Films and TV shows that feel like Psycho Killer by Talking Heads
A twitchy, darkly comic monologue from a polite, unraveling mind whose anxiety curdles into menace.
- American Psycho (2000): A polished, polite surface hiding homicidal derangement, played for razor-sharp satire.
- Taxi Driver (1976): Grimy 70s New York and a lonely, unraveling man edging toward violence.
- Stop Making Sense (1984): The Talking Heads' own concert film, with David Byrne's twitchy, anxious stage persona at its peak.
- Dexter (2006): A mild-mannered man performing normality while hiding a killer's mind.
- After Hours (1985): A paranoid, comic night of escalating dread in downtown New York.
- You (2018): Obsessive, charming narration that makes the unhinged feel disturbingly relatable.
- Man Bites Dog (1992): A deadpan, darkly funny portrait of a chatty killer.
- The King of Comedy (1982): Awkward, desperate politeness that slides into menace in a neurotic New York.
