Patients seeking counseling expect to receive beneficial healthcare that helps them contend with their emotions. However, the people receiving the titular treatment in the new horror thriller sequel, ‘Trauma Therapy: Psychosis,’ are not only facing extreme challenges that are meant to break them, but also the threat of meeting a devious end if they fail at their tasks.
The patients’ harrowing ordeal is showcased in a new clip, titled ‘Wolf Scene,’ and the official trailer for the film. The clip and trailer’s releases are supporting the drama’s recent premiere on digital and on demand, courtesy of Quiver Distribution.
‘Trauma Therapy: Psychosis’ was written by Tom Malloy and David Josh Lawrence, and directed by Gary Barth. The feature marks the final movie performance by the late Golden Globe and SAG Award-nominated actor, Tom Sizemore (‘Heat,’ ‘Saving Private Ryan’).
The new project serves as a follow-up to the 2019 thriller, ‘Trauma Therapy.’ In the sequel, Malloy return as Tobin Vance, a notorious self-help guru who has been exiled overseas. As the Feds move in on his U.S. operation, Tobin is building a new base in the remote outskirts of Kirkcaldy, Scotland. There, his stoic assistant, Elizabeth (Hannah New), along with his former student, John (David Josh Lawrence), recruit a hopeful new group of lost souls for an intensive retreat to solve their deep-seated problems.
The film also features ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’s Vince Lozano, Jamie Scott Gordon, Gordon Holliday, and Megan Tremethick. Sizemore appears as himself in the drama, in which he’s serving as the host of a Larry King-type television talk show.
While discussing ‘Trauma Therapy: Psychosis,’ Malloy and Lawrence said: “The first ‘Trauma Therapy’ was a really fun exploration into the power that a self-help guru can have, and how, if he or she used that power in devious ways, the results could be extreme. We were inspired by the likes of Tony Robbins and how he would make his weekend retreat participants walk on coals.
The filmmakers added: “For the sequel, we had two goals: that it would be a standalone film so people could just jump right in, and to amp up the danger and the suspense.
“Written at a retreat in Lake Placid, New York, the surrounding area gave the idea of isolation and hopelessness. ‘Trauma Therapy: Psychosis’ takes the intensity and suspense up to 11!,” the scribes added.
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