Pensive, a gripping 2022 film directed by Jonas Trukanas, tells the chilling tale of a group of teenagers who embark on a celebratory journey after graduation to an abandoned cottage littered with haunting wooden figures. This journey begins with a joyous farewell celebration before everyone drifts apart into their inevitable different career paths. However, the atmosphere takes a dreadful turn when mysterious and gruesome events commence, leading to a series of horrifying incidents resulting in the deaths of many students. Trukanas masterfully crafts this slasher movie that thrills and horrifies equally, as the narrative takes unexpected and blood-chilling turns. Pensive promises to deliver an intense cinematic experience, leaving audiences haunted by the suspense and gore that characterize its gripping storyline