The Man Who Tickles (2026)

In an unnamed Australian city, a mysterious figure known only as The Tickler stalks victims with a singular, bizarre M.O.: involuntary tickling attacks that leave victims humiliated but unharmed. Hard-boiled Detective Sal Monella (Hamish McAllister) is assigned the case, saddled with rookie partner Trip Hazardson (Rowan Gadhia), whose clumsiness threatens to derail the investigation. As the duo interviews witnesses — including the enigmatic Hans Wriggle (Ted Harrison) and the legendary "Tickler of '78" (Michael Sae-Teo) — they uncover a pattern suggesting the current crimes echo a decades-old spree. With the Commissioner (Sean Stolyarov) demanding results, Monella and Hazardson race to decode the tickler's logic before the next attack.