I had never heard of a British film called Tony; no buzz did I behold on any horror site and even when it was announced as part of the slate the publicity was oddly stifled. I really didn’t expect much from it, a bias based on nothing other than the fact that I had never heard of it and no one was talking it up. Despite my completely unfounded preconceived notion, Tony was an unassuming little film that knocked me on my ass.

We’re about a week and a half into our SXSW 2010 preview and we haven’t even scratched the surface yet. We have featured a few documentaries, a few competition films and a few big names. But we’ve yet to get into some of the edgier fair that is playing at South by next month. Up first is a serial killer from London named Tony (dir. Gerard Johnson). Looks like the story of a very skinner Milton from Office Space — only this guy goes one extra step in the process. A synopsis, photo gallery and trailer are below.