FilmSlasher Survival

S.S.D.2008

Name: S.S.D.
Genre: Slasher, Survival
Released: 2008-09-04
Rating: 5.2

Directed by Vadim Shmelyov

5.2

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IMDb 4.3TMDB 5.2

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Year

2008

Runtime

110 min

The premise

On TV a new reality show, "Pionerlager", has started. Following the results of a casting, five young men and five girls, led by young TV presenter Alice Ten, go to the thrown pioneer camp. The rules state that every week someone would be eliminated from the show. The last one remaining will win the main prize: one million roubles. But suddenly game rules change: the invisible observer declares that it is life, not money, that will be the award for the winner. The maniac hiding behind the mask of a horse, begins a hunt for the participants. Children's horror stories which he once listened to in pioneer camp, revive and become a plot of its own murders.

Horror Vault's take

A Russian slasher that turns the reality-TV format into a genuine death trap: ten contestants arrive at an abandoned pioneer camp expecting cameras and competition, only to discover the prize has been changed from cash to survival. A masked killer — sporting the unsettling guise of a horse — begins picking off participants one by one, drawing inspiration from the darkest campfire legends of Soviet childhood. The remote, decaying camp setting ratchets up the claustrophobia as the line between staged entertainment and real terror collapses. Fans of premise-driven slashers will find a distinctly Eastern European flavour here.

Content: Graphic Violence, Gore, Slasher Kills