‘Victorian Psycho’ Review: Maika Monroe Scares Up a Very Different Kind of Final Girl
Zachary Wigon's film 'Victorian Psycho' features Maika Monroe as Winifred Notty, a governess with a darkly humorous perspective on her sanity. The film explores Winifred's violent tendencies as she navigates her role within a dysfunctional aristocratic family. With a blend of horror and comedy, the movie promises a unique take on the 'final girl' trope in horror cinema.
- ▪Winifred Notty believes she is the sanest person she knows, despite her violent tendencies.
- ▪The film features dark humor and a unique perspective on the horror genre.
- ▪Maika Monroe's character engages in gruesome acts while attempting to fit into a monstrous aristocratic family.
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Winifred Notty is the sanest person she knows, or so the heroine (or anti-heroine, depending on how you might see it) of Zachary Wigon’s “Victorian Psycho” is quick to tell anyone who will listen. Or not, as star Maika Monroe delivers that damning and darkly funny insight into Winifred’s soul via a prim voiceover that seems to exist for her own benefit as much as the audience she seems to imagine. That’s tangled enough, but there’s also this: Winifred doesn’t really know that many people, mostly because just about everyone she’s come across in her life is dead. Still, sane! Ish. Well, it’s not called “Victorian Psycho” for nothing.
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