If bodies fall in the misty English countryside, do they make a sound? The answer is a blood-curdling YES in Zachary Wigon’s hilariously wicked, Un Certain Regard-nominated horror starring Maika Monroe. Adapting the Virginia Feito novel, it pits her governess against a creepy family ensconced in a spooky Gothic mansion.
2026
Victorian Psycho
2026
Victorian Psycho
Director
Zachary Wigon
Runtime
90 Minutes
Country
Ireland, United Kingdom
Classification
Unclassified 18+
It Follows star Maika Monroe is back at the murder coal face in former film critic Zachary Wigon’s Cannes Film Festival berthing comedy-horror adapted from Virginia Feito’s best-selling novel of the same name. Only this time, who’s doing the stalking?!? Monroe plays Winifred Notty, a governess with a patchy CV who has been invited into the candlelit halls of the imposing Ensor House. Her new employees are the ever-so-snooty Mr and Mrs Pounds, played by The White Lotus star Jason Isaacs and Down Cemetery Road’s Ruth Wilson. They’ve placed their young son Andrew (Hamnet’s Jacobi Jupe) and his older sister, Drusilla (Wednesday’s Evie Templeton), in her charge. But Winifred has a habit of zoning out, mid-lesson, only to be alerted she has uttered something rather wild. That, and she’s convinced the nanny, Miss Lamb (Last Night In Soho star Thomasin McKenzie), that a cadaverous ghoul stalks the grounds. Madness ensues in this Un Certain Regard Award-nominated hoot that will make you shriek and shriek-laugh.
“Carnage becomes pretty dang delightful in Monroe’s capable hands. Victorian Psycho operates on familiar slay grounds, but it’s an absolute blast thanks to its zany style and deranged sense of fun.”
Bloody Disgusting
“Maika Monroe delivers that damning and darkly funny insight into Winifred’s soul … bloodlusty audiences will be charmed by her go-for-broke attitude (more like go-for-the-throat).”
IndieWire
“A riot. Both the filmmaking and Monroe’s deliciously gung-ho performance – far removed from her more understated characters in Longlegs and 100 Nights of Hero – lean into the madness with glee.”
Screen International
Cannes
Melbourne
Film Credits
Director
Zachary Wigon
Year
2026
Country
Ireland & United Kingdom
Language
English
Type
Feature Fiction
Program Strand
Late Night
Producer
Dan Kagan, Sebastien Raybaud & Zachary Wigon
Writer
Virginia Feito
Cinematographer
Nico Aguilar
Editor
Dustin Chow & Lance Edmands
Cast
Evie Templeton, Guillaume Doradoux, Jacobi Jupe, Jason Isaacs, Maika Monroe, Ruth Wilson & Thomasin McKenzie
Music
Ariel MARX
Film Source
Roadshow
Genre
Black Comedy, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
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