Victorian Psycho

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Victorian Psycho
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This adaptation of Virginia Feito’s bestselling novel is a Victorian macabre tale for naughty children—and even naughtier adults—that plays with the conventions of Gothic horror. The title winks at *American Psycho*, and Feito herself has described her protagonist as "a *Fleabag*-esque girl trapped in the world of *A Christmas Carol*—only with more meat cleavers." Maika Monroe (*Longlegs*, *It Follows*) portrays the vengeful antiheroine with fearless bravado, while director Zachary Wigon leans into the Gothic aesthetic, paying homage to the story’s literary roots. Miss Winifred Notty is a governess who arrives at the gloomy Ensor House to take up a new position, tasked with teaching manners to the owners' children. Little do they know that a darkness lurks within the governess—a darkness that could awaken at any moment—and that the children she looked after for previous families vanished under mysterious circumstances. Meanwhile, Miss Notty is consumed by compulsive thoughts of death; she fantasizes about slitting throats and sketches out scenarios for bloodbaths...