Szczecin European Film Festival 2017: 21.10.2017, Saturday, 22:00
Český film, al. Jana Pawła II 3-4 (where is that?)
Blok tematyczny: CHILLOUT HORROR 2
look alive: dreadful shorts vol. 2
Admission free
Diego lives with his mother and aunt in a Gothic manor-house in Mexico. One day he finds his mother dead in a bath tub – it was apparently suicide. When the boy is being taken care of by his aunt, he suddenly becomes sick. The protagonist sees the ghost of his deceased mother, who aims to warn him. An interesting horror film that often verges on B-cinema.
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The film depicts the story of a certain murderer chased by a shadow. What is it? Death, perhaps, aiming to snatch him for his mortal sin. Who is the killer who made the unforgivable mistake of their life?
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An experimental plastic surgery ends up a fiasco and has horrible results. The patient becomes a rabid bloodthirsty beast. Connoisseurs of horror cinema will surely notice references to zombie flicks and Larry Cohen’s iconic “It’s Alive.”
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Vincent hears voices and the strangest things, but doesn’t know their origins. Lead by two psychiatrists, he sets out on a journey within. This intriguing film, a documentary and psychological horror in one, tries to answer the question whether hallucinations result from mental illness or perhaps the voices come from a completely different world?
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A tale about a man caught in the snares of obsession and paranoia. An animation somewhere between horror and psychological thriller. Something for fans of Hitchcock’s “Psycho” and Polański’s “Repulsion.”
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The story of a peculiar American family and a certain witch. An intriguing combination of black comedy and horror in black-and-white.
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A terrifying Italian horror film about a girl who is gradually being surrounded by death. It all goes back to her dark past. One should take note of the nightly camera work and claustrophobic interiors.
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