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MIFF presents

Wake Up

RKSS | Canada, France | 2024 | Unclassified (15+)
Film

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When

Sat 17 Aug 2024

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In this gleefully deranged slasher, six Gen Z activists get more than they bargained for when they break into a furniture store and face a disgruntled – and bloodthirsty – security guard.

It was meant to be an emphatic if non-violent act: a group of Gen Z environmental activists have hidden out in an IKEA-esque superstore, waiting until closing time so that they can deface the property to protest the chain’s deforestation practices. Everything is going according to plan until they draw the attention of a pair of nightwatchmen – one drunk, the other deeply, psychologically disturbed and in the mood to terrorise the unsuspecting teens.

Slasher fans will be delighted by the latest from gonzo genre stylists François Simard, Anouk Whissell and Yoann-Karl Whissell (Turbo Kid, MIFF 2015) – the Canadian filmmaking team collectively known as RKSS (‘Roadkill Superstars’) – who gleefully revel in horror’s most pulse-racing thrills and kills. With gruesome nods to 80s cult gems like Chopping Mall, this neon-tinted riff on the 1932 survival classic The Most Dangerous Game crackles with unhinged energy and inspired mayhem.

“A lean, mean – emphasis on mean – horror effort that scratches that slasher itch … Promises to make you think twice when venturing into a familiar Scandinavian ready-to-assemble furniture chain again.” – Bloody Disgusting

Format: DCP
Language: English
Source: StudioCanal
Courtesy: StudioCanal
Runtime: 83 mins

Event duration

83 mins

Rating

Unclassified (15+)

Where

Cinema 1 (Level 2)
ACMI, Fed Square

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