Lady Psycho Killer

Lady Psycho Killer is one of the most scatter brained movies I have seen. I realize that it's trying to be both a horror and a comedy, but no one here seems to understand tone or timing. In the Child's Play movies, Chuckie is terrifying and also able to offer some comic relief. Lady Psycho Killer just randomly throws in a couple of "Oh boy, I get nervous around pretty girls" and odd sexual innuendos. I can dig the idea of a female serial killer that gets off on murder, but they do it all wrong. It's never quite certain whether Ella is supposed to be likable or relatable. She's a terrible person who is sexist and hypocritical, but I think that they think we think she's funny or compelling and she isn't. Kate Daly, who plays Ella, is okay sometimes, but whenever it's time for her narration, she does a terrible job. Her actual acting is never full believable, but it's not awful, but when she is only doing a voice over, she over act and feels almost cabaret. Dennis Andres, who plays her love interest, is actually pretty good. They don't give him much to work with, but he is the only character that I actually believe, everyone else is awful. Somehow, they managed to get Malcolm McDowell, a real actor who has been in actual movies, and give him the worst script that he can't possibly salvage. I guess the cinematography was alright and everything was clear, but the story zips around with no sense of pacing and very minimal as far as actual story beats. There are so many stupid little things they get wrong that just prove they weren't putting in 100%. They are at crowded night club and there is only one car in the parking lot? They pull up to a hotel (apparently the local hotel has the best bar) and just park in front of it, blocking the road. There is no Valet, so you can't just park your car there, that's not how it works. There is a lot of stabbing, but the amount of damage a single stab does widely varies, because I guess no one has seen a slasher film before? The main plot line is largely tangential to just watching Ella stab guys and we don't get a real conclusion, not that we had a believable beginning or anything really in the middle. Ella is in Psych 101 in college and the teacher is a punk rock guy so he tells everyone that he's not into all this attendance, grades, and work stuff so he says there is one assignment for the only grade in the class, a presentation and three thousand page report on you doing something "out of the sexual norm". Okay, fine, but what are you doing during class. Ella has readings to do for the class and he appears to be lecturing, but none is this is important to the paper and why is the class full every time we see it if all you have to do is show up one more time to do your presentation and turn in your paper? And how is killing guys for no reason doing something outside of the "sexual norm"? Yeah, she gets her jollies by stabbing men, but it's not related to a "sexual norm" and how can the university condone the assignment in general? Lady Psycho Killer is a complete mess and the best part is that is only lasts 80 minutes: the story sucks, the acting is almost universally bad, and there aren't any cool or even realistic kills. Even the editing is weird with a couple of scenes ending with a freeze frame that fades into the next scene while inappropriate pop music plays (the poorly matched soundtrack is another huge issue). I mean, they hired Ron Jeremy to act and a really rough looking Michael Madsen as a college professor. Lady Psycho Killer feels like something that a group of friends put together over Spring Break, at least partially to get a pretty girl to talk to them.

Cool overdone concept still not too bad. Kate Daly is gorgeous, Michael Madsen is an awesome actor and Malcom McDowel is excellent too, not sure why he'd steep low to be in something like this! The kills were nice for sure but nothing special about this movie. Definitely average, nothing horrible not great either!

Not sure what I watched. Was it meant to be a parody of Horror films? Unless you are a fan of hack and slash movies I would advise a pass on it.

Sorry but besides the camera quality I can't think of anything else positive to say about it.

I gave it a 5 because I figure some people that enjoy this type of movie would be entertained. It was definitely between a 4 and 5 for me.

I rather liked it as a spoof on teen/slasher flicks. Less serious than the rape-vegeance classic ISOYG, it still had fairly decent production values, photography and acting. The character of Ella's over-accommodating mother was rather puzzling but became clearer by the twist at the end. Mom was quite a gal.

I thought this might be an interesting teen comedy/horror movie and it starts out very promising. A sweet, virginal, college freshman (Kate Daly) trying to complete a life's experience assignment in psychology class discovers her lust for killing while also falling in love. It sounds like quite a way to come of age and, played the right way, could make for a laughable, wicked, underground hit. Ron Jeremy is fun for the all-to-brief time he is on the screen.

Slowly the film takes an exit from fun into the world of seriousness. Despite some well-known, menacing actors (Michael Madsen, Malcom McDowell, Daniel Baldwin) the movie degenerates into a typical hack'em up, blood fest without much to laugh about. The lead actress is very pretty but doesn't generate a lot of sympathy for her character. We neither root for or against her as she cuts and slashes her way through the film and her relationship with her mother (Meredith Heinrich) seems stilted and doesn't go anywhere.

To sum it up, there isn't much comedy in Lady Psycho Killer and there isn't enough suspense to qualify as a real horror movie. It is stuck somewhere in between. I give it a 5 because for a lower budget movie it had decent production values and looks acceptable. I didn't find this movie awful, I just slowly lost interest.