Move over, Patrick Bateman. Winifred Notty is unleashing her inner Victorian Psycho this fall, and the new trailer indicates it’ll be a blast.
The psychological horror thriller releases in theaters on September 25 via Bleecker Street.
Maika Monroe (It Follows, Longlegs) stars as an eccentric governess who arrives at a remote gothic manor where strange happenings stir suspicion that she’s not what she seems.
Zachary Wigon (Sanctuary) directed the film from a script by author Virginia Feito (Mrs. March), based on her novel of the same name.
Wigon previously said of his lead, “Maika’s intense screen presence has resonated with me over and over again throughout her history of complex performances. I’m absolutely thrilled for her to bring her unique style of psychological portraiture to the fascinatingly bizarre Winifred Notty.”
That bizarre descriptor is certainly on display in the trailer below, which introduces a rather quirky serial killer comedy set in Victorian England.
Thomasin McKenzie (Last Night in Soho), Jason Isaacs (Honey Bunch), Ruth Wilson, Amy De Bruhn, and “Hamnet” breakout Jacobi Jupe also star.
Victorian Psycho is produced by Dan Kagan (Longlegs) and Sebastien Raybaud (Greenland: Migration).
Daniel Kurland wrote in his review of the novel for Bloody Disgusting, “The novel is a dark, disgusting satire of life, death, status, and everything in between. It’s not necessarily one that necessitates a re-read, but it’s still full of powerful passages that will stick with you.”
Victorian Psycho is rated ‘R’ for “strong bloody violence and brief sexual material.”
