Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

A struggling writer forms a friendship with a retired serial killer who serves as his marriage counsellor during the day. By night the killer becomes his mentor on murder, providing material for the writer's next book, in a comedy‑drama starring Steve Buscemi.

Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer is presented as a programme in the form of a movie. Its title hints at a darkly comic premise, and it is positioned squarely within the comedy‑drama genre. The story follows a writer who’s hit a creative slump and finds himself drawn into an unlikely friendship with a man who has retired from a life of murder. By daylight this former killer works as a marriage counsellor, offering relationship advice to couples. When night falls, however, he becomes an unofficial mentor on the mechanics of killing, providing the struggling author with material for his next manuscript. The production is billed as a comedy drama, balancing humour with more unsettling elements. Steve Buscemi appears in the lead role, portraying the eccentric former serial killer who doubles as both counsellor and source of inspiration for the writer’s new book. Overall, the programme mixes the ordinary world of marital guidance with the macabre insights of a past murderer, creating a juxtaposition that drives the narrative forward while maintaining a light‑hearted, yet slightly off‑kilter, tone.