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WARSZAWA 2019

 


 

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STRACH I TERROR
BLOOD QUANTUM horror / Canada / 2019 / 1h 36min # fear and terror / zombies / apocalypse / survival / Native Americans / chainsaw / samurai sword / Polish premiere   Until the last drop of blood   1981. Red Crown Indian Reservation. Whilst fishing a man notices an...
BODY AT BRIGHTON ROCK thriller, horror / USA / 2019 / 1h 27min # fear and terror / National Parkcorpses / fear / Wildlife / threat / bear / Polish premiere   It's not another story about a strong and independent heroine.   Wendy works part-time at a mountain national...
THE FATHER'S SHADOW drama, fantasy, horror / Brazil/ 2018 / 1h 32min # fear and terror / drama / black magic / ghosts / children / death / adolescence / Polish premiere   Mom would know how to fix dad...   After the unexpected death of his wife, Jorge slowly...
HANNA'S HOMECOMING horror, drama / Germany/ 2018 / 1h 36min # fear and terror / adolescence / mystery / wench / possession / small town / witch / friendship / Polish premiere   Sometimes true evil does not roam the swamps at all, it lives in each of us.  ...
In the Quarry thriller, drama / Uruguay / 2018 / 1h 22min # fear and terror / love / lake trip / jealousy / tension / crime / violence / Polish premiere   Nothing hurts like unhappy love and fishing hooks   A group of friends decide to spend a...
RABID horror / USA / 2019 / 1h 45min # fear and terror / zombie / tentacles / blood / violence / fashion / experimentation / mad scientist / Polish premiere   Tentacles, zombies and transhumanism at a fashion show   After a quarrel with a friend, Rose leaves the...
BACURAU drama / Brazil, France / 2019 / 2 h 11min # fear and terror / community / violence / black humour / intrigue / murders / secret   Don’t you dare mess with Bacurau!   In an indefinite future, Teresa goes to Bacurau, a small village in Brazil’s blank...
MONSTER PARTY   thriller, horror / USA / 2018 / 1h 29min # fear and terror / violence / blood / psychopaths / murderers / Polish premiere   A party you will never forget   Casper, Iris and Dodge are a group of young thieves. They mainly target houses in...
THE BLACK STRING   horror, thriller / USA / 2018 / 1h 33 # fear and terror / sex / demons / magic / the forces of evil / mysterious cults / Polish premiere   Malcolm in the Middle   The life of young Jonathan hasn’t been easy. He didn’t...
THE NIGHT SHIFTER thriller, horror / Brazil / 2018 / 1h 50min # fear and terror / morgue / corpses / death / Revenge from the grave / haunting / family relationships / Polish premiere   The secrets of the dead are killing secrets.   Although his job is unpleasant,...
WE SUMMON THE DARKNESS   horror, thriller / USA / 2019 / 1h 23min # horror and terror / violence / metal / satanists / devil / girl power / blood / alcohol / Polish premiere   If you're listening to metal, know that the devil is already interested in...
The Golden Glove drama / Germany, France / 2019 / 1h 55min # Fear and terror / pathology / alcohol / violence / brutality / psychopath / serial killer / prostitution / social margin / based on the facts     The den that Fritz built     Hamburg. The...
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STRASZNIE ŚMIESZNIE
Come to Daddy psychological thriller, black comedy / Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, USA / 2019 / 1 h 33min # horribly funny / violence / blood / family drama / secrets / dead man / fucked-up plot twists   Playing with dad is always better but never safer   Norval’s...
MADNESS IN THE METHOD   detective story, comedy / USA / 2019 / 1h 39min # horribly funny / Hollywood / film / parody / Jay and Silent Bob / Polish premiere   Once upon a time in Hollywood   After the success of the movie in which he plays...
YOU MIGHT BE THE KILLER   black comedy / USA / 2018 / 1 h 32 min # horribly funny / summer camp / masked murderer / blood / violence / slasher / Polish premiere   Maybe you should call your friend?   It is good to have a nerdy...
THE DEATH OF DICK LONG drama, black comedy / USA / 2019 / 1h 40 min # horribly funny / drama / losers / death / town / criminal case / Polish premiere   No one’s cocky when Dick Long dies   Dick, Zake and Earl are your typical absent-minded,...
FIRST LOVE   action film, black comedy, drama / USA / 2019 / 1h 40 min # horribly funny / yakuza / violence / drugs / black humour / action   A massive bunfight in the Japanese neighbourhood   Leo is a young, talented and promising boxer. Although he is...
THE ART OF SELF-DEFENCE   black comedy / USA / 2019 / 1h 40 min # horribly funny / drama / self-defense / mystery / toxic masculinity   The first principle of the art of self-defence: forget everything you know about self-defence   Casey is a quiet, calm and rather...
