Subconscious Cruelty

Subconscious Cruelty is the impressive debut of Karim Hussain, now a renowned cinematographer. After six years of making, he fathered a visionary film poem that hardly bears comparison. A bunch of names such as Makavejev, Bava, Russell, Marins or Jodorowsky should give you an idea of what will (un)mercifully blow your mind. Brain candy? You wish! Four extremely disturbing stories, as beauteous as hideous, dissect the relationship between creation and destruction, desire and pain. This radical masterpiece is truly hair-raising, while the ingenious stylistic palette redefines the possibilities of the horror genre. (The Shockproof Film Festival)