than I expected. It was cool to see Judith Brown in something else other than all the Pam Grier movies I've seen.

One thing to improve Psychic Killer would have been more of Stack Pierce (THE black Visitor from the TV Series 'V') in the film (at least some more flashback shots would've been cool). Another thing may have been a non-matted widescreen print. Couple of things were cut off in this print. In other words, I think it was shot in 4:3, but matted for the DVD/theatre release.

I really liked this movie, and will keep it in my collection.