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Wake Up

Directed by RKSS
2023
Canada, France
80 minutes
Unclassified 18+
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Genre giants RKSS (Turbo Kid, SFF 2015) return to FMO with a supreme slasher. Gen Z activists become the prey after breaking into a homeware megastore. This one delivers.

It’s not that easy to find super stylish, gloriously gory and wickedly inventive slasher pics these days. Luckily, the crack Canadian filmmaking trio RKSS is here to satisfy that urge with a thoroughly modern riff on the Most Dangerous Game scenario. When young environmental activists bust into an IKEA-like store, everything goes according to plan – at first. But no one ran a background check on the overnight security guard, a sweaty social misfit with rage issues and a keen interest in primitive weapons. The spirit of Jim Wynorski’s immortal Chopping Mall (1986) is alive and well here. Please do not reveal the ending!

Limited seats are available for patrons requiring access for wheelchairs, low vision and hearing loop. Please contact our ticketing team directly on 1300 733 733 or tickets@sff.org.au to complete your booking.
It's a sweet little treat for action-horror fans that hurts so good
Matt Donato, Slash Film
It’s a lean, mean – emphasis on mean – horror effort that scratches that slasher itch
Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting
The production values are faultless and the visuals sing, making this modern slasher shine
Kat Hughes, The Hollywood News

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Tickets

Wed 5 Jun
8:30pm
Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 9
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Past Event Cancel
Thu 13 Jun
8:45pm
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 1
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Past Event Cancel
Program Strand
Freak Me Out
Year
2023
Classification
Unclassified 18+
Country
Canada, France
Language
In English
Director
RKSS
Producer
Laurent Baudens, Gaël Nouaille
Cast
Benny O. Arthur, Turlough Convery, Aidan O’Hare
Screenwriter
Alberto Marini
Cinematographer
Léo Hinstin
Editor
Joris Laquittant, François Simard
Premiere
Australian Premiere
Genre
Horror
Company Credits
Australian Distributor: STUDIOCANAL
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