Psychopaths, RIP David Lynch

Earlier this month the great movie maker David Lynch died.  I know him from "Eraserhead," "Twin Peaks," and "Blue Velvet." The movies and shows were weird.  If you like weird...you liked David Lynch. I don't know if I believe him when he insisted "Erasherhead" was not about anything. But...a good storyteller should never feel obligated to explain his story.  Today we have a vicious film, not by Mr. Lynch, but definitely in his style.  2017's "Psychopaths," directed by Mickey Keating is our blood soaked offering in this blog entry.

Okay, so here it is. Some mass killer named Starkweather (Larry Fessenden) is offed in the electric chair as the film begins. Just before the switch was pulled, he yelled that he would be back and his death would not get rid of him. True enough. The night of his execution his spirit appears to possess some weird people in the town. You will find out later that some of these peeps may have already been as evil as Starkweather. A few of the notables are an apparent nightclub singer, Alice (Ashley Bell). From stage to a home invasion. She'll gut a beautiful wife (Ivana Shein) and then you won't believe what she will do to the husband of the now corpse. Actually, if you read this blog...you won't be shocked. Then we have Blondie. When one of the people possessed by Starkweather, a serial killer himself, stops for Blondie (Angela Trimbur), a whore...she kills him.

Okay, Blondie is now mechanized for murder and torture and this is exactly what she will do.  With a briefcase filled with syringes with paralyzing agents, surgical saws and clippers, and long needles, she raids some schmuck's house and takes him apart.  Oh, there is the masked killer (Samuel Zimmerman). He'll show up at a nightclub, blow away several whores and dancers, then be murdered...or, well, you'll see.  A cop (Jeremy Gardner) is responding to this night of terror . Don't feel comforted by this creep...he's more evil than the killers in this film.  Where did these killer come from? Watch closely and find out.

The gore and ominous torture scenes will cause you to turn your head.  The style and retro feel of the movie will remind you of "Blue Velvet."  The more beautiful the actress in this film, the deadlier they are.  The hunks that love them...well, they won't fare any better.  Vicious, stylish, and ominous...for a David Lynch style film, see "Psychopaths."