After watching Margaret Qualley in the highly anticipated 2024 bodyhorrormovieThe Substance, fans are no doubt looking forward to keeping up with the rest of her career. According toDeadline, Qualley’s next horror movie,Victorian Psycho,recently cast Thomasin McKenzie.
McKenzie is going to portray a nursemaid inVictorian Psycho. As is clear from the title, the moviefollows Qualley’s character, Winifred Notty, a governess who begins working at Ensor House. Dan Kagan, who producedSignificant Otherandthe Nicolas Cage filmLonglegs, will produce the movie.
Victorian Psychojoins a long and impressive list of horror movies andgames set in the Victorian era.The movie takes place in 1858. The story might remind horror fans ofMike Flanagan’s Netflix seriesThe Haunting of Bly Manor, which is also about a governess who begins working at a haunted manor and notices eerie things happening. This is always an ideal setting for a horror movie since it immediately feels powerful, atmospheric, and unnerving.
Qualley has added quite a few horror movies to her resume. BesidesThe Substance, she also starred inSanctuary.Zachary Wigon, who directed the latter, is also directingVictorian Psycho. Qualley’s other notable roles include main character Alex Russell in the emotional 2021 Netflix miniseriesMaid, Jill Garvey inThe Leftovers, and Felicity in the 2023 dramaPoor Things, which also stars Emma Stone. As for McKenzie, she previously starred inJoJo Rabbit,The Power of the Dog,the fashionable thrillerLast Night In Soho, andJoy. Since Qualley and McKenzie’s characters are both working at the same manor, audiences can guess they will become friends and work together against the outside threat. It will be cool to see how their characters' dynamic grows as the story continues.
Horror fans can definitely look forward to seeing Qualley take on a role in another creepy story. According to IMDb, her other upcoming movies includeHappy Gilmore 2,Honey Don’t!,Blue Moon, andHuntington. Horror fans and film critics were impressed by Qualley’s performance inThe Substance, which has a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s clear that Qualley has a knack for the horror genre and should definitely appear in more scary tales.
While waiting for more news aboutVictorian Psycho, Qualley fans can watch (or rewatch)The Substanceand learn more about how she felt while filmingthe body horror film. The actress gave a particularly compelling interview toUSA Todayand said of the last scene:
“It was torture. I had this awesome team of prosthetic artists that put it on me and took it off of me and got me through the day and made me laugh a couple of times while I was just on the brink of panic."
