Director Pirie Martin’s mind-bending PSYCHOSIS combines surrealist Noir, 
Horror, and ‘Arthouse Action’ to create a truly unique audio-visual experience 
inspired by the limitation and manipulation of human perception. It follows Cliff Van Aarle (played by breakout talent Derryn Amoroso); a criminal fixer with a unique psychological condition that gives him an edge in the criminal underworld, but when he’s hired by two amateur drug dealers claiming they were attacked by ‘zombies,’ Van Aarle is dragged into a terrifying and bizarre mystery that will test him to his limits. Amid a cacophony of hallucinatory voices 
guiding him from his subconscious, Van Aarle digs for answers along a hauntingly familiar path of death and psychological torture… the same path that once nearly killed him and gave rise to his unusual condition. Aiding him on his journey is a troupe of unusual allies; his gung-ho ex business partner Hess (Kate Holly Hall); the hopelessly naïve drug 
dealing duo Brodie & Aaron (Henry Errington and Michael Wilkop); a ‘sharehouse shaman’ and master chemist inexplicably named ‘No-Arms’ (Mark Healy); The case gets stranger still with the arrival of a delusional vigilante LoneWolf (PJ Van Gyen), and the revelation that the mastermind behind it all may be 
more monster than man. A surreal conspiracy of mind control, psychedelic drugs, and a criminal underbelly terrified of the enigmatic drug lord ‘Joubini’, who uses hypnosis with lethal effect. Van Aarle may be the only one equipped to bring him down, but only if his mind survives the trip. South Australian independent writer/director Pirie Martin talks about the meticulous detail that went into telling a Noir-Horror story with a heavy dose of Paracusia, an auditory verbal hallucinations, and 1930’s expressionist staging.
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About the filmmaker – Writer, Director, Producer Pirie Martin is a filmmaker, writer and artist based in Adelaide, South Australia – where he’s been making films in one form or another since the age of five. In 2010 he co-founded the partnership ‘Kessel Run Productions’ where he filled numerous production roles on corporate videos, music videos, promotional media and commercials for 11years. During this time Pirie co-produced, shot, and edited a number of short films, including ‘Cheaters’ (2017, dir. J. Bhatia) which screened at 12 international festivals and took home a handful of awards. Pirie was also on the writing team for MarVista Entertainments ‘Raising the Bar’ (Dir. Clay Glen, 2016) Pirie’s first independent short film, ‘Andy’s Venture’ (2017) was nominated ‘Best short Comedy’ at the 2017 Houston Comedy Film Festival, followed by a Special Mention at The 2018 London Worldwide Comedy Festival, and was later picked up for limited online distribution. ‘Psychosis’ is Pirie’s debut feature film.
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“It’s the precise type of unconventional visual storytelling that evokes extreme reactions. But it’s so daring in form and mythology that it’s hard not to be impressed.” – Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting
“Psychosis is offbeat and surreal, exactly as Martin intended.” – Bobby LePire, Film Threat
“a disorienting take on film noir, as distorting stylizations and unhinged plotting play out like nightmares in a damaged brain, hoodwinking and gaslighting the viewer from any sure grip on what is going on.” – Anton Bitel, Projected Figures
“Its square aspect ratio occasionally host to brief, jarring color, Psychosis is a noirishly styled nightmare that in content is closer to the arch surrealism of something like Donnie Darko, albeit on a much smaller budget…” – Dennis Harvey, 48 Hills
“Psychosis takes viewers on a triptastic journey into a monochrome world they will never forget.” – Matthew Pejkovic, Matt’s Movie Reviews