VICTORIAN PSYCHO Teaser Trailer: Maika Monroe Is A Bloodthirsty Governess in Cannes-Bound Gothic Slasher
Modern scream queen Maika Monroe is back to bring us all jaw-dropping thrills, this time going back in time to the 19th century to do so. Victorian Psycho, premiering at this year’s Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section, stars Monroe as a governess who moves into a manor in 1858 England with some sinister and bloodthirsty intentions. Zachary Wigon (Sanctuary), who won Hammer To Nail’s Short Film Contest in 2012 for Someone Else’s Heart, directs from a script by Virginia Feito based on her own novel of the same name. The sensational cast also features Thomasin McKenzie, Jason Isaacs, Ruth Wilson, Hamnet breakout Jacobi Jupe, and Evie Templeton. Ahead of its release on September 25, Bleecker Street has released the first teaser trailer, which has some delightful wickedness.
As the official Cannes synopsis reads:
In the Year of our Lord 1858, an unusual governess named Winifred Notty arrives at the gothic manor known as Ensor House. Winifred’s responsibilities include teaching the children table manners and educating them about their family history – all whilst hiding her own psychopathic tendencies. As staff members start disappearing, the owners of the estate begin to wonder if there may be something amiss with their new governess… Victorian Psycho invites us into the mind of a psychopath – trapped in a world she cannot control, living on the border between insurrection and madness.
See the teaser trailer and poster below.
