PickFlick
The Psycho Lover

The Psycho Lover

A shocking story... A more shocking ending!

1970•1h 20m•5.0/10
Horror

Ratings

🎬TMDb
5.0/10(10)

A psychiatrist plots to murder his wife, but with a new twist: he will brainwash a patient he is treating into committing the crime.

Open in PickFlick

Production

Taos-Libra Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Lawrence Montaigne

Lawrence Montaigne

Kenneth Alden

Jo Anne Meredith

Jo Anne Meredith

Valerie Alden

Elizabeth Plumb

Stacy

Frank Cuva

Marco Everson

John Vincent

John Vincent

Morlock

Sharon Cook

Debbie

Diane Jones

Patricia

Luanne Roberts

Luanne Roberts

Pamela

David Astor

The Counterman

Lynn Lyon

The Dancer

Judy Lang

Judy Lang

Trish

Charles Victor

Valerie's Doctor

Alice Friedland

Alice Friedland

Alice (uncredited)

Recommended

Gothika

Gothika

6.1
2003
Movie

After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. She's been accused of murdering her husband Dr. Douglas Grey — but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-worker, Dr. Pete Graham, of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an earthly pawn, which further convinces everyone of her guilt.

Gothika

2003
6.1
The Voices

The Voices

6.3
2014
Movie

A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.

The Voices

2014
6.3
Stonehearst Asylum

Stonehearst Asylum

6.9
2014
Movie

An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.

Stonehearst Asylum

2014
6.9
6 Souls

6 Souls

6.0
2010
Movie

A female forensic psychiatrist discovers that all of one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.

6 Souls

2010
6.0
Raising Cain

Raising Cain

6.1
1992
Movie

Child psychologist Carter Nix is a loving and caring family man, but under this appearance lies a dark and troubled past. Grappling with the consequences of this past on his own psyche and the influence of his returning father and violent brother Cain, Carter becomes involved in a series of murders and kidnappings. Meanwhile, his wife Jenny rekindles an old love affair, placing herself in the crosshairs of her increasingly unstable husband.

Raising Cain

1992
6.1
Alone in the Dark

Alone in the Dark

5.9
1982
Movie

A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.

Alone in the Dark

1982
5.9
The Raven

The Raven

6.6
1935
Movie

A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgically deformed, the mad man lures her, her father, and her fiancé to his isolated, castle-like home.

The Raven

1935
6.6
The Return

The Return

6.0
2006
Movie

Joanna Mills has a successful career but feels her personal life is spinning out of control. She has few friends, an estranged father, and a crazy ex-boyfriend who is stalking her. Joanna begins having terrifying visions of a woman's murder, and it seems that she is the killer's next target. Determined to solve the mystery and escape her apparent fate, Joanna follows her visions to the victim's hometown and finds that some secrets just do not stay buried.

The Return

2006
6.0
Unsane

Unsane

6.3
2018
Movie

A woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution where she is confronted by her greatest fear.

Unsane

2018
6.3
Psycho II

Psycho II

6.5
1983
Movie

Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most famous victim. Is he really cured, or will he kill again?

Psycho II

1983
6.5
Hounds of Love

Hounds of Love

6.1
2016
Movie

When Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple, she soon observes the dynamic between her captors and quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.

Hounds of Love

2016
6.1
Mister Frost

Mister Frost

6.2
1990
Movie

Frost is arrested and committed for murder after he is apprehended burying his victims in the garden. However, even while under psychiatric care and tight hospital security, it becomes obvious that Mr. Frost is not all he seems to be.

Mister Frost

1990
6.2

Similar Movies

The Best of Sex and Violence

The Best of Sex and Violence

5.3
1982
Movie

Hosted by John Carradine, this tape is a compilation of scenes from and previews for various exploitation films.

The Best of Sex and Violence

1982
5.3
I Never Left the White Room

I Never Left the White Room

4.2
2000
Movie

The violent hallucinations of an incarcerated psychiatric patient.

I Never Left the White Room

2000
4.2
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

7.5
1956
Movie

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956
7.5
The Howling

The Howling

6.6
1981
Movie

After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.

The Howling

1981
6.6
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

5.3
1989
Movie

After lying in a coma for a year, Michael Myers awakens and stalks his way back to his small hometown in Illinois, intent on killing his niece, Jamie, who has been confined to a mental institution since his last attempt to slay her.

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

1989
5.3
Lust

Lust

3.8
2017
Movie

A famous crime writer becomes a victim after a crazed fan brutally attacks her. She isolates herself in her apartment, trying to cope and get on with her life, but starts to experience increasingly strange events. It doesn’t take long before she is convinced that her attacker is back and stalking her.

Lust

2017
3.8
The Time of Their Lives

The Time of Their Lives

7.1
1946
Movie

Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.

The Time of Their Lives

1946
7.1
Help

Help

2.1
2010
Movie

"HELP" is a supernatural horror thriller which draws upon the story of a malevolent spirit that refuses to leave the human world and is out to exact retribution for past crimes committed against it.

Help

2010
2.1
The Cat o' Nine Tails

The Cat o' Nine Tails

6.7
1971
Movie

A newsman works with a blind puzzle-solver to uncover a deadly conspiracy linked to a genetic research facility.

The Cat o' Nine Tails

1971
6.7
Mister Frost

Mister Frost

6.2
1990
Movie

Frost is arrested and committed for murder after he is apprehended burying his victims in the garden. However, even while under psychiatric care and tight hospital security, it becomes obvious that Mr. Frost is not all he seems to be.

Mister Frost

1990
6.2
Freeway Killer

Freeway Killer

4.6
2009
Movie

For years he terrorized California motorists as he rode the endless highways searching for his next victim. The discarded bodies turned up beaten, sexually assaulted and horribly mutilated. Deceptively charming and intelligent, the scheming murderer easily avoided police at first. But as police closed in and the killer’s pattern grew more erratic, the only question was how many more will die?

Freeway Killer

2009
4.6
A Woman Called Mother

A Woman Called Mother

7.3
2025
Movie

After her father’s death, Vira’s mother has a mental breakdown. To start fresh, the family moves to a new city and opens a hair salon together. While the family attempts to adjust to their new lives, Vira’s mother, Yanti, begins exhibiting strange, violent behavior reminiscent of her mental breakdown and becomes particularly preoccupied with her son’s sex life. Vira begins to investigate the strange occurrences and discovers that a dangerous ritual and a demonic possession are just the tip of the iceberg.

A Woman Called Mother

2025
7.3
PickFlick Assistant
Hi! I'm your PickFlick Assistant. Ask me about movies, TV shows, IPTV sources, or anything about PickFlick.

Powered by CopilotKit