Good news for anyone who loves Maika Monroe in scream queen mode: there’s more where that came from. Ever since the double-whammy of It Follows and The Guest made her a genre favourite – continuing more recently in the likes of Watcher and Longlegs – it’s been clear that Monroe has an affinity for tales of terror. And in Victorian Psycho, it seems she’s the one unleashing bloody havoc on polite society, in a 19th Century-set horror thriller. Check out the trailer here:
The film – from Sanctuary director Zachary Wigon – sees author Virginia Feito adapt her own novel of the same name, with Monroe playing Winifred Notty, a governess with violent tendencies. When she moves to a new estate, Ensor House, she struggles to keep her urges at bay, the longer she spends with the Pounds family. Wigon has assembled a great cast for this one – as well as Monroe, the film stars Thomasin McKenzie, Jason Isaacs, and Ruth Wilson, as well as Hamnet’s Jacobi Jupe, and Wednesday Season 2’s Evie Templeton.
Victorian Psycho is screening imminently at Cannes, so expect first screening – or, screaming – reactions soon. UK audiences will get to see it when it comes to cinemas this autumn, though no date is yet confirmed.