SCARE PACKAGE   horror, black comedy/ USA / 2019 / 1h 40 min # horribly funny / horror / humour / parody / slasher / mucus / cut off heads / exploding heads / cut off limbs / blood / final girl / VHS / references / Polish premiere  ...
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WTF
MOPE black comedy, drama / USA / 2019 / 1h 45min # WTF / porn / film industry / sex / humour / samurai swords / blood / Violence / fact-based / Polish premiere   “The Disaster Artist” of porn industry   Tom and Steve got to know each other...
DEERSKIN psychological drama / dark comedy / France / 2019 / 1h 17min # WTF / leather jacket / fringes / murders / insanity / movies   And the story of this jacket is something you would not understand   Georges is an unhappy and tired guy. For some reason...
Greener Grass comedy / USA / 2019 / 1h 35min # WTF / satire / absurd / suburb / parody / weirdness / humour / nonsense / Polish premiere   Stop for a while and smell our plastic flowers   Jill and Lisa are mothers, wives and ladies of the...
Mutant Blast   comedy, science fiction, action, horror / USA, Portugal / 2018 / 1 h 23 min   # WTF / TROMA / zombies / mutants / nuclear weapon / super soldier / murderous rats / intelligent lobster / violence / fight / philosophy of life / apocalypse /...
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FANTASTYCZNIE
VIVARIUM psychological thriller, fantasy, Sci-Fi / USA/ 2019/ 97 min # fantastic / adulthood / closed housing estate / strange kiddy / aliens / trap / single-family home   A disturbing simulation of adult life in the suburbs – version for beginners   Gemma and Tom are a young and...
Blood Machines science fiction / France / 2019 / 50 min # fantastic / music / special effects / psychedelia / powerful women / retro / Polish premiere   A naked women winds through a neon space in the rhythm of synthwave   Two galactic scrap collectors land on a...
THE TRUEADVENTURES OF WOLFBOY   teen drama, adventure film / USA / 2019 / 1h 28min # fantastic / being different / transsexualism / adolescence / friendship / adventure / unusual children / Polish premiere   About a boy who’s looking for acceptance   The life of thirteen year old...
THE WAVE   science fiction / USA / 2019 / 1h 30min # fantastic / drugs / time travel / hallucinations / Polish premiere   Psychedelic travel in time and space   Frank is about thirty years old and works in a corporation. He has a wife, a house, money...
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WKND   drama, fantasy / Spain / 2019 / 1h 33 min # fantastic / friendship / adolescence / drama / time loop / Polish premiere   When the groundhog loses patience   A group of friends goes to a cabin in the woods for the weekend....
DARK ENCOUNTER   science-fiction, drama / USA / 2019 / 1h 37 min   # fantastic / family drama / aliens / abduction / small town / mystery / Polish premiere   A close encounter that will hurt like no other   It’s 1982. A peaceful, loving and completely ordinary...
We Summon the Darkness horror, thriller / USA / 2019 / 1h 23min # horror and terror / violence / metal / satanists / devil / girl power / blood / alcohol / Polish premiere   If you're listening to metal, know that the devil is already interested in you....
Synchronic horror, sci-fi / USA / 2019 / 1 h 36 min # fear and terror / death / psychedelics/ hallucinations / Polish premiere   Buddy-Thriller-SF-Drama on a decent flight   Denis lives in a tired and burned-out relationship with his wife, who is completely consumed with caring for her...
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DOKUMENTY
MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN   dokumentary movie / USA / 2019 / 1h 35min # docs / Aliens / SF horror / Lovecraft   The birth of the xenomorph   Ridley Scott's "Alien" easily became a classic movie. This status is due to many elements: the slimy xenomorph, which...
DEODATO HOLOCAUST   documentary / Brazil / 2019 / 1h 11 min # docs / Italian cinematography / Cannibal Holocaust / Polish premiere   Some directors are demanding, some are disturbed, but only one of them has been accused of killing his actors.   “Cannibal Holocaust” was imprinted on our...
WRINKLES THE CLOWN   documentary / USA / 2019 / 1h 15min # docs / clown / urban legend / fear / viral   While Pennywise spends his days in the sewers, Wrinkles is out scaring kids   Kids can be terrifying. The only worse type than those possessed by...
HORROR NOIRE: A HISTORY OF BLACK HORROR   documentary / USA / 2019 / 1h 23 min # docs / horror / black horror / history / Polish premiere   A lesson about the history of black horror   “Horror noire” is a splendidly made and executed documentary about the...
SCREAM, QUEEN! MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET   documentary / USA / 2019 / 1h 39 min # docs / A Nightmare on Elm Street / Hollywood / homosexuality / homoeroticism / Polish premiere   Scream, queen, scream!   The brutal story of Freddy Krueger has achieved cult status like...
