A day in the life of reluctant hotel owner Dave – a man troubled by nightmares, his neighbor, his friends and love.
Dave’s existence is hopeless. His days and nights blend into each other as he wanders vacantly through the halls of the abandoned and dilapidated Hotel Poseidon, which he inherited from his deceased father.
When a young woman knocks on the hotel’s door looking for a room, while Dave’s best friend wants to throw a party in the backroom and a recurring dream haunts him, a surreal and grisly ordeal is set in motion.
"A hell of a ride… Hallucinatory and hilarious " – Screen Daily
"Unique debut feature… a grime-core masterpiece" – Screen Anarchy
"A tour through the unconscious and a film that deserves a monograph." – Film Freak Central
“Like stepping into a fever dream brought to life” – The Hollywood News
"A creepy and off-the-wall hallucinogenic trip" – Cine Europa
"Weird and endlessly unsettling. A stunning work of art" – Father Son Holy Gore
“Distinctive and memorable" – Fiction Machine
“Hypnotic… goes from being a little eccentric to totally insane.” – Dread Central
"Has a strange, incontrovertible integrity that demands and deserves admiration" – The Guardian
Screenings Belgium
No more screenings currently planned.
International
Screenings
10-Aug-2021 - Fantasia Festival (Montréal, CAN) - tickets
12-Aug-2021 - Fantasia Festival (Montréal, CAN) - tickets
26-Aug-2021 - Frightfest (London, UK) – live - tickets
03-Sept-2021 - Genreblast (Winchester – VA, USA) - tickets
05-Sept-2021 - Frightfest (London, UK) – online - tickets
09 > 26 Sept-2021 - Sydney Underground Film Festival (AUS) - tickets
08-Oct-2021 - Grimmfest (Manchester, UK) - tickets
17-Oct-2021 - Grimmfest (Manchester, UK) - tickets
22-Oct-2021 - ToHorror Fantastic Film Festival (Torino, ITA) - tickets
25-Oct-2021 - LUSCA Film Fest (Puerto Rico) - tickets
30-Oct-2021 - SPLAT Film Fest (Lublin, PL) - tickets
10-Nov-2021 - Belfast Film Festival (IE) - tickets
20-Nov-2021 - Feratum Festival (MEX) - tickets
26-Nov-2021 - Be Afraid Horror Fest (ITA) - tickets
10-Dec-2021 - Shockfest (USA) - tickets
12-Jan-2022 - Film Maudit Festival (USA) - tickets
4&5-Feb-2022 - Theater im Pumpenhaus (D) - tickets
11-April-2022 - 2300 Plan 9 Festival (Switzerland) - tickets
19+24+27-April-2022 - Fantaspoa (Porto Alegre, BRA) - tickets
25+26 August 2022: Macabro (Mexico City, MX) - tickets
3-Sept-2022 - BUT Film Festival (Breda, NL) - tickets
18-Nov-2022: Fixion Festival (Santiago, Chile) - tickets
26-Nov-2022: Cine Horror Film Festival (BRA) - tickets
Also available for streaming in UK, USA, CAN through Arrow starting 03. January 2022.
Future disc release?
Coming in 2024: ltd. edition physical release
Interested? Drop us a line at info@abattoirferme.be and let us know your preference (dvd or Bluray). You'll be the first to know when the release happens and secure your copy.
Trailers
Abattoir Fermé & Potemkino present
“Hotel Poseidon”
Written and directed by Stef Lernous
Starring Tom Vermeir, Anneke Sluiters, Tania Van der Sanden, Dominique Van Malder, Steve Geerts, Tine Van den Wyngaert, Kirsten Pieters, Chiel van Berkel, Ruth Becquart.
Director of photography: Geert Verstraete / Editor: Kim Vandenbergh / Art director: Sven Van Kuijk / Gaffer: Jens Callewaert / Sound: Kristof Lebrun / Score: Kreng / Sound design: Frederik Van de Moortel / Producer: Nick Kaldunski / Co-producer: Peter De Maegd / Poster artwork: Tyler Jenkins
© 2021 - an Abattoir Fermé film in co-production with Potemkino
& supported by The Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF),
the city of Mechelen, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, arts centre Nona