Psychos in Love
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| director = Gorman Bechard
| producer = Gorman Bechard
| writer = Gorman Bechard
Carmine Capobianco
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| studio = Generic Films
| distributor = Empire Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1987}}
| runtime = 88 min
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $75,000
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Psychos in Love is a 1987 American black comedy horror film directed by Gorman Bechard.
Plot
Joe, a bartender, and Kate, a manicurist, meet after trying to find a significant other for a long time. They are both murderers. Before meeting Kate, Joe murdered many women after bringing them to his home. A cannibal plumber, Herman, blackmails the two serial killers.
Production
Carmine Capobianco said of the script, "We decided to do something that was totally off the wall, totally fun". The part of Herman the Plumber was played by Frank Stewart, for whom the role had been especially written. Many of the scenes were improvised and the music was played on a Casio CZ synthesizer.
A play adapted from the film was released in 2003 at the Broom Street Theater.{{cite book |last=Albright |first=Brian |title=Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990: A State-by-State Guide with Interviews |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSH25LXGOksC&pg=PA186 |year=2012 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=9780786472277 |page=186}} It screened at the Bleecker Street Cinema, receiving much coverage from news outlets.{{cite book |last=Watt |first=Mike |title=Fervid Filmmaking: 66 Cult Pictures of Vision, Verve and No Self-Restraint |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d60nZ2shxU4C&pg=PA140 |year=2013 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=9780786493357 |page=141}}
Reception
A TV Guide review said, "Sophomoric, gross, warped, and more than a bit depraved, Psychos in Love succeeds as a low-budget satire of American dating rituals, modern relationships, suburbia, and slasher movies. Although at times the pacing is sluggish and only about half the jokes are funny, it does have a zany originality. Narrated by both Joe and Kate, the film is often self-reflexive as the viewer is reminded throughout that it's all 'just a movie' as actors make asides to the camera, or put their hands over the lens, or slap away the mike-boom when it comes into frame. While certainly not for the squeamish, Psychos in Love does have a certain grotesque charm and may achieve a minor sort of cult status among fans of the bizarre."{{cite web |title=Psychos In Love: Review |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/psychos-in-love/review/2030023793/ |access-date=July 30, 2013 |website=TV Guide}}
Bill Gibron of DVD Talk wrote, "This critic didn't like this movie when he first saw it back in the late '80s, and nothing has changed since then. He didn't find it funny, inventive, or scary".{{cite web |last=Gibron |first=Bill |date=May 25, 2009 |title=Psychos in Love |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/37360/psychos-in-love/ |access-date=July 30, 2013 |website=DVD Talk}}
Home media
Psychos in Love was released on VHS in 1987 by Wizard Video.{{cite web |url=https://www.familyvideo.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=301959 |title=Psychos in Love VHS |website=Family Video |access-date=July 30, 2013}} The film was released on DVD by Shriek Show, a division of Media Blasters, in 2009. The special features include commentaries, a behind the scenes look at the film's production, multiple beginning credits, longer scenes, the film's trailer, a picture gallery, and parts of the stage production. The film is also available on the Xbox Marketplace.{{cite web |url=http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Movie/Psychos-In-Love/A527EA04-6F9D-48AE-B997-1385B6F63F48 |title=Psychos In Love |website=Xbox |access-date=July 30, 2013}}
On September 26, 2017, the film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Vinegar Syndrome.{{cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Psychos-in-Love-Blu-ray/168486/|title=Psychos in Love Blu-ray|website=Blu-ray.com|access-date=November 26, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/vinegar-syndrome-september-2017-bluray-review/|title=Vinegar Syndrome's Latest Bring Blood, Love, and Other Bodily Fluids Home|last=Hunter|first=Rob|date=October 2, 2017|website=Film School Rejects|access-date=November 26, 2019}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|tt0093800}}
Category:1987 black comedy films
Category:1987 comedy horror films
Category:1980s serial killer films
Category:American black comedy films
Category:Films directed by Gorman Bechard
Category:American comedy horror films
Category:Films about weddings in the United States
Category:American self-reflexive films
Category:1980s English-language films
Category:Films about cannibalism