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Some audiences search out the most disgusting and depraved films that they can find. Movies have the ability to leave their mark on a psychological level or a more visceral one that seeks to leave you feeling queasy and dirty. Here’s a look at 10 movies that are sure to scar you for life.

10. ‘Grotesque’ (2009) L-r: Hiroaki Kawatsure as Kazuo Kojima and Shigeo Ôsako as The Doctor | Media Blasters

A mysterious man identified only as “the doctor” kidnaps a young couple (Hiroaki Kawatsure and Kotoha Hiroyama) and begins to perform extreme torture on them. He puts them through a game for survival designed to slowly destroy their hopes of making it out with their lives.

Kôji Shiraishi’s Grotesque falls into the “torture porn” sub-genre that James Wan’s Saw and Eli Roth’s Hostel popularized in the 2000s. However, this Japanese exploitation horror flick pushes all boundaries, introducing...

Some films are so disgusting, repellent, violent, prurient, or tasteless that audiences find themselves unable to easily define them.

Films like Pier Paolo Pasolini's "Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom," Lars Von Trier's "Antichrist," Gaspar Noë's "Irreversible," Ruggerio Deodato's "Cannibal Holocaust," Takashi Miike's "Ichi the Killer," Tom Six's "The Human Centipede" trilogy, or even John Waters' "Pink Flamingos" are all brazenly confrontational films, each seemingly intended not to draw the audience in, but send the audience out. To keep viewers repelled and disgusted. One might argue that such "extreme" cinema seeks not merely to elicit a visceral response from an audience -- as, say, a mid-2000s torture porn film may do -- but to move them to a level of disgust so intense that they cannot help but push their mind into the realm of politics and philosophy.

To state a broad point: "Extreme" horror,...

Exclusive: Mike Downey and Sam Taylor’s F&Me is reuniting with Srdjan Dragojevic’s Delirium to produce Dragojevic’s From Zero To Hero.

This follows their work together on his hit The Parade and forthcoming The Porcupine, which will shoot in March 2014.

From Zero To Hero is about a group of sales reps at an ex-Yugoslav holiday timeshare company.

From Zero To Hero, financed out of Serbia, Montenegro and the UK, will start shooting at the Otrant Resort in Ulcinj, Montenegro in two weeks. Backers include Sbb (Serbian Broadband), Film Centre of Serbia, The Ministry of Culture of Montenegro, and Rts – Serbian National Television.

“It’s a Balkan Glengarry Glen Ross for contemporary Europe…The sales floor of this timeshare firm will stop at nothing to get a buck, an extra point of commission or stitch up their fellow sales ‘team’ members,” said the film’s UK co-producer Mike Downey of F&Me.

The cast will...

A Planet Fury-approved selection of notable genre releases for May.

42nd Street Forever (2012) Blu-ray Available Now

225 minutes of pure awesome. Exploitation fans won’t want to miss Synapse Films' latest trailer compilation. This new release features theatrical trailers from the first two volumes with plenty of additional material. Enjoy classic horror, science fiction, action and exploitation coming attractions remastered in high definition. The 80+ titles include such grindhouse favorites as Dr. Butcher, MD, The Pom Pom Girls, Werewolves on Wheels, Savage Sisters, The Teacher, The Evictors and Chained Heat.

The Wizard of Gore/The Gore Gore Girls (1970/1972) Blu-ray Available Now

Something Weird’s Blu-ray release of Herschell Gordon Lewis’ Blood Trilogy last year was a minor revelation. The Blood Feast print, presented in glorious high definition, was stunning in its gore-soaked clarity. All three films (including Two Thousand Maniacs and Color Me Blood Red) highlighted superior transfers, but Blood Feast was the standout.

At long last, an official Uncut version of the controversial film will be released. It may be hard to believe given the subject matter, but A Serbian Film was one of my favorite horror films a couple of years ago. Of course it is an extreme film that isn’t for everyone. However, there are a lot of redeeming elements to the film other than being a disturbing sensory overload. One of which is a memorable and intense performance by actor Srdjan Todorovic. From the performances, to the hypnotic music, to the horrific imagery, the film is a brutal experience that will long be remembered by horror fans. You can read my review of the Uncut version of the film right Here. Due to a lawsuit that was put upon the director of the Sitges Film Festival, the DVD and Blu-ray released last year by Invincible Pictures had several cuts made to the film.

