Psycho Killer Producer Says The Film’s Grossest Second Was Nearly Nastier [Exclusive]

This text comprises spoilers for “Psycho Killer.”

The brand new film “Psycho Killer” is a few state trooper (Georgina Campbell) whose husband was murdered in entrance of her by a serial killer often known as the “Satanic Slasher,” and follows her single-minded quest to hunt him down. Largely content material to ship run-of-the-mill thrills, the movie briefly surges to a different stage when the killer travels to a church that is essential within the story’s lore. He notices a lone priest inside, enters the confession sales space, and after a fast back-and-forth with the person of the material, our villain jams what’s successfully an enormous, sharp metallic straw by way of the sales space’s wood separation panel, stabs it straight into the priest’s neck, and begins guzzling his blood like somebody who’s simply found an oasis within the desert.

It is stunning not simply due to its ferocity, however as a result of the movie turns into extra transgressive than it’d been till that time. I might think about it making its means onto an inventory of disturbing film scenes that went too far, nevertheless it seems that second might have been even extra excessive.

I requested producer Roy Lee particularly about this scene, and this is what he revealed:

“That was one thing we talked about so much. I used to be slightly anxious about it pushing too far into a spot the place it can offend lots of people, nevertheless it was one thing the place, it was positively deliberate forward they usually had been making an attempt to design a shot that was as tasteful as attainable. Despite the fact that I used to be like, ‘Does he really want to drink the blood?’ and everybody who was creatively concerned was like, ‘Yeah, we’d as properly attempt it.’ So we truly tried other ways — gorier and fewer gorier, and the model you noticed was [the one where] everybody felt it was as tasteful because it may very well be when it comes to what it was making an attempt to depict.”

“Panic Room,” “Secret Window,” and “Zombieland” producer Gavin Polone has been making an attempt to direct this film since at the least 2010, and he lastly succeeded in getting “Seven” and “Sleepy Hole” screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker’s script throughout the end line. With that pedigree behind the scenes, and with “Barbarian” star Georgina Campbell enjoying its protagonist, you may assume this film could be a house run. Sadly, “Psycho Killer” comes throughout as a greenback retailer knock-off of “The Silence of the Lambs,” with a touch of “Halloween” thrown in. I did not hate it, however apart from that priest kill, it would not really feel just like the film is focused on pushing boundaries or doing something notably memorable.

At one level, the killer makes his means right into a satanic cult orgy and methodically murders everybody with an axe. It is offered as a bravura showcase, largely shot in a single take, however the goofy, obnoxious nature of the cult and the reliance on CG blood within the scene makes the entire thing really feel weightless, as if none of that is actually occurring. When the killer is gulping down huge portions of sensible faux blood, as gross as it’s, at the least it feels just like the movie resides as much as the fear of its premise. Elsewhere, “Psycho Killer” simply kind of goes by way of the motions with acquainted kills scattered throughout its runtime till it reaches an unbelievable, eye-rolling conclusion that sacrifices any sense of satisfaction so as to blatantly arrange a sequel. Let’s hope if one will get made, the filmmakers take a lesson from this film’s most fascinating scene.

“Psycho Killer” is in theaters now.