Principal photography on Victorian Psycho, the new horror-thriller by US helmer Zachary Wigon, is set to commence on 18 August in both Ireland and the UK.

Wigon is a New York-based filmmaker and former critic. His debut feature, the US-produced The Heart Machine, premiered at SXSW 2014 and drew on his personal experiences. He followed it up with the psychological thriller Sanctuary (2023). Wigon was previously named among L Magazine and Paste’s top emerging directors.

Toplining the cast are It Follows and Longlegs star Maika Monroe, Jason Isaacs (recently in The White Lotus and The Salt Path) and Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit [+lire aussi :
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Set in Victorian England, Victorian Psycho follows an eccentric governess who arrives at a remote Gothic manor, where unsettling events begin to suggest that she may be hiding a sinister secret.

The project is being staged by Dan Kagan (who also produced Longlegs) through his Traffic banner (USA), alongside Sebastien Raybaud for Anton (UK/USA) and Wigon himself. It is being made in association with Anonymous Content (USA) and True Brit Entertainment (UK). Executive producers include Nick Shumaker, Bard Dorros, Zygi Kamasa, Katie Holly, Lisa Kelly and Virginia Feito.

Anton is fully financing the production and is handling the international sales, while the US rights are being co-represented by Anton, UTA Independent Film Group and CAA Media Finance. True Brit Entertainment has picked up the UK and Ireland rights.

Victorian Psycho joins a growing slate of genre titles from True Brit, which also includes Jordan Tannahill’s Rapture, Christopher Smith’s Creep, Craig Roberts’ The Scurry (see the news) and Natasha Kermani’s The Dreadful.