Parapsycho – Spectrum of Fear explained

Parapsycho – Spectrum of Fear
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Director:	Peter Patzak
Story:	Georg M. Reuther
Music:	Manuel Rigoni Richard Schönherz
Cinematography:	Atze Glanert
Studio:	TIT Filmproduktion GmbH Viktoria Film
Distributor:	Cinerama Filmgesellschaft MBH
Runtime:	105 minutes
Country:	Austria
Language:	German

Parapsycho – Spectrum of Fear (German: Parapsycho - Spektrum der Angst) is a 1975 Austrian horror film directed by Peter Patzak, starring Marisa Mell, Leon Askin and Debra Berger. Split into three episodes, it uses extrasensory perception, reincarnation and telepathy as its subject matter.^[1] Even in the school of New German Cinema, the film was ground breaking for using footage of a real autopsy, beginning with the incision of the body from sternum to pubic bone, rather than recreating the scene using prosthetics or special effects.^[2]

Cast

Reinkarnation:

• Marisa Mell – Greta
• Peter Neusser – Harry
• Leon Askin – The old man

Metempsychose:

• Mascha Gonska – Mascha, eine Medizinstudentin
• William Berger – Pathologie-Professor, ihr Liebhaber
• Signe Seidel – seine Frau
• Debra Berger – Debbie, beider Tochter

Telepathie:

• Mathieu Carrière – Mario, Kunstmaler
• Alexandra Drewes – Barbara, die junge Braut
• Helmut Förnbacher – der junge Bräutigam
• Heinz Marecek – Marios bester Freund
• Jane Tilden – Marios Mutter

Notes and References

1. "Synopses: Parapsycho - Spektrum der Angst" BfiFilm & TV Database Retrieved 2010-10-28
2. Blood and Guts. John Brosnan. John. Brosnan. The House of Hammer. December 1976. 1. 6. 42. General Book Distribution. London.