Graziano Falzone

A group of US filmmakers travel to Cyprus to film a documentary in the tragically famous Hotel Gula - a once popular resort where more than 100 people died in mysterious circumstances. What begins as just another day at the office will eventually turn into a terrifying journey into the unknown.

Lorenzo known as Ghandi and Elena met at 18 during a vacation through Nevada and ended up doing the classic madness: they got married in Las Vegas. A few hours later everyone was going their own way, putting the incident behind them (or at least that's what Elena thinks). Twenty years later Elena is about to marry a very rich and brilliant man, but her best friend Sara, a lawyer, informs her that, being technically still married to Lorenzo, she must first dissolve that bond or she will be accused of bigamy. Elena and Lorenzo must therefore return to Las Vegas and obtain a divorce decree in a few days. If they really want to.

1960년대 이후 호러 영화가 세계적으로 알려진데는 이탈리아 호러 영화의 역할이 특히 컸다. 감독은 다리오 아르젠토, 마리오 바바, 푸피 아바티 등 대표적 감독의 작품을 중점적으로 살피며 당시 영화인들이 부족한 예산과 검열 등 척박한 제작 환경 속에서 어떤 창조적 작업을 선보였는지 살펴본다. 또한 잔혹한 신체 훼손 같은 폭력의 과잉이 어떤 사회문화적 맥락을 갖고 있었는지도 함께 고민한다.