2023 · horror · comedy · slasher
The Conference
Directed by Patrik Eklund1h 41m2023
A ragtag group of public sector employees battle not only their own discord but also a bloodthirsty killer during a seemingly innocuous retreat.
Our read: The Conference (2023) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded horror · comedy · slasher entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme horror / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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“You want a bloody Swedish office-retreat slasher with satirical bite.”
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