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2004-01-29 18:05:22 ET Doctors: Retitled 'Chainsaw' Insults Schizophrenics Wed Jan 28,10:43 AM ET Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo! ATHENS (Reuters) - The remake of cult horror classic "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," which tells the gruesome story of a mad serial killer, has infuriated Greek psychiatrists. It's not the gore or violence that has the doctors up in arms, but the film's Greek-language title: "The Schizophrenic Chainsaw Killer." "The title has no relation to the English title, the protagonist of the movie is not suffering from schizophrenia and so it is insulting and demeaning to those suffering from it," the heads of three local psychiatric groups said Wednesday in a joint statement. "The Greek title reproduces the stereotype that everyone suffering from schizophrenia is violent and dangerous." In the film, Leatherface, wearing a mask made of human skin, kills and mutilates his innocent victims using a chainsaw. One of the Greek psychiatric groups said the Greek film distributor had agreed to run a short notice before the film pointing out that Leatherface was not schizophrenic. The 1974 original and a 1986 sequel are both also known in Greece as "The schizophrenic chainsaw killer." 3 comments

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