Maika Monroe Is Crazed Governess in 'Victorian Psycho' Trailer
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- Bleecker Street released the full trailer for 'Victorian Psycho,' a period horror film set in Victorian England and coming to theaters September 25
- Maika Monroe stars as Winifred Notty, a governess whose fraying psyche leads to bloody consequences at a Yorkshire estate, with Jason Isaacs, Ruth Wilson, Jacobi Jupe, Evie Templeton, and Thomasin McKenzie in supporting roles
- Virginia Feito adapted her own 2025 horror novel into the screenplay, with Zachary Wigon directing his third feature after 'The Heart Machine' and 'Sanctuary'
- 'Victorian Psycho' premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival in May in the Un Certain Regard competition, where it drew mixed-to-positive reviews
- IndieWire's Kate Erbland gave the film a 'B,' praising Monroe as 'deliciously and dementedly funny' but criticizing the adaptation for toning down the novel's more extreme content, writing the film needed to 'go full boar'
Why it matters: Bleecker Street is betting on a scream-queen vehicle in the prestige horror space, with Monroe — fresh off 'Longlegs' — anchoring the cast. But the most-cited Cannes review flagged that the adaptation softened the novel's edgier impulses, a tension that could blunt the film's appeal to horror fans seeking the source material's full intensity.