With Halloween around the corner I thought it would be fitting to write about a movie that has kept me up nights (and I’m certain that’s the same for many who’ve seen the film since its premiere at SXSW last year), A Serbian Film.

The debut film of Serbian filmmaker Srdjan Spasojevic, who co-wrote the screenplay with the country’s well-known horror critic, Aleksandar Radivojevic, A Serbian Film (which is available on DVD and Blu-ray today) is one of the most despicable movies I’ve seen in a long time and the images shown will likely stay embedded in my mind for a while, exactly what Spasojevic wants, I’m assuming.

The film focuses on Miloš (Srdan Todorovic), an over-the-hill porn star who has settled down with his wife and young son, though money is hard to come by and he has to deal with visits from his sleazy brother,...

Directed by: Srdjan Spasojević

Written by: Aleksandar Radivojević, Srdjan Spasojević

Starring: Srdjan Todorovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Jelena Gavrilovic, Katarina Zutic

When A Serbian Film came out last year it was the topic of everyone's conversation. Conversations contained such wonderful quotes as these: "Did you See it?" "Man, that baby looked fake." "Whoever makes a film like this should be put to death." In short, A Serbian Film had become an overnight sensation. This is not the kind of sensation that can be equated to films that generate Oscar buzz however. This is the sort of overnight sensation that can be equated with something like Cannibal Holocaust — a more notorious sensation that thrives on the importance of "must see for yourself" content. Finally, with this latest DVD release by Invincible Pictures we can now all see it for ourselves. Or can we?

After the film was released it ran the gauntlet of movie censors everywhere.

Year:  2010Director:  Srdjan SpasojevicCast:  Srdjan Todorovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Jelena Gavrilovic, Katarina Zutic

Milos, an aging male porn star struggling to support his family receives a proposition from a Serbian filmmaker to revive his career by making the ultimate "pornographic art film."   In need of the money, Milos agrees, having no idea that the filmmaker is insane and hellbent on creating a snuff film.  Slowly, he convinces, and ultimately forces, Milos to participate in some of the most depraved, controversial acts ever to be shown in a film.

Vile.  Repulsive. Despicable. Repugnant  Evil.  All of these adjectives have been used to describe A Serbian Film, perhaps one of the most controversial, divisive films of the last few decades.  And while it is extremely easy to dismiss it as such simply disgusting garbage because it pushes the boundaries of taste unlike any film before it by depicting extremely taboo acts, such as infant rape,...

To celebrate the upcoming release of the new psychological terror-filled tale Straw Dogs, Dread Central has decided to take a look back at movie characters who, like that film's David Sumner, have been pushed too far.

"How far would you go when pushed to your breaking point?" Over the years some great films have forced audiences to ask that question of themselves, and the chilling Straw Dogs, hitting theaters on September 16th, will do the same.

When we think of a movie character pushed too far, the man who comes immediately to mind is Michael Douglas' William Foster from Falling Down (If the guy would have just given him change for the phone). Douglas is simply brilliant as "D-Fens". His seething anger radiates from the film as he begins to become unraveled one piece at a time until his final bloody demise.

How about Travis Bickle? Perhaps Martin Scorsese's most disturbed character,...

A Serbian Film Photos have premiered. A Serbian Film / Srpski Film photos are from Srdjan Spasojevic‘s 2010 film starring Srdjan Todorovic, Jelena Gavrilovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Miodrag Kremarik, and Katarina Zutic. A Serbian Film‘s plot synopsis: “An aging porn star agrees to participate in an “art film” in order to make a clean break from the business, only to discover that he has been drafted into making something truly demented.”

We previously posted the A Serbian Film (2010) Movie Trailer and A Serbian Film / Srpski Film (2010) Movie Poster.

A Serbian Film also stars Slobodan Bestic, Katarina Zutic, Ana Sakic, Lena Bogdanovic, Luka Mijatovic, Andela Nenadovic, Nenad Herakovic, Carni Deric, Lidija Pletl, Tanja Divnic, Marina Savic, and Natasa Miljus.

Look at A Serbian Film photos below (click to enlarge) and leave your thoughts on them in the comments section. For more A Serbian Film videos, photos, and information, check out our A Serbian Film Page.

Review by Mike Pickle, MoreHorror.com

This week's request is a controversial film to say the least. So controversial, in fact, that MoreHorror recently reported that a festival director in Spain was brought up on criminal charges just for showing it. This gory (and just plain wrong) Serbian import has already been reviewed by fellow MoreHorror reviewer Jason Lees, but I felt I should still honor the request. Also, since this is already having a tremendous impact on the Horror genre before even being released in the states, we at MoreHorror thought it might be interesting to see how the movie affected both of us differently. Here's my take on it.

