Viennese Trash: Murderkino Short Films

Festival
HÕFF 2023
Programme
HÕFF Short Films

Murderkino (2019–...) is a "no budget" art/trash/horror film and installation project.

Disgusting, shocking, absurd! Welcome to the oldest Kino in Vienna: Murderkino. A sick and twisted family of the old guard runs this theater of fears with one goal in mind: cruel and sadistic murder. You will witness scenes of almost unimaginable horror and depravity. Toilets of terror, cannibalism, popcorn, ectoplasm, evil Babylonian gods, cult sleepover parties, and Babylonian gods, cult sleepover parties, and a Leberkäsesemmel from hell! You can’t run. You can‘t hide. You can’t escape. You can only wait...in the night...in the dark...where no one can hear you scream.

Screenings

Keldrisaal Haapsalu kultuurikeskus
Screening019302 / Viini prügi: Murderkino lühifilmid
Intro byHelmut Jänes
Q&A guestsScott Clifford Evans (director), Kris Lemsalu (actress)
Q&A presenterRalf Sauter
Screening duration
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Films

Geisterklo

Local title
Geisterklo
Director
Scott Clifford Evans
Country
Austria
Year
2022
Programme
HÕFF Short Films
Genre
experimental

In the midst of a film screening, sometimes you gotta use the klo. Pedro (Pedro Müller), a Lacanian psychoanalyst, is the first to unwittingly step into this terror ride of toilets. “The Smell” (Scott Clifford Evans), an alcoholic ex-professional wrestler, and a local record label owner (Thomas Brandstätter), soon follow, both unaware that this bowel movement may be their last. A psychopathic cult member (Michele Pagel), a toilet that won’t flush, showers of blood, a toilet “snake,” and a klo with a mind of its own await any who dare enter the Geisterklo!

Director
Scott Clifford Evans
Screenwriter
Scott Clifford Evans
Producer
Scott Clifford Evans
DoP
Simon Brugner, Dominick Spritzendorfer
Composer
Philipp Quehenberger
Runtime

Crawlspace

Local title
Crawlspace
Director
Scott Clifford Evans
Country
Austria
Year
2022
Programme
HÕFF Short Films
Genre
experimental

Has Salvatore (Salvatore Viviano) found a way to finally escape this Kino of the damned? Discovering an old crawlspace, he enters, traversing this dark labyrinth with only his phone to light the way. Receiving a loud, ill-timed SMS, this episode’s fearless (David Moises), in pursuit after Salva’s rude early departure from the family’s grande bouffe. What ensues is a chase of epic proportions…predator vs. prey, but who is which? Crawl, Salva, Crawl!

Crawlspace was installed and filmed in the studio of George Rei in March 2019. Wardrobe for Salvatore & David provided by Johannes Lerpniss & Bastian Petz.

Director
Scott Clifford Evans
Screenwriter
Scott Clifford Evans
Producer
Scott Clifford Evans
DoP
Simon Brugner
Composer
Philipp Quehenberger
Runtime

Altar-Knife War-Witch

Local title
Altar-Knife War-Witch
Director
Scott Clifford Evans
Country
Austria
Year
2020
Programme
HÕFF Short Films
Genre
experimental

A cult revealed! Slumber party at the gates of hell! Spaghetti torture! Tiger deathmatch! A diabolical ritual interrupted! Chainsaw revenge! The loss of a friend…or two. This penultimate episode has it all. The secret cult that has called the Kino home for years is preparing to finally complete their ultimate ritual: to bring the ancient Babylonian demon Moloch back to earth, merging Mother (Florian Reither) and her son Rudi (David Moises) into its rejuvenated, young avatar (Ingrid Stiegelbauer). But first the High Priestess (Kris Lemsalu Malone) and her fellow cult members (Philipp Fleischmann, Anna Jermolaewa, Michele Pagel, Maria Ziegelböck) need to sacrifice a virgin. And what luck! Salvatore (Salvatore Viviano) falls into this unholy “chapel” at just the right time. Can The Smell (Scott Clifford Evans) rescue him in time? Will the cult complete the ritual, ushering Moloch and millennia of darkness to the world? Ezma (Jaschka Lämmert) may have something to say about that. Sometimes revenge is a dish best served cold…with Spaghetti Bolognese as the primi.

The set for this episode was built in the studio of Gelatin and consisted of three elements: a backdrop (the “Gate of Hell”) from Markus Krottendorfer’s series “Mountains of Kong,” a “nude tree” by Gelatin (with guests), and two brass beds. The cult makeup concept is by Kris Lemsalu Malone. The cult robes were designed and produced by Wiener Times (Susie Schneider & Johannes Schweiger). Altar-Knife War-Witch was filmed in December 2019.

Director
Scott Clifford Evans
Screenwriter
Scott Clifford Evans
Producer
Scott Clifford Evans
DoP
Simon Brugner, Dominick Spritzendorfer
Composer
Philipp Quehenberger
Runtime
Language
English