Washington, May 16 -- Actress Maika Monroe will be seen as a killer governess in 'Victorian Psycho', a psychological horror thriller directed by Zachary Wigon.

The project adapts the best-selling book by Virginia Feito, who also wrote the script, as per The Hollywood Reporter.

Set in 1858, the story centres on a governess named Winifred Notty, hiding her psychopathic tendencies while arriving to work at a remote gothic manor.

As the woman takes care of her charges, staff members begin to disappear, and the owners of the estate begin to think about the reason and wonder if their new governess is serving up a spoonful of sugar with a little arsenic on the side, as per the outlet.

The film is being produced by Dan Kagan under his Traffic...