There has been a good amount of buzz surrounding "A Serbian Film" in the realm of Horror. Some of which is from film critics who view the film at festivals and urge their readers not to watch it. As...

Invincible Pictures announced today the theatrical release date for notorious thriller A Serbian Film.

On Friday, May 13 th, an edited version of A Serbian Film – a film that genre vets have repeatedly encouraged audiences Not to watch – will be released to select theaters throughout North America. An unrated version of the film will be released exclusively on FlixFling.com the same day.

“This is a excellent opportunity for FlixFling to offer something totally exclusive to our growing community,” said Tom Ashley, CEO. “It was always our intention to release this film uncut, but given the recent charges against Sitges Film Festival director Angel Sala, we have decided to release an edited version of the film. We believe this film deserves to be seen as the filmmakers originally intended and hope to be able to release ‘A Serbian Film’ uncut in the future.”

Touted as the most controversial film of all time,...

Scream 4

Opens: April 15th 2011

Cast: Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Mary McDonnell, Emma Roberts Director: Wes Craven

Summary: Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with family and friends, but it also brings about the return of Ghostface which puts the whole town in danger.

Analysis: Back in late 1996 when I first began covering film news, "Scream" was released and became more than just a sleeper hit. After years of genre movies being relegated to direct-to-video status, this comedic slasher spawned the biggest surge in the horror film genre since "Halloween" almost two decades before. Its post-modern stylings and witty self-aware dialogue went on to be a big influence on films and television in general.

Yet the "Scream" series itself never could quite capture that glory again. By the time the...

An aging porn star agrees to participate in an "art film" in order to make a clean break from the business, only to discover that he has been drafted into making a pedophilia and necrophilia themed snuff film in the 2010 opus of depravity A Serbian Film starring Srdjan Todorovic, Sergej Trifunovic, and Jelena Gavrilovic...

I need to clarify that the version of this film I saw was not the highly censored UK release, which is in fact the most censored film to be released in the UK with an astonishing four minutes and eleven seconds removed, that amount of time in this film is an eternity. I was blessed enough to see the dirty, grimy, stomach churning real deal uncut version of A Serbian Film.

When most people think about shock cinema titles such as I Spit On Your Grave, Faces Of Death, and The Last House On The Left come to mind,...

Jonah Hex; A Serbian Film; Piranha 3D

2010 was an interesting year for comic-book movies, with films as diverse as Kick-Ass and Scott Pilgrim (one a controversial hit, the other a box-office flop) slyly subverting superhero conventions to entertaining effect. Compared to these sprightly charmers, Jonah Hex (2010, Warner, 15), which commanded glossy front covers prior to its damp-squib release, turned out to be one of the year's biggest disappointments.

Reliably gruff Josh Brolin plays the titular, back-from-the-dead civil war scarface, hellbent on vengeance after his family and visage were torched by evil-haired Confederate slimeball Quentin Turnbull, played in pantomime-dame fashion by John Malkovich. Turnbull is in possession of some newfangled sub-nuclear super weapon which he tests by casually wiping out a small western town, and which he intends to train on the Capitol building of a country sorely in need of a new sheriff. Or something. Meanwhile, Megan Fox's ballsy tart...

Forget the Oscars, the Golden Globes, the Emmys, and all those other mainstream awards shows. What we have here are the 4th Annual Splatcademy Awards celebrating the very best films, actors, and moments the horror genre had to offer in 2010. Where else do breasts get their own category?!?

Below are the nominees and the podcasts sponsoring them. Click here or on the below graphic to cast your vote, and be sure to head back to DeadLantern.com on February 28th, 2011, for Splattercast #218, when the winners will be announced.

Good luck to all the nominees - and quite a worth group they are!

Best Film presented by Cadaver Lab

* Dark and Stormy Night

* Frozen

* The Human Centipede

* Let Me In

* Piranha 3D

* Rec 2

* A Serbian Film

* Shutter Island

* Splice

* The Wolfman

Best Director presented by Horror Etc.

* Vincenzo Natali, Splice

* Adam Green, Frozen

* Srdjan Spasojevic, A Serbian Film

* Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza,...

