Presale for the 16th Slash Horror Film Festival in Vienna Begins

On September 18th, the 16th edition of the Horror Film Festival Slash begins, which is once again bloodthirsty this year. The event, which runs until September 28th, kicks off with the Austrian premiere of Andreas Prohaska's new dark film "Welcome Home Baby" featuring Julia Franz Richter, taking place at the Gartenbaukino. Over the following eleven days, around 40 feature films will be shown.

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The world premiere of the serial killer grotesque "Incomplete Chairs" by Japanese director Kenichi Ugana will take place, who will personally come to Vienna, as will the Thai directing duo Chalit Krileadmongkon and Pakphum Wongjinda for their creature horror "Omukade". As part of the "Night of 1000 Knives," premieres include the splatter comedy "Deathgasm II: Goremageddon" by Jason Howden or the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" offshoot "Dolly" by Rod Blackhurst. This year, eight films are competing for the Golden Urn as the festival's main prize, with performance icon Florentina Holzinger among the jury members.

A large retrospective is dedicated to genre examples of the 3D era such as "Friday the 13th - Part III" or shows restored classics like George A. Romero's "Day of the Dead" in the "Unearthed" section. In addition to the actual film program at the festival venues Filmcasino, Metro Kinokulturhaus, and Gartenbaukino, a comprehensive supporting program is traditionally scheduled. The Belgian music duo Pornographie Exclusive can be experienced with their debut album "One-way Ticket to the Other Side," or the discussion format "Naked & Mutated" with Jörg Buttgereit and Christian Fuchs deals with encounters with the third dimension.

(APA/Red)

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