Psychos in Love - Gorman Bechard - (1987) DVD

A strip-joint owner and a manicurist find that they have many things in common, the foremost being that they are psychotic serial killers. They fall in love and are happy being the family that slays together, until one day they come up against a plumber who also happens to be a cannibal.

Psychos in Love, starring Carmine Capobianco as Joe and Debi Thibeault as Kate, is pure, unadulterated genius. I understand that much of the film was ad-libbed, meaning that not only is writer/director Gorman Bechard a comic genius, a lot of that hilarity is owed to Carmine and Debi. I've heard people compare this film to a Troma film. While I love Troma dearly, Psychos in Love far surpasses anything they have ever produced. It's dripping with satire and tongue-in-cheek fun, not to mention blood, blood and more blood. It spoofs horror films, slasher films, movies in general; it spoofs itself and then spoofs spoofing itself. Say that ten times fast on your way to pick up a copy of this splatteriffic comedy.

Psychos in Love is a riot to watch. You can tell these people were having a good time making this movie. Of course, with a budget of only 70K, you'd better be having fun. This isn't REALLY a slasher film -- think Little Shop of Horrors- not REALLY a musical but a great parody of the genre! Some of the best moments in the film are good old fashioned improv. Partner that with gallons of fake blood, hysterical writing and you've got yourself a memorable Saturday night. I would suggest watching this one in a series of B-movies with some unsuspecting friends- play "pick the parody". Try not to become too addicted to reciting the best lines in the movie. I wont ruin it for you- you'll know it when it happens!

To this day I still snicker a little every time I see grapes in the supermarket. This is in my Top Ten list of most rewatchable movies.

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