Somewhere (15)

(Sofia Coppola, 2010, Us) Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Chris Pontius. 98 mins

Let's see: a poor little lost girl; a distant, powerful father figure; artsy observations on wealth and fame – Coppola's hardly hurling herself out of her comfort zone. But there's just enough to make it work, with Dorff's disengaged movie star struggling to bond with his daughter, get a life and check out of Hotel California. It's an almost structureless essay on how celebrity is wasted on the famous.

The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (PG)

(Michael Apted, 2010, Us) Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes. 113 mins

The seafaring odyssey was always the series' most cinematic proposition, and if you can get over the stagey acting and religious homilies, it's a solid kids' adventure.

The Tourist (12A)

(Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2010, Us/Fra) Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany. 103 mins

With its handsome leads, Venetian locations and wrong-man intrigues,...

A badly acted and directed porn-horror nightmare that aspires to be a satire on the dark heart of modern Serbia

Serbian director Srdjan Spasojevic has created a migraine-inducing "controversy" with this badly acted and directed porn-horror nightmare that aspires to be a satire on the dark heart of modern Serbia, with oblique references to the 1990s war. Srdjan Todorovic plays Milos, a retired porn star who needs cash and is offered the lead in an experimental new adult movie. Too late, Milos discovers that this will involve his young family being prisoners in a horrific snuff-porn inferno, involving the rape and butchery of men, women and children. Some observers may feel that, for all its ugliness, this might actually be a more honest film about the former Yugoslavia than, say, the manically exuberant movies of Emir Kusturica, whose frantic high spirits often look like displaced violence. But the acting and direction are awful.

You know when you’re a kid, and your parents tell you: “If you have nothing nice to say, then don’t say anything at all.”? This is how I feel about A Serbian Film. Much has been written about how offensive, distressing and downright gross it is, and I won’t hesitate to disagree with those opinions. It was due to be screened at Frightfest in August in all its glory, yet at the last minute it was pulled from the schedule.

This was mainly down to Westminister Council demanding the film be shown with a BBFC certificate or they wouldn’t let it be shown at all. The organisers removed it. Now, we have it with four minutes and thirty seconds worth of cuts. And considering what was shown on screen, I daren’t imagine what they felt was too extreme to be seen.

Written and directed by Srdjan Spasojevic,...

I've long been devoted to the notion that how you watch a film is as important as what you watch. Recommending films to other people is often far trickier than you may have bargained for - what you really need to do is suggest not just a film, but a whole viewing context. Obviously this is fraught with problems and uncontrollable factors, but I think the theory is sound. The crazy first night at a festival is a very different prospect to a laptop watched in bed.

By now most Twitch regulars will have heard much about A Serbian Film, hopefully without too many spoilers. My own experience of the film will no doubt have differed from other Twitch scribes' and it certainly appears that the context of viewing this particular movie can have as much of an effect on the reaction to it as the content does. Likewise, individual...

A Serbian Film

Stars: Srdjan Todorovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Jelena Gavrilovic, Slobodan Bestic, Katarina Zutic, Luka Mijatovic | Written by Aleksander Radivojevic and Srdjan Spasojevic | Directed by Srdjan Spasojevic

A Serbian Film finally got its UK premiere last night at the Prince Charles Theatre. This highly controversial and contentious film was due to be shown at FrightFest this year, uncut, so it was fitting that it was introduced by Alan Jones.

The film deals with retired porn star, Milos (Todorovic), who is contacted by an old co-start Layla (Zutic) to do one last, high paying movie for art director Vukmir. Knowing nothing about the plot, but lured by the promise of enough money to keep his young family financially secure, he agrees. With no script and directed via earpiece, Milos starts work on the film, but perturbed by the things he is asked to do, he quits, only to wake up 3 days later,...

One of the most controversial films ever is getting a severely cut release in UK cinemas from 10th December. A Serbian Film isn’t for the faint hearted, hell, it’s not even for those with a strong stomach. Back in August Westminster Council in London banned the film from being shown at FrightFest and the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) removed a massive four minutes worth of cuts before allowing it out for general consumption.

Is the film really that bad? The answer is yes. Srdjan Spasojevic’s highly disturbing horror film is pretty much an endurance test from around half way to its lurid, tragic climax. It’s like Kraft-Ebing’s Psychopathia Sexualis brought to life and then some.

A brand new UK trailer is doing the rounds for you to check out. Other countries will get the uncensored version but it’s too much of a hot potato for us Brits.

