Feature Films
Here are the selected feature films for the TOHff 2011:
DARK SOULS (NOR, 2010 - v.o. sub ita) - PREVIEW
by Cèsar Ducasse e Mathieu Pateul
Something weird, to say the least, happens to Morten Ravn's: his daughter has been brutally attacked and seemingly murdered. Morten has jut got the news of her death, when she appears on his doorstep, and she starts showing weird symptoms. Soon, there are more cases of aggression, by the same driller-maniac, and all the victims have the same symptoms. The main character, unsatisfied with the poor results of the police investigation, starts to inquire...
screening: wednesday november 9th, h. 18.00
EATERS (ITA, 2011)
by Marco Ristori e Luca Boni
A mould-breaking Zombie Movie, produced by the German director Uwe Boll. The world has been wasted by a zombie apocalypse: three men, one of them is a scientist, try to find an answer to what happened. Wander in this contaminated world, they meet all kinds of fragments of life: humans, freaks and, obviously, living deads. All this, not being short on irony. A low-budget with many good ideas, an healthy shacking for the Italian horror scene, it's getting really good reviews also on an international level.
screening: friday november 11th, h. 23.00
MORITURIS (ITA, 2011)
by Raffaele Picchio
Official synopsis: "Rome, in 73 B.C.. Spartacus led the rebellion of 200 gladiators which saw them opposed to the inhumanity which Rome had forced them into. During the riot they resisted for a long time against Roman soldiers. Few against a whole army. Some of them went crazy and started murders, rapes and violence. Spartacus punished them with death. But in those lands, when blood gets shed, they come back" .
screening: saturday november 12th, h. 20.30
SENNENTUNTSCHI (CH, 2010 - v.o. sub ita) - PREVIEW
by Michael Steiner
Switzerland, the 70s : a remote mountain village is shocked by the apparent suicide of a priest, which happens simultaneously to the disappearing of some shepherds and to the arrival of a wild beautiful woman, who doesn't have the ability to speak. Nobody knows who she is or where she comes from. The movie's title is referred to a figure of the Alps area's folklore : is a straw doll, made by shepherds to pour out their sex urges, which comes to life to seek for revenge.
screening: wednesday november 9th, h. 20.30
THE GERBER SYNDROME (ITA, 2011)
by Maxi Dejoie
The Gerber Syndrome is a terrible viral disease, apparently similar to an ordinary flu, which is spreading everywhere. It's extremely contagious and very quick in its diffusion. A TV crew decides to shoot a documentary, trying to shed light on the mysterious illness, and being based on the stories of three characters: and infected girl, the doctor who is trying to cure her, and a young man in charge of public security. The truth will rise to surface, and it will not be a pleasant one.
screening: tuesday november 8th, h. 20.30
THE HOUNDS (GB, 2011 - v.o. sub ita)
by Maurizio e Roberto Del Piccolo
Four friends, during a pleasant night out at the pub, decide to spend a weekend camping in the woods, like they used to do back in the old days. At the same time, the detective Mike investigates on weird traffics made by a mysterious organization called "The Hounds", which take place just in those woods.The weekend of the four mates becomes a macabre and terrifying trip.
screening: thursday november 10th, h. 18.00
UBALDO TERZANI HORROR SHOW (ITA, 2010)
by Gabriele Albanesi
Alessio Rinaldi is a young horror director who is writing the script for his first movie. The movie's producer, unsatisfied with the plot, advises Alessio to seek for a writing help from Ubaldo Terzani, famous author of horror best sellers. Therefore, the young man moves to Terzani's house, for a full immersion with the writer. Terzani's sinister charisma leads to the beginning of an ambiguous bond between the two, where fiction and reality melt into each other, dragging Alessio into a spiral of madness and nightmares.
screening: thursday november 10th, h. 23.00
