Štićenik (1973)
- Directed by
- Đorđe Kadijević
- Genre
- drama film, horror film
- Country
- Yugoslavia
- Runtime
- 46 min
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young man flees from a mysterious pursuer and seeks shelter in a mental hospital. The film uses a psychological approach to build an atmosphere of unease and paranoia.
tensepsychologically unsettlingslow-burneerieanxiety-inducingatmosphericparanoiddreamlike
What happens
Ward (Serbo-Croatian: Štićenik / Штићеник, lit. 'Protegé') is a 1973 Yugoslav made-for-TV arthouse horror film directed by Serbian and Yugoslav director Đorđe Kadijević and based on the story "Mihael i njegov rođak" (Serbian for 'Michael and His Cousin') by Serbian writer Filip David. The film is the first in Kadijević's mini-series Ciklus: Fantastika (Cycle: Fantasy). The film centers around a young man trying to find refuge in a mental hospital while being chased by a mysterious pursuer. Kadijević described the film as "not a typical representative of the horror genre", but as "a film thematically related to fantasy [...] in which a more psychological approach towards the subject matter is evident". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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