The things that I’ve read about A Serbian Film makes me quite curious about actually seeing the movie. The new trailer coming to us from the UK and brought to us by Chud just furthers this mutual feeling of dread and…not necessarily “anticipation”, but, like I said, a sense of curiosity. The trailer can be seen below, and is definitely worth a look, if for nothing else other than the funky techno beats on display.

The filmmakers have launched a website for the movie, and the only information regarding a home video release date comes from the trailer, listed as January 3rd, but that’s just in the UK. It seems to have not gotten a theatrical release in the United States yet, so it may be direct-to-video primarily due to its shocking content. The plot synopsis, taken from the film’s site, can be found below:

Milos...

Srdjan Spasojevic’s “A Serbian Film” is probably one of the most controversial, talked-about film in recent years, and for good reason. It’s, er, not for the kiddies, let’s just say that. In case you missed it, check out the red band trailer here. Here’s the UK trailer, which is a whole lot more tame, though it does get most of the film’s point across. Milos (Srdjan Todorovic) is a retired porn star leading a normal family life with his wife Maria (Jelena Gavrilovic) and six-year old son Petar in tumultuous Serbia, trying to make ends meet. Aware of his problems, Layla (Katarina Zutic), a former co-star, introduces Milos to Vukmir (Sergej Trifunovic), a mysterious, menacing and politically powerful figure in the porn business who wants Milos to star in his latest project and is willing to pay him a fee that will provide financial support...

Remember that notorious Serbian horror about the pedophilia and necrophilia themed snuff film? Well amazingly the flick, simply entitled 'A Serbian Film', that has managed to get screenings banned at plenty of festivals over the past few months has managed to cut and grab itself a UK theatrical release. The Srdjan Spasojevic helmed project, written by Serbian horror film critic Aleksandar Radivojevic ('Tears for Sale') is set to arrive in our theatres this December. The movie stars a whole host of actors whose names I won't even attempt to pronounce out loud including Srdjan Todorovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Jelena Gavrilovic, Katarina Zutic, Slobodan Bestic, Ana Sakic, Lena Bogdanovic, Luka Mijatovic and Andjela Nenadovic. 'Milos is a retired porn star leading a normal family life with his wife Maria and six-year old son Petar in tumultuous Serbia, trying to make ends meet. Aware of his problems, Layla, a former co-star, introduces Milos to Vukmir,...

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With the notoriety of films like 'A Serbian Film' and 'the Human Centipede', one has to wonder if the genre is on the cusp of a new era of exploitation cinema. Such films, by way of festival success, flirt with the fringes of the common movie audience. While few of them really see genuine mainstream success, they do seem to be gaining mainstream awareness. How and why this particular trend is sinking its claws into the flesh of film is a riddle that may say more about society as a whole than any specific genre.

Without delving into a discussion of postmodernism, it's been said that art is society thinking about itself. It's a way of interpreting the world around us, be it intentional or just some flotsam that floats up to the conscious surface. In regards to 'A Serbian Film', the message and themes are worn on its sleeve.

Few films have caused as much of a stir as Srdjan Spasojevic’s “A Serbian Film”, with it having whipped up controversy at pretty much every screening on the international festival circuit. Most notably, the film was famously pulled from the London 2010 FrightFest after the BBFC demanded initial cuts totalling more than four minutes. Inevitably, this has marked the film as a must-see item for fans of extreme cinema – though even the most bravest and jaded of genre addicts may not be prepared for the hellish ride it offers, which doesn’t break taboos, as much as it ties them to the bed and fucks them to death. The plot follows Milos (Srdan Todorovic), a porn star lured out of semi retirement when former co-star Lejla (Katarina Žutic) puts him in touch with Vukmir (Sergej Trifunovic, who made an appearance in the Nicholas Cage vehicle “Next”), a rich director who...

A Serbian Film opens with a scene that effectively sets up one of the main recurring themes in the film and also gives the audience a small taste of the uncomfortable and increasingly horrified feeling they are going to experience throughout the 100 minute running time. The film opens on a porn scene which a young boy is watching on video and into the room walks the star of the scene which happens to be the small boy’s father, Milos (Srdjan Todorovic). This uncomfortable but almost amusing Solondz-esque scene foreshadows a lot of the more disturbing scenes later in the film as the it becomes far more disturbing and horrific with scenes that mix children and sex in increasingly shocking ways.

