‘American Psycho’ Broadway Musical Is So Bloody, Audiences Are Getting Splattered

Stage version of cult horror novel and movie is deemed too realistic after one guest complains about blood stains on her Burberry cashmere scarf and Louis Vuitton bag

American Psycho Musical
Jeremy Daniel

You don’t expect to come away from a Broadway show covered in blood, but that’s what some theatergoers are complaining about at “American Psycho.”

The musical, which is based onย Bret Easton Ellis‘ cult 1991 novel and the subsequent film starring Christian Bale,ย began previews March 24 prior to an official opening April 21 at Broadway’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.

However, guests are already saying the onstage serial killer horror is too realistic as they are getting splattered with (fake) blood when Benjamin Walker’s killer Patrick Bateman slays his victims on stage.

The soaking even prompted theย Schoenfeld Theatre manager to send out a memo to staffers, according to the New York Post, which read: “Last night, a patron came to me to complain about being hit by the stage blood.

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