A Serbian Film
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About
A Serbian Film is a Serbian art house/horror film about a porn star who agrees to take a role in an "art film" only to find that the film is actually a snuff film with heavy themes of pedophilia and necrophilia. The film has become infamous for its graphic, often disturbing scenes of sex and violence and has become the subject of shock reaction videos and memes as a result.
The movie is also considered by many
History
The film was released in Serbia on June 11, 2010. The Sun described the movie as 'sick' and 'vile' during the Raindance Film Festival's press launch.[1] The film was also banned or censored from multiple countries including Australia[2], Spain[3] amongst others. In fact a scene which depicts the rape of a newborn infant managed to get the director charged with exhibiting child pornography[4] although the charges were later dropped.[5]
Reception
A Serbian Film currently holds a 45% on Rotten Tomatoes with the critics' consensus "A pointless shocker and societal allegory, a film whose imagery is so gruesome as to leave you scarred for life…or rolling your eyes for 100 minutes."[6] and also holds a 5.2 on IMDB.[7]
Internet fame
The film has become popular fodder for reaction videos some of which are shown below
Search Interest
External References
[1] The Sun – Sick Serbian film hits London
[2] PM – SA bans controversial movie A Serbian Film
[3] b92.net – "Španija: Zabrana za "Srpski film"
:https://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2010&mm=11&dd=05&nav_category=12&nav_id=470307
[4] The New York times – So Scandalous a Prosecutor Took Notice
[5] Sitges Film Festival – ANGEL SALA, DIRECTOR OF THE FESTIVAL, EXONERATED OF CHARGES DERIVED FROM THE SCREENING OF 'A SERBIAN FILM' IN OCTOBER 2010
[6] Rotten Tomatoes – A Serbian Film
[7] IMDB – A Serbian Film
[8] Complex – The 50 Most Disturbing Movies
[9] High Snobiety – 10 of the Most Damaged and Disturbing Movies Ever Made
[10] Rolling Stone – Banned and Brutal: 14 Beyond-Controversial Horror Movies
[11] Screenrant – 15 Recent Movies too Disturbing to Watch
Top Comments
Nox Lucis
Mar 26, 2018 at 05:46PM EDT
Commodore V
Mar 26, 2018 at 07:14PM EDT