Milos at this point is struggling. Having quit his somewhat lucrative career in the porn industry he does not have the money to support his wife and son but...

Directed by Srdjan Spasojevic

Written by Srdjan Spasojevic and Aleksandar Radivojevic

Featuring Srdjan Todorovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Jelena Gavrilovic, Katarina Zutic, Slobodan Bestic, Lena Bogdanovic

A Serbian Film is supposed to be the most incredibly horrific film experience of this decade. Why am I not impressed, then?

Okay, maybe it’s because I’m jaded. The only films that have had any real effect on my psyche this decade are Irreversible, The Stoning of Soraya M, and 2 Girls 1 Cup. Those films made me stop and think about the violence and gave me a horrific rush of emotional and mental turmoil. And those aren’t even horror movies. I really get a kick out of sick movies; the gorier, the better, so I was extremely excited to see A Serbian Film, the latest thing out of the once-communist, now-democratic, self-deprecating nation that was once a part of Yugoslavia in Eastern Europe being...

  Where to begin? Well, let's just say right off the bat that first-time director Srdjan Spasojevic's A Serbian Film - the centerpiece of Fantasia's Subversive Serbia Spotlight - will easily go down as one of the most controversial films of all time. It is repulsive, disturbing, and downright offensive and yet it is also very well-acted, has a brilliant electronic score composed by Sky Wikluh, and Spasojevic has a deft hand behind the camera that pushes the most disturbing scenes to the limit (often over the limit). What's it about, you ask? Milos (Srdjan Todorovic, one of Serbia's most famous actors) is a retired porn star whose savings are dwindling and who is presented with the opportunity to make one last film so that he and his young family will be set for life. The catch? He's to star in the film without the benefit of even seeing a script...

The UK's most amazing horror film festival Film4 FrightFest has released what could very well be another one of the best horror line-ups we've seen ever for its latest show taking place from Thursday the 26th of August to Monday the 30th of August, brimming with films we've been salivating over Stateside!

From the Press Release

This year there are eight British films in the main programme (another record) including Monsters, Gareth Edwards’ sensational post-Apocalyptic debut, The Ford Brothers’ Cannes-hyped African Zombie flick The Dead and Johannes Roberts F – in which a school gets a lesson in horror! Other home-grown titles are Dead Cert (East-End gangsters meet Eastern European vampires), Isle Of Dogs (nasty gangland horror), Paul Andrew Williams’ harrowing Cherry Tree Lane and werewolf thriller 13Hrs. Plus, Jake West will be presenting his in-depth documentary Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship And Videotape, which will be followed by a Q & A panel discussion.

The complete lineup for the 2010 edition of the Film4 Frightfest has just been announced and, as usual, it is a quality selection of the best in horror film from the UK and around the world. The program splits into two programs - the main lineup and sidebar Discovery program - and you'll find both below!

Programme = Screen 1

Thursday Aug 26

6.30pm Hatchet II  (World Premiere)

FrightFest continues its strong relationship with Adam Green by hosting the world premiere of the sequel to his 2006 slasher sensation. Picking up right where the splatter-tastic original ended, Marybeth escapes the clutches of the deformed, swamp-dwelling iconic killer Victor Crowley. After learning the truth about her family's connection to the hatchet-wielding madman, Marybeth returns to the Louisiana swamps along with an army of hunters to recover the bodies of her family and exact the bloodiest revenge against the bayou butcher. Delivering unapologetically unrestrained gushers of gore,...

Of all the films generating buzz at this year's South by Southwest, perhaps the most notorious is a Serbian film titled, well, A Serbian Film. Directed by Srdjan Spasojevic, co-written by Aleksandar Radivojevic, and starring Srdjan Todorovic, it's the tale of a retired porn star turned family man who's hired to participate in a horrifying new project. A Serbian Film is supposedly an allegory about the current state of Serbia, as well as an extreme exploitation film, and it's received more than its share of Tweetage. Check out what people are saying, along with the film's Nsfw trailer, after the jump. Ain't It Cool News' Quint (a.k.a. Eric Vespe) comments,...

Year: 2009

Directors: Srdjan Spasojevic

Writers: Srdjan Spasojevic & Aleksandar Radivojevic

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Review by: Dejan Ognjanovic

Rating: 10 out of 10

A Serbian Film is the most shocking film you're likely to see this year – or any year soon. And the most shocking thing about it is how well made, well acted and poignant it is.

