Psychosis
2010
Dir. Reg Traviss
When horror novelist Susan (Charisma Carpenter) relocates from sunny California to the rural English countryside to recover from a nervous breakdown, her life begins to slowly unravel as she experiences unsettling and horrific visions. Could the blood-spattered sights be real, or the result of her increasingly fragile and unhinged mindset?
Dir. Reg Traviss
When horror novelist Susan (Charisma Carpenter) relocates from sunny California to the rural English countryside to recover from a nervous breakdown, her life begins to slowly unravel as she experiences unsettling and horrific visions. Could the blood-spattered sights be real, or the result of her increasingly fragile and unhinged mindset?
A multi-layered, frequently engrossing contemporary horror story, Psychosis successfully combines many of the elements that made British horror films of yore so memorable – off-beat mystery, hints of supernatural threat, quirky characters, psychological intrigue and bloody murder. Director Reg Traviss attempts to evoke twisted classic chillers from British cinema past, combining an off-kilter and edgy energy reminiscent of more contemporary horror fare with a classic British sensibility which draws on the old ‘Hammer House of Horror/Tales of the Unexpected’ school of terror.
Head over to Eye for Film to read my full review.
I recently interviewed Reg Traviss and various other members of the cast and crew of Psychosis. My feature appears in this month's issue of Gorezore (issue 58). You can pick up a copy here, or from your local newsagents.