I told you, no desert until you clean your room!

Your husband drives a taxi at night. You take a job sorting records at a closed hospital at night. There might be a couple of ghosts running around the building, and you are losing chunks of time. And, there is a serial killer running around town, and his schedule synchs with your blackouts and your husband’s schedule. Could it get any stranger? Yes, it could.

In Psych9, Roslyn (Sara Foster – D.E.B.S.) takes a job working nights at a closing hospital, because her husband Cole (Gabriel Mann – Mad Men) drives a late shift taxi, and they wanted to be on the same schedule. While working Roslyn meets and begins talking to a Dr. Irvin Clement (Cary Elwes – The Princess Bride), who begins dredging up old feelings and putting ideas in her head. Also making his presence known is Det. Marling (Michael Biehn – The Terminator) who seems to believe that Roslyn knows something about the brutal murders that are occurring in that area of town. Cue horrific youthful memories, secrets, ghosts, and the husband’s work schedule with all the unaccounted for times. Factor in the misplaced trusts, distrust and delusions and you have the makings of a good psychological thriller.

Unfortunately this isn’t a good psychological thriller. I can overlook flaws if the story flows well and I don’t have the time or inclination to find fault. Paych9 doesn’t fit the bill. Roslyn takes a job to be with Cole, but they do nothing but kvetch and fight. This could have gone the Amityville Horror route, and had the haunted hospital cause a rift in their marriage, but their problems predate the opening credits. Couple this with uneven pacing, and a plot line with too many elements, and you have a well intentioned, but weak thriller.

Special Features:

Fear and Desire: The Making of Psych9

Deleted Scenes

Outtakes

Trailer Gallery

Widescreen Presentation

English 5.1 Digital Audio

English and Spanish Subtitles

Karl’s Grades’:

Acting – B+

Setting – A-

Script – D

Jumps – 2

Creep Factor – A

Overall – C-

Psych9 tried to take a story of torment and haunting, but mistook confusion for plot twists. You have Roslyn’s marriage problems, a serial killer, ghosts (?), and childhood memories of abuse. The acting was good, and the central European architecture and ambiance gave the movie a setting that scores high on the creep factor rating. But all that can’t save this film. If they had only focused on one plotline and a red herring this would have been an ‘A’ movie. But they didn’t, and it isn’t, so this movie may be for you, but it’s not for me.

ComicsOnline gives Psych9 2 too many plotlines out of 5.

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