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\n\tOver the last week, Cannes served up a fair share of European arthouse and even a splash of insane live-action CGI monster action (that\u2019ll be \u201cHope\u201d). On Thursday, it was the turn of bloody horror to have its moment at the festival.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cVictorian Psycho,\u201d Zachary Wigon\u2019s gothic thriller starring Maika Monroe as a serial killer, made its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard competition, with the gory affair earning a 5-ovation.<\/p>\n

\n\tThomasin McKenzie, Ruth Wilson and Jason Isaacs also star in the film, set in 19th-century England and following an eccentric young governess who arrives at a remote gothic manor only to find its staff inexplicably begin to disappear. As per the film\u2019s description: \u201c\u2018Victorian Psycho\u2019 invites us into the mind of a psychopath \u2013 trapped in a world she cannot control, living on the border between insurrection and madness.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking to Variety<\/em> before the premiere, Wigon suggested a term he used to describe the numerous tones in the film, which moves through pitch-black humor, empathy, fury and larger-than-life moments. <\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cThe word I kept using was \u2018demented,\u2019\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s a big tent. Demented encompasses scary, but also funny and outrageous.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film is based on Virginia Feito\u2019s best-selling novel of the same name. Bleecker Street has acquired distribution rights in the U.S. and set a release date of September 25, with True Brit on board in the U.K. and Ireland. Anton is fully financing the film and representing international rights.<\/p>\n

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