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If either of you pick up a camera or write a script ever again, I'm sending the cops to your house.

A sincere but confused attempt to imitate the Italian giallo slasher films of the 1960s, PSYCHOTIC! tells a loosely constructed tale of two roommates in Brooklyn, New York who spend most of the movie stumbling around the underground music scene while they and a clutch of hipster friends are stalked by a masked killer.

Stuart, a singer-songwriter who has just been evicted from his own band and is looking for love, and his roommate Tim, a part-time peeping tom, who stagger through a couple of delirious nights always in close proximity to the routine killings. Consistent with the style of an Italian giallo, the plot of PSYCHOTIC! is fairly incoherent but it benefits from a hallucinogenic set design and eerie, fog-shrouded blue and red visuals.

On the debit side, co-writers and co-directors Maxwell Frey and Derek Gibbons make the mistake of also starring in their own movie, treating the viewer to sadly amateurish performances that result in a different sort of murder, punctuated by several prolonged moments of embarrassing, unintentional humor.

Despite a raft of gory killings, little suspense is generated around the killer's identity, which is the script's most interesting twist but is treated as a throwaway by directors Frey and Gibbons. What is most striking here is that all of the characters are constantly getting high or drunk, making them obvious kill targets but with the attendant inarticulate line readings by actors that teeter and sway instead of delivering meaningful characterizations or dramatics.

I'd rather kill myself instead of watching this movie again.

If I had to choose between a root canal and watching this film again, I'd open wide. If I had to choose between Toby, Hitler and whoever made this film, Id choose whoever made this film. If I ever see this playing on a screen in the future, I will destroy that screen for the safety of the audience. I would rather see the Kirk Cameron commentary version of Saving Christmas than make my worst enemy sit in front of this film.

I watched this in Park Slope, but I feel like taking the train over to Bushwick to apologize.

This is truly one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I haven't written a review on here in years. It was that bad that I felt compelled.

I knew before the credits rolled that the stars were also the writers and directors. Nobody told them no.

Ick.

I think i enjoyed reading the reviews more than the movie itself. how can a movie be sooooo bad omg! at first i was like "maybe i am overthinking" but the end of the movie, it was just dumpster fire.

By far the worst movie I've ever seen and I've watched Jesus Christ superstar. Somehow maxwell and Derek created the worst piece of trash I've ever watched...and I've watched some pretty bad scary movies. Man the acting...the writing for this movie...I hated everything about it. Do not watch.

I've never written a review before. But I have felt so compelled to announce how absolutely CRAP this movie is. There is not one decent actor in this, awful dialogue, plot is a mess. It's not even so bad it's good, it's actually criminal. I have seen some rubbish horror movies in my time but this one really takes the cake. Don't waste your time.

Where do I begin, this is a very very bad movie. The characters are poorly written and the actors are even worse. The story is slow, boring and goes nowhere. Every conversation is so awkward that you can't help but laugh every time they try to be dramatic or have any kind of dialogue. The kills are weak and there is literally nothing scary or tense that ever happens during the 87 minutes runtime. There is not one positive or redeeming thing I can say about this film. Don't make the same mistake I made, if you see it on Shudder avoid it at all cost.

Its pretty fun and loose feeling... nice gory deaths... comical in a lot of places but not overly done to ruin it. I re watched it and started liking it more than just a casual blow off based on its tendency to be so uneasy at times... check it out, its on shudder too.