Četvrti SLAUGHTER FEST: šta, kako, kad, gde

 

Dragi moji, vreme je za četvrtu Klanicu! Najvažnije, evo odmah filmova i rasporeda programa:

UVOD U KLANICU 2025

             A evo i četvrtog izdanja Slaughter festivala dobrog horora i hevi-metala!

             Kaže narod da „Nije svaki dan – Blagdan“, pa zato nema ni svake godine neka nova Supstanca, odnosno spektakularno vruća horor ekskluziva. Umesto jednog hita u najavi ove godine nudimo vam više odličnih, ali mal manje izvikanih horora i hororoida. Samo zato što nisu dobili Zlatnu Palmu ne znači da nisu s velikim uspehom bili prikazivani na žanrovskim festivalima širom sveta.

             Tako, recimo MOTORNE TESTERE SU PEVALE, brutalna horor komedija iz Estonije (!), ludilo koje je s velikim uspehom već bilo na festivalima kao što su Fantazija, Fantastic Fest, Monster Fest, Fright Nights itd, prava stvar za ljubitelje metala, horora i klanice! Ili senzacija iz Litvanije (!), PAS BOŽJI (DOG OF GOD), spektakularni animirani film u kojem se spajaju crna magija, mračni srednji vek, folk horor i – Đavo lično! Na njemu su radili isti animatori kao na Oskarom nagrađenom animiranom filmu FLOW, ali ovaj ovde definitivno nije za decu – ali za hororiste i metalce itekako jeste.

             A tu je i naš stari znanac, Norbert Fafenbihler: pamtimo ga kao prvog dobitnika Zlatne Macole, za film 2551: THE KID, a verni posetioci mogli su u bivšoj Klanici pogledati i drugi deo njegove trilogije, 2551: THE ORGY OF THE DAMNED. E, pa, kažite Dragička! Norbert je završio svoju trilogiju, i njegov finalni, treći deo, prikladno nazvan THE END, imaće jedno od prvih svetskih prikazivanja upravo na Slaughter-festu, zajedno sa prethodna dva, za one koji su ih propustili i za one koji će ih rado reprizirati.

             Domaća ponuda horor je ove godine bila tanja nego inače, bar kad su dugometražni u pitanju: videćemo samo srednjemetražnu low-fi produkciju DARTAKUM iz Zrenjanina (koja nas je inspirisala za „HOROR – URADI SAM“ Tribinu), ali zato je ponuda domaćih kratkih horora i brojnija i kvalitetnija. Javlja mi se da će ove godine biti otimanja za Zlatnu Macolu! Samo da ne padne krv. Mislim, izvan platna, gde joj je i mesto…

 Dejan Ognjanović,

programski direktor Slaughter Festa

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SLAUGHTER FEST 2025 

– FILMSKI PROGRAM

 Na engleskom, jer sam samo tako u mogućnosti. 

Na srpskom program imate na sajtu Slotera.

SLAUGHTER FEST 2025 – FILM PROGRAM

IN COMPETITION

 

THE LOTTERY (Mexico)

Valentina visits a local fair and enters a world of unknown mysteries. There, she plays the Lottery. This horror anthology is inspired by Mexican traditions and folklore.
Dir. Vadir Sotelo

 

TELEPATHIC LETTERS (Portugal)

An artistic, experimental film-essay about two great dark poets of the 20th century: Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa and cult horror author H.P. Lovecraft. A hallucinatory, visionary film filled with fantastical and grotesque imagery, entirely generated by artificial intelligence.

Dir. Edgar Pera

 

DOG OF GOD (Latvia)

In the Middle Ages, a village is shrouded in autumn rain. A holy relic is stolen, unleashing a whirlwind of feverish passions, witchcraft, magic, and aphrodisiacs—alongside a mysterious man who possesses Satan’s severed testicles. Rotoscope animation by the creators of FLOW, with a true heavy metal vibe. Not for children!
Dir. Lauris & Raitis Abele

2551: THE END (Austria)

The final chapter in the masked man’s quest through a grotesque apocalyptic underworld and Hell itself, searching for his adopted child, now in the clutches of monstrous villains.
Dir. Norbert Pfaffenbichler

 

CHAINSAWS WERE SINGING (KAD SU MOTORNE TESTERE PEVALE) (Estonia)

Two lovers are torn apart by a chainsaw-wielding maniac. What follows is a completely deranged epic horror-comedy musical, described as Monty Python meets The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. A modern cult film shot over 10 grueling years!
Dir. Sander Maran

 

SHORT SERBIAN FILMS FOR THE GOLDEN SLEDGE HAMMER 

(KRATKI DOMAĆI FILMOVI ZA ZLATNU MACOLU)

IT COULD’VE BEEN A GREAT FRANCHISE, Zlatko Milošev

KING OF NOTHING (KRALJ NIČEGA), Aleksa Gajić

EASY MONEY (LAKA LOVA), Zlatko Milošev

HIDDEN IN THE LEAVES (SKRIVENO U LIŠĆU), Milan Milosavljević

THE DISTRICT (DIŠTRIKT), Zlatko Milošev

*BVX-29*, Goran Jovanović

FILMCAMP, Aleksa Damjanović

 

 

OUT OF COMPETITION

 

DARTAKUM (Serbia)

Written & Directed by: Gvozden Bosić
Starring: Milan Trifunović, Nikolina Pavkov, Aleksandra Bernhard.
Stefan, a Kosovo War veteran, has battled PTSD—but one night, it all comes rushing back. Yet, the horrors he faces make him question: Is it just the syndrome, or is something else at play?