krótkometrażowe
KRÓTKOMETRAŻOWE: BLOK I
DIVERSION thriller, comedy, survival / France / 2018 / 20 min / Polish premiere   Joël, a small town journalist, goes to cover a case in the French countryside. When he stops after running over a dog on the road, he finds himself trapped in the stories he usually writes....
HONOUR THY MOTHER   horror, drama / USA / 2019 / 17 min / European premiere   Liz is homeless, living life adrift. In a moment of despair and loneliness, she returns home after many years to her God-fearing mother and discovers time has changed more than she ever could...
PHANTOM   thriller, horror, drama / Poland / 2019 / 10 min   Ten-year-old Tommy stays alone at home. The boy decides to use the house to play with his toys. His imagination has no limits. Suddenly the light goes out and there is no electricity in the house. Now...
CONSPIRACY CRUISE   comedy horror / USA, Canada / 2019 / 12:20 min / European premiere   The (partly) real story of a cruise ship vacation for conspiracy theorists that takes a turn for the surreal when their most outlandish theories come true on board.   WORLD PREMIERE: Borscht 0...
LUNA   horror / Poland / 2019 / 23:24 min / World premiere   Two sisters live together in a cabin at the edge of the woods. The older sister, Gaia, is a local herbalist, and the younger one, Luna, spends her days reading the book “The Romance of Tristan...
krótkometrażowe
KRÓTKOMETRAŻOWE: BLOK II
THE HOST   thriller, sci-fi / Poland / 2018 / 15 min   Two women conducting a meteorite research and rent a room from a lonely man living in a remote area. With each day their behavior and relations between them become more and more strange. Is it the influence...
RUFUS   black comedy / Poland / 2019 / 18:39 min / Polish and world premiere   A black comedy telling the story of Janek who wants something more from life. More money, more glory, more respect. Unfortunately, he does not know how to achieve this. He works in a...
ATTACHMENT   horror / Poland / 2019 / 16:28 min    A man leaves his wife for a young, beautiful lover. When he lives with his new lover, he quickly discovers that she is not what he expected. His life turns into a nightmare.   PREMIERE: Lubuskie Film Summer 2019...
RAIN CATCHER   neo-noir, psychological thriller / United Kingdom / 2018 / 15:55 min / Polish premiere   Rain Catcher is a neo-noir about a young photographer haunted by a mysterious man appearing in his pictures. We follow a young photographer, an outcast simply known as Rain Catcher. New in...
KISHONIA   experimental / Poland / 2019 / 22 min   HM channel presents the most pickled film of this year!   There was an apocalypse caused by polish pickles. Two scientists are trying to solve the mystery disease which changes people into giant pickles. Japanese expert of polish food...
krótkometrażowe
KRÓTKOMETRAŻOWE: MÉLIÈS D'ARGENT
CHANGELING horror / United Kingdom / 2019 / 9 min / Polish premiere   A new mother becomes increasingly mesmerised and appalled by the strange transformations happening around her baby. She instinctively hides them, unaware they are building towards a final metamorphosis - hers. World Premiere: Horrible Imaginings (in California,...
FERINE horror, drama / Italy / 2019 / 17 min / Polish premiere   Ferine is a contemporary horror drama about borders of human nature which reflects how willing we are to compromise and to accept our inner monster. Starring Anna Della Rosa (The Great Beauty) it tells the story...
MADNESS   psychological drama, horror / Poland / 2019 / 24 min   An uncle comes for Kuba He's supposed to be home by Christmas. Something strange starts happening to him along the way. Is he really going back to his family home?   Premier REDLINE FESTIVAL TORONTO CANADA 2019...
RUNNING MAN   horror / United Kingdom / 2019 / 15 min / Polish premiere   1991: In an attempt to escape the ghosts of his past, Fred Love convinces his mates take part in a clinical drug trial for cash. But events take a turn as the trial spirals...
THE BURDEN   horror / The Netherlands / 2019 / 16:49 min / Polish premiere   A young woman visits her boyfriend’s family home and learns about a sinister history with his creepy neighbor. Soon, all kinds of skeletons come out of the closet.   WORLD PREMIERE: Fantasia Festival 2019,...
THE DARK DAWN   horror / Italy / 20 min / Polish premiere   A house in the woods, a priest, a weird family, a frantic girl. Wherever omen Signs. It's up to you.   In an isolated house in the Alps, a woman is left to herself. Her daughter,...

 

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Remakes, sequels over the years and reboots of classical slashers – how to do it right? It would seem that after numerous failed remakes of classical slashers in years 2000-2010, the audience had enough of directors following the same concept over and over again. However, with the horror movies’ renaissance,...