MOVIE SUMMARY
It’s the mid 1980s and the city of Belgrade is aiming for
metropolitan status which would put it on a level with New York,
Paris and London. For a city to reach that category it has to attain
a special level of crime. It needs a serial killer. Exhibitionists
in cemeteries, peepers in parks, bank robbers, reckless drivers,
rapists, murderers, all these Belgrade already has. For the city to
be classified as a metropolis it needs the king of criminals: the
strangler.
Suddenly a series of murders takes place. A deranged flower
seller is strangling women on the streets of Belgrade, their crime
in his eyes being that they refused to buy his carnations. At last,
the city has its own serial killer. Finally it can attain the status
of metropolis. A local new wave rock musician become obsessed with
the murders and releases a single dedicated to “The Belgrade
Strangler”.
An outspoken female DJ condemns media interest in the case,
arousing the ire of the Strangler himself. Gradually these three
characters find themselves drawn together, leading to a surprising
and bizarre climax.
Directed by the award winning Slobodan Šijan, one of his
country’s most successful film makers, Strangler vs Strangler was
controversial on its original release due to its mix of horror,
satire and pitch black comedy.
DISC FEATURES
- Brand new 2k restoration from original negative
- New interview with director Slobodan Šijan
- Audio commentary from Dejan Ognjanović & Igor
Stanojević - Rare English language version; Mondo Macabro
previews
REVIEWS
“a one of a kind movie… I give it three stars” Joe Bob Briggs
“This is a wholly/totally unique film, with very little
like it.” Chris Hewson
“There’s no other movie quite like this terminally loony
comedy-chiller from Serbia, which never takes an expected turn and
has a cheesy yet curiously elegant style that’s very much its own”
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