“Psycho Killer” (2026) / Z-View

Psycho Killer (2026)

Director: Gavin Polone

Screenplay:  Andrew Kevin Walker

Stars:  Georgina Campbell, James Preston Rogers, Malcolm McDowell

Tagline: Meet your new nightmare.

The Plot…

Jane Archer, like her husband Mike, is a Nebraska Highway Patrol officer.  Jane is going off duty when over the radio she hears that Mike has pulled a car over.  Since she’s near Jane decides to swing by.

Mike says for Jane to head on home.  It’s a simple traffic stop.  As Jane drives away, she sees her husband gunned down.  The killer takes off as Jane’s attempts to save Mike fail.

Jane is convinced that her husband was killed by a serial killer the press has named The Satanic Slasher.  This psycho killer is a behemoth who has left dozens of corpses all across the Midwest.  At each crime scene the police find bizarre occult symbols.

Jane takes time off.  She believes that The Satanic Slasher isn’t randomly traveling the country.  She’s convinced the killer has a destination in mind.  If she can figure it out and get there first, she can finish him.

What Jane and no one knows is this psycho killer has an endgame in mind that will exponentially increase his number of victims and shock the world.

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…

Psycho Killer took a looong time to get made.  Andrew Kevin Walker finished the script in 2007.  In 2009, Fred Durst was set to direct with Eli Roth as the producer.  Gavin Polone, who ended up directing the film, signed on in 2010!

I was surprised. Psycho Killer was better than I expected.  It remined me of the type of movies I’d see at drive-ins in the 70s.  Perhaps nostalgia got the best of me.  Your mileage, as always, may vary.

Psycho Killer (2026) rates 3 of 5 stars.