Official Trailer – Dark Star Pictures is releasing 'BUZZHEART', the genre-bending psychological thriller from Dennis Iliadis, on Digital and VOD from May 19.
Iliadis is known for 'THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT', '+1', 'DELIRIUM' and 'HARDCORE', and has worked with Wes Craven and Jason Blum. Set in 1990s Athens, 'BUZZHEART' follows a shy 19-year-old whose romantic getaway becomes a disturbing psychological game.
📍 Directed by: Dennis Iliadis
📍 Distributor: Dark Star Pictures
📍 Genre: Psychological Thriller / Horror / Dark Comedy
📍 Release Date: May 19 – Digital and VOD
📍 Setting: 1990s Athens
📍 Starring: Evelina Papoulia, Giorgos Liantos, Konstantina Messini and Claudio Kaya
📍 Festival Screenings: Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, MotelX Lisbon International Horror Film Festival
🎬 Synopsis: Set in 1990s Athens, 'BUZZHEART' follows shy 19-year-old Argyris, who finds himself unexpectedly dating Mary, a beautiful and enigmatic young woman seemingly out of his league.
When Mary invites him to her parents’ secluded country home, what begins as an awkward romantic getaway quickly spirals into something far more disturbing. Claiming to protect their fragile daughter, Mary’s parents subject Argyris to a series of increasingly bizarre and brutal tests to prove his worth.
As the weekend unfolds, the family’s deeply dysfunctional dynamics come into focus, trapping Argyris in a twisted psychological game of survival, where nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted.
The film premiered in the Main Competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and later screened at MotelX Lisbon International Horror Film Festival.
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