Horror Hour with the Hannas: A Horror Movie Review Comedy Podcast · The Hanna’s

Psycho Killer (2026) - SPOILER FREE REVIEW

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Three Mile Island becomes the target of a killer’s plan to “open the gates of hell.”

The Hannas open by comparing themselves to the final girls of a slasher movie. They frame Psycho Killer as a film that wants to be a slasher but keeps drifting toward investigation. The movie's biggest hook is still its Seven connection, since Andrew Kevin Walker wrote it. Gavin Pallone's feature directorial debut gets called out right away too. They note that the marketing leaned hard on the writer's name and did not give much else away. The rumor that Disney tried to bury the movie comes up as part of the release story, which only makes it feel stranger. The cast gets a quick roll call, including Georgina Campbell, James Preston Rogers, and Malcolm McDowell. They joke about McDowell's horror resume and whether the movie is beneath the cast. The opening scene gets praise for looking good and feeling textured. The sound design gets similar respect. Even the opening credits earn a positive reaction, though the hosts admit they run a little long. The credits also seem to echo Seven, which the Hannas treat as both obvious and fair game. Before spoilers, they ask listeners to name their favorite serial-killer movie. The replies bring in Seven, Zodiac, Psycho, Bates Motel, Silence of the Lambs, American Psycho, Resurrection, Trap, I Saw the Devil, and more. The hosts bounce off those answers with quick corrections, jokes, and ranking instincts. The conversation stays loose enough to turn into a broader horror debate instead of a simple poll readout. Once the spoiler zone starts, the episode shifts into deeper plot discussion. The hosts get more specific as they talk through what the movie is doing and how it plays. The whole thing closes by teeing up a sneak peek of Welcome to Twin Peaks.

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A bantering horror chat that gets more out of the movie's uncertainty than from trying to simplify it.

The episode treats Psycho Killer as a slasher that keeps slipping toward investigative territory, and that push-pull gives the discussion its shape.

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A spoiler-free horror chat on a Seven-linked slasher that keeps slipping into investigative territory.

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