patrick bateman · american psycho · serial killer · wall street · 1980s · narcissist · sadistic · corporate setting · horror · psychopath
The camera glides across the immaculate, sterile opulence of an Upper West Side penthouse, coming to rest on a pair of cold, unblinking eyes gazing from a balcony. Below, you follows their predictable route, oblivious to the predator observing from the floor just beneath. The air hangs heavy with cloying envy and meticulous, deranged calculation. Patrick Bateman lingers in the shadows, his reflection flawless, his purpose murderous. He does not see a neighbor; he perceives a flaw in his immaculate universe that demands immediate, violent eradication.