Light on substance and moves as fast as lightning, “Psycho Killer” is pure pulp horror.  The film is heavy on pace and action, so there is no time for exposition dumps, or closing the plot holes. There is a spree killer with a single purpose and won’t stop until he crashes and burns leaving a trail of carnage in his wake. “Psycho Killer” isn’t challenging anything in the pulp area of horror, it’s just showing sometimes it just needs more octane in your vehicle.  The result is classic 70’s/80’s b-movie horror that is more action then horror that’s never flashy or showy. A drive-in grinder. A grindhouse ride. A straightforward, blunt, and brutal ride and never takes it foot off the gas, or takes of the off-ramp. And unapologetic in being in poor taste of writing. It’s bad just to be bad writing.

The story, if you want to call it that, is written by Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en, 8mm,) a man notorious to go dark and the extreme edge of brutal horror in his script delivers another. A man that worked a lot with David Fincher in the nineties. It is directed by long time film producer  Gavin Polone. Both understand each other that the story isn’t so much characters developing rather what characters are doing. Both get the aesthetic of dark, murkiness and to consistently keep the film in a singular path to the end is the right choice. The movie never provides a twist nor cheats you on revealing something later that was kept from ya. It really is what the title says and never wavers- genius.

There’s nothing technical that stands out. The cinematography fits what the film needed. Which was  just perfect. Because If the cinematography was flat it  would have looked too cheap. If the cinematography went flashy and highly stylized it would have looked too sophisticated and it would lead to be more pretentious.  That’s why I say it is perfect for this film even though it won’t bring in the oscars for it. There are some interesting over heard to break-up the mostly straight on throughout. But sound and locations are spot on, and the stunts were greatly done. “Psycho Killer” was kind enough to not overstay its welcome, its greatest virtue. It knew when to end and kept its promise from what the title said it would be. I wouldn’t be surprised that it will be a sleeper among horror fans and there will be a beckoning for a sequel.  I just hope that are smart enough just like all the characters in this film just to move on 6/10