THE CELLAR (UK)

A young woman wakes up trapped underground with amnesia. She must escape, unravel the mystery of her captivity, and confront her inner demons. A tense survival story about truth and psychological turmoil.
Dir. Jamie David Langlands

 

2551: THE KID (Austria, 2021)

A man rescues a boy from violence, and together they wander a nightmarish underground realm inhabited by grotesque masked figures. An experimental punk reinterpretation of Chaplin’s The Kid (1921) in the style of Lynch’s Eraserhead, dubbed by its creator as a "dystopian slapstick". Winner of the New Visions Award at Spain’s prestigious Sitges Film Festival.
Dir. Norbert Pfaffenbichler

 

2551: THE ORGY OF THE DAMNED (Austria, 2023)

The mad saga continues as the monkey-masked man drifts through a garden of torture and deviant pleasures. The second part of the planned trilogy picks up right where 2551: THE KID left off—though you needn’t have seen the first to be enthralled. Especially if you crave extreme violence, sick sex, and black humor. A darker, more shocking descent into David Lynchian nightmares.
Dir. Norbert Pfaffenbichler

 

THE CONCLAVE OF SHADOWS (SKUP SENKI) (Argentina, 106’)
A secret occult gathering is interrupted by a cryptic warning: their order has located the fabled Crown of the Sun. Their mission? To trigger the apocalypse. A cosmic horror about the end of days.
Dir. Leandro Bartoleti

 

BAKEMONO (ČUDOVIŠTE) (Japan, 101’)
Multiple guests rent the same cheap Tokyo Airbnb at different times, unaware of the bloodthirsty, inhuman entity waiting for them.
Dir. Dag Rus

 

MIROSLAV LAKOBRIJA’S SHORT FILMS
A selection of 13 trash-horror shorts by Serbia’s legendary makeup effects master: a riot of bad taste, gore, and pitch-black humor. Screening:
*1. Patient [1997] – 2. Patient 2: Return of the Patient [1999] – 3. Patient 3 [2000] – 4. Patient 4 [2001] – 5. Patient 0 [2006] – 6. They Are [2001] – 7. Tunnel of Death [2002] – 8. Miki Ex Machina [2003] – 9. Über Soldat [2005] – 10. Cannibal Hotel [2007] – 11. The Predator [2007] – 12. The Last Drop [2011-2013].*

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT HORRORS FROM GROSSMANN FESTIVAL 2024

 

MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE SHORT SERBIAN FILMS FOR THE GOLDEN SLEDGE HAMMER –

 

THE DISTRICT (DIŠTRIKT, 2025)
Dir. Zlatko Milošev
A journalist hunting for a scoop stumbles upon the legend of Crnoslovlje—a burned heretical book written by Priest Jefrem during WWII.

 

FILMCAMP (2024)
Dir. Aleksa Damjanović
A hilltop house, seemingly ordinary, hides a dark secret. After realizing she recognizes the house, the protagonist visits to uncover the truth.

 

BVX-29 (2024)
Dir. Goran Jovanović
Three subjects participate in an illegal medical trial, forced to remain motionless as the experimental drug *BVX-29* takes effect.

 

KING OF NOTHING (KRALJ NIČEGA)
Dir. Aleksa Gajić
Johnny Racković, a Belgrade writer and artist, transforms into a hellish animated hero after losing his mother—and nearly his own life. But as he grasps the rules of his metamorphosis, the perspective shifts, revealing a looming global plague… and his role in it.

 

HIDDEN IN THE LEAVES (SKRIVENO U LIŠĆU)
Dir. Milan Milosavljević
Urbanites unmoored from nature begin to feel an unease—is it fear of the dark, or of the unseen wilderness we’ve destroyed? The film’s atmosphere strips away boundaries between external terror and internal dread, drowning the viewer in alienation.

 

EASY MONEY (LAKA LOVA, 2017/2023)
Dir. Zlatko Milošev
A director scouts locations for a horror film, hiring desperate extras for easy money. (Shot in 2017, screened only at Noći Ludaje 2023. Edited posthumously after the lead actor’s death—technically unfinished, but masterfully assembled.)

 

IT COULD’VE BEEN A GREAT FRANCHISE
Dir. Zlatko Milošev
The thrilling opening to what might’ve been Serbia’s best slasher franchise.

POVRATAK: THE RETURN
D: Branislav Čeman
The end of the world came quietly. Civilisation is no more. One man, after many years of roaming, comes back to his birth town to find a long-lost boy.

TRIBINA

HOROR – URADI SAM: Samizdat-knjige, fanzini i Low-fi filmska produkcija u Srbiji

Datum: Subota, 5. jul, 13 H

Mesto: „Deli“ prostor, Niš (kod Sinagoge)

 

            Ako ne postoji tradicija, kao ni industrija žanrovske produkcije, ili su oni tek u povoju, sve više domaćih stvaralaca okreće se „Uradi sam“ opcijama, ne čekajući velike producente ili izdavače. Kakva su njihova iskustva? Koje su prednosti i nedostaci ovakvog pristupa plasmanu horora u Srbiji? O tome razgovaramo s nekim od najaktivnijih aktera domaće žanrovske scene.

 

Učestvuju:

- Jovan Ristić, suosnivač i glavni selektor Festivala srpskog filma fantastike i ko-autor knjige Izgubljeni svetovi srpskog filma fantastike.

- Dr Marko Pišev, pisac koji je svoja prva dela objavio u fanzinu Emitor

- Milan Kovačević, pisac i urednik fanzina Crnoslovlje

- Moderator: Dr Dejan Ognjanović, programski direktor Slaughter Festa i vlasnik samizdata „Ghoul Press“

P.S. Punih deset dana nisam imao normalan net na kompu, pa ne zamerite što je ovaj post malo nabrzinu sklepan, biće bolje kad bude bolje!