Psychopaths

Name: Psychopaths
Genre: Horror
Released: December 1, 2017
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 37
Cast: Ashley Bell, Carson Nicely, James Hébert, Jamie Ann Burke, Jeffrey Daniel Phillips

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: December 1, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Ashley Bell, Carson Nicely, James Hébert, Jamie Ann Burke, Jeffrey Daniel Phillips, Jeremy Gardner, Josh Ethier, Larry Fessenden, Mark Kassen, Matt Mercer, Miranda Parham, Ross Francis

Summary: The paths of multiple serial killers cross over one single, blood soaked night. Which psychopath will survive through to morning? Follow the soul of a recently executed serial killer as he descends back to earth and possesses his many followers beneath the full moon. There’s Alice, an escaped mental patient who thinks she’s living in theThe paths of multiple serial killers cross over one single, blood soaked night. Which psychopath will survive through to morning? Follow the soul of a recently executed serial killer as he descends back to earth and possesses his many followers beneath the full moon. There’s Alice, an escaped mental patient who thinks she’s living in the 1950s glamour world, Blondie, a beautiful seductress who lures men down into her suburban basement, the Midnight Strangler, first seen claiming a victim in a seedy hotel, and an enigmatic masked contract killer who stalks the city with his own deadly agenda.… Expand

Director: Mickey Keating

Genre(s): Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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Richard Whittaker

Nov 30, 2017

Keating’s no-rules narrative, and amped-up, super-stylized visuals are intoxicating and disturbing, as each killer gets their own captivating moment in the spotlight. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Nov 30, 2017

While the whole thing meanders with no destination, I’m going to hold my position in the middle because it looks fantastic. If nothing else this exercise in nihilism has given Keating an excuse to throw everything at the wall and see what sticks. Read full review

Noel Murray

Nov 30, 2017

Psychopaths is too random, too kitschy — too immature. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Nov 30, 2017

Keating fails to effectively transmit his love of pushing the horror genre to new heights, with the result that we feel less gleefully complicit than merely voyeuristic. This is a case in which less would definitely have been more. Read full review

Jacob Oller

Nov 30, 2017

Though the film acknowledges its performative nastiness at every opportunity—setting its killers and victims in windows, mind ballets, stages, and jail door slits, having them directly address the camera—acknowledgement doesn’t mean subversion, satisfaction or novelty. Even the most dedicated gorehounds should look elsewhere. Read full review

Nick Schager

Nov 30, 2017

Devoid of characters or a story about which one might care, Psychopaths proves to be a fright-free pastiche without purpose — save, that is, for unimaginatively paying homage to a string of superior genre predecessors. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Dec 1, 2017

The director called this “mayhem porn,” a designation and ideology fitting for the latest from indie director Mickey Keating, Psychopaths. This is an active, obnoxious test of an audience’s appetite for blood and how long they can go without novel ideas like purpose or plot. Read full review

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tipar

Aug 8, 2018

I have found that inside the mainstream this movie is at least kind of challenging presenting various stories on the same night.

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MJKXII

Mar 22, 2018

Mickey Keating has combined strikingly beautiful visuals and relatively solid acting with an almost plotless mess of a story.

The plot is supposed to involve an executed serial killer's soul influencing others into gruesome acts of violence and murder, but this is never clearly explained orMickey Keating has combined strikingly beautiful visuals and relatively solid acting with an almost plotless mess of a story.

The plot is supposed to involve an executed serial killer's soul influencing others into gruesome acts of violence and murder, but this is never clearly explained or developed as a plot beyond the occasional reference and flashback to the execution. There are a few stories told in this movie, but the amount of cuts to and fro can make this a confusing exercise owing largely to the lack of narrative.

Leaving the audience to work things out for themselves can work heavily in a movie's favour if the right clues and subtle direction is afforded to the viewer. This movie missed that boat completely. It may still be waiting at the airport for that particular boat to arrive which may explain a lot.

The positives are a sad note in that the visual and audio stylings are beautiful but not nearly enough to make up for the lack of plot. Strong colour themes, the right mix of visual violence and implied terror creeping through the speakers were the major (if only) redeeming features in a movie that so painfully falls into the "what could have been" category.

Hopefully waiting on a remake with a proper storyline in twenty years.… Expand

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