Infamies
Five young people who couldn‘t be more different meet on a disastrous night at an isolated house. A friend’s birthday party brings them together. Repressed emotions and jealousy rapidly lead to tensions among group. Under the influence of alcohol and drugs the heated atmosphere gradually escalates. For Sarah, the only woman among them, a true nightmare begins and in the end only one way out seems possible: revenge.
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Gregor KreycaWriter
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Project Type:Screenplay
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Genres:Psychological Thriller, Horror
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Number of Pages:70
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Country of Origin:Austria
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Language:English
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First-time Screenwriter:Yes
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Student Project:No
Born in Leoben, Austria, Gregor was always driven by his deep passion for movies. After gaining set experience and working in theaters and video stores, he started filmschool at the Filmcollege Vienna where he finished in 2014. While being there, he made three shorts: Comicstore, an affectionate documentary; Cellar Door, a horror short that had its premiere at the Vienna Fright Nights Festival; and E.S.P.L., a comedy based on a short story by Roald Dahl.
Violence and how it emerges, how people respond to it and what it means for every single person within a small group - these are the questions that Infamies is exploring.
In the footprints of Wes Craven’s cult movie Last House on the Left (1972), Sam Peckinpah’s masterpiece Straw Dogs (1971) and Caspar Noé’s Nightmare Irreversible (2002), Infamies is a consequent progression of those themes. Dark, rough and non-sugar-coated it explores the dark side of human nature, which presents itself fully once the spiral of violence has begun to turn.
In recent years, Austrian filmmakers have proven successfully that it is possible to produce genre movies of international stature in Austria. The Dark Valley (2014); Jack (2015) and especially Goodnight Mommy (2014), which garnered awards in Venice and Toronto and earned a nationwide domestic release by Radius TWC, are two of the latest examples.
The cross-over of genre and arthouse is no longer a rarity. The borders between these formerly contradictory approaches are fading, which is a very positive trend because it should neither be the purpose of art to be bulky and unapproachable, nor should the genre be satisfied with shallowness and a lack of substance.
Instead it is my intention to create a movie that is demanding and entertaining as well. A movie that thrills genre fans, challenges festival visitors and proves once more that the young Austrian genre film is something to be reckoned with!