Psychosis (2010)

Psychosis: Directed by Reg Traviss. With Charisma Carpenter, Paul Sculfor, Ricci Harnett, Ty Glaser. A serial killer unleashes his blood lust at a remote environmental-camp. Years later a horror novelist relocates to rural England and is plagued to the point of madness by horrific hauntings of a massacre.

“Charisma Carpenter does a reasonable job here as Susan Golden, an American crime writer who relocates to England (Somerset?) with her English husband, David, played by Paul Sculfor. Heu0026#39;s not so convincing though and, if this film were to work, he would have needed to be. However, the script writers have a lot to answer for in giving him such rubbish dialogue.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGlossing over the first five minutes which features a bunch of eco-warriors getting slaughtered (and thatu0026#39;s not a reference to the Special Brew they drink), the pace here is just too slow. The wooden acting, predictable plot through the middle of the film and unsparkling dialogue all conspire to make this hard work to get into.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRicci Harnett, as Peck the cock-flasher, has been in some better things than this. He just needs a bigger part (ahem!…).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI was interested to watch Justin Hawkins in a straight part, as I only know him as a rock star. Guess what he appears as here? Yep. And is he any good in that part? What do you think?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis could be edited into a half-decent 30 minutes, maybe 45. The last few minutes, tying everything together, were well done, which gets the film a second star. But as it stands, itu0026#39;s really not very good.”