When will Psycho Killer get a digital release?
After taking a long ride through development hell, a horror thriller called Psycho Killer, based on a screenplay written by Se7en scribe Andrew Kevin Walker, reached theatres at the end of February… and few movie-goers seemed to notice. It only made around $2.5 million at the box office, and the reviews were not very positive. (JoBlo’s own Tyler Nichols called the movie “laughably bad.”) Now, we wait and see if Psycho Killer is going to get a better reception when it’s given a digital release. MediaPlayNews reports that it will arrive for premium digital rental and sale on April 7. Next Tuesday.
Synopsis
Gavin Polone, producer of Zombieland and the Walker-scripted 8MM, was at the helm of the film, with Georgina Campbell (Barbarian) and Logan Miller (Escape Room) in lead roles and 6’5″+ former professional wrestler James Preston Rogers in the title role.
Campbell took on the role of Jane Thorne, a police officer who makes it her mission to take down a serial killer referred to on the news as the ‘Satanic Slasher,’ following the murder of her state trooper husband. We had previously heard that Miller’s character is Marvin, a goth-type nebbish who works for the mysterious Pendleton in his massive mansion. Pendleton is so mysterious, Deadline didn’t even explain who they were referencing when they dropped that description. In their release date report, they credited Miller with playing the ill-fated state trooper husband… so this movie was so shrouded in mystery, even Deadline was confused.
New Regency produced Psycho Killer with Roy Lee, Walker, Miri Yoon, and Matt Berenson. Constantin Film co-financed.
A Long Time Coming
Psycho Killer is a project that spent several years in development hell. It first hit the news back in early 2009, when Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst was set to direct. Durst had moved on by late 2010, by which time Eli Roth was planning to produce it with Eric Newman, his co-producer on The Last Exorcism. They eventually moved on as well.
Polone came on board during the Roth and Newman days, and has finally managed to get the film into production. As years went by, a 2007 draft of the screenplay made its way online, so it will be interesting to see if and how things changed during this long journey. I have been looking forward to this movie for sixteen years. I didn’t catch it on the big screen, but will definitely check out the digital release.
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