It’s based on a short film by Mark of the Devil director Michael Armstrong, is that right?
That’s right. I saw the original [which is one of the stories in 1983’s horror anthology Screamtime] in the early ‘80s and always remembered it. We got in touch with Michael and bought an option right for the story and I adapted it into Psychosis. I expanded it, so it’s very different to the original, but the core premise is the same. Was it an easy or a tough shoot? No, it was an easy shoot. Surprisingly! Especially compared to Joy Division, which had a much wider scope – we shot in different countries, there were hundreds of extras, big battle scenes… I don’t know if it was just after doing Joy Division that shooting Psychosis seemed easy. But the other side of the coin is that the budget was much tighter and the schedule was really tight too. But even so, it was a pleasurable shoot! Had you always wanted to make a horror movie? Yeah, I had – a British horror, something that felt akin to a ‘70s Hammer Horror. It’s easy to detect the influence of Hammer Horror on the production – th