You don't need to be a rocket scientist to realize that A Serbian Film is not exactly the kind of fare you want to see with your mom. What with the story of an ex-porn star accepting one last job so he can sustain his impoverished family in today's Serbia, and the uber-sick underworld he stumbles upon in which pornography, war criminals and State Security are linked in ways unimaginable, yet so logical. Our star chances upon the kind of movies that can only be made where human life is very cheap!

Oh, yes; there are hints of snuff here.

SXFantastic! SXSW 2010 presents Fantastic Fest at Midnight!

Austin, Texas - February 4, 2010 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival has announced the complete features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 12 – 20, 2010 in Austin, Texas.

Over the course of nine days, 119 features will screen at the festival, with 55 of those having their world premieres at SXSW 2010.

For the second year in a row, Fantastic Fest has selected a slate of midnight features as part of the official SXSW Lineup. You can see these films and more with a SXSW film badge. SXSW film badges are on sale at www.sxsw.com/attend.

Mind-bending international Midnighters, hand-selected by Fantastic Fest.

Films screening in Sx Fantastic are:

Higanjima (Japan/Korea)

(International Festival Premiere)

Director: Tae-Kyun Kim.

Screenwriter: Tetsuya Ôishi

Two years after losing contact, Akira discovers that his long-lost brother may be found on

Higanjima Island. He may also find an army of blood-sucking vampires.

Less than a week worth of recovering from the Sundance Film Festival, and we are already looking forward to our next, big film fest coverage. That would be the South by Southwest Film Festival held annually in Austin, Texas. Last year, Scott and I brought you all kinds of coverage from the Lone Star State, and this year doesn’t look to be much different.

With that, the announcement came last night of the feature films that will be playing at the SXSW Film Festival. Previous announcement were already made about films like Cold Weather, Electra Luxx, Hubble 3D, Lemmy, Saturday Night, and The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights making their debut. Kick-ass was recently announced as the opening night film, as well.

Among the other films being presented this year are some Sundance darlings, a few, highly anticipated premieres, and MacGruber.

Check out the full list...

I was so excited at seeing the SXSW line up last night that I completely forgot to post it and started searching the interwebs for cool content to go with it. Oops. Yes, I wish I was there but alas, it wasn’t mean to be (though don’t despair. We’ll be bringing you wicked awesome coverage).

But enough rambling, you want to know what’s all playing. Well, for a start there’s the much anticipated McGruber (trailer), the Duplass’ semi-mainstream comedy Cyrus, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs (trailer, review), Daniel Stamm’s horror flick Cotton and that’s on top of the previously announced titles which include Electra Luxx (Carla Gugino as a pregnant porn star? Bring. It. On.) and Kick-Ass (trailer). That’s already a great line-up but dear me, some of the other titles are pretty awesome too.

There’s Clay Liford scifi drama Earthling (trailer...

Late yesterday the SXSW Fim Festival, which runs from March 12-20 in Austin, TX, announced the full lineup of films that will be screening at this year’s event. And baby, it’s quite a list. Mixing big name films with intimate indie gems, the sheer number of films and the vast array of talented filmmakers is sure to be a hit with attendees and critics alike.

This lineup includes premieres of studio films such as Universal’s MacGruber, Lionsgate’s teen superhero actioneer Kick-Ass and smaller films like Tim Blake Nelson’s Leaves of Grass, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs, Michel Gondry’s The Thorn in the Heart and Steven Soderbergh’s And Everything Is Going Fine. With so many films to watch, it will be very difficult to find time to seem them all during the events nine days. But hell, we’re going to try.

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The 2010 SXSW Film Festival and Conference has announced its initial slate of titles. The list is rife with hot world premieres (Kick-Ass), films fresh from Sundance (The Runaways, Cyrus), hot titles from the 2009 editions of Tiff and Cannes that haven't had much U.S. play (Enter the Void, Dogtooth, Trash Humpers), interesting documentaries (Lemmy, The People v. George Lucas) and much, much more. Simon Rumley's Red, White & Blue, which has received much praise on Twitch based on its Iffr screenings, will have its North American premiere.

Midnight programming courtesy of Fantastic Fest is also back with titles like Higanjima, Monsters, Serbian Film, Outcast, and a yet to be announced special film. Keep eye out for SXSW coverage at Twitch, but for now, pursue the massive list below (descriptions courtesy of SXSW).

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Big names, big talent:  Headliners bring star power to SXSW, featuring red carpet premieres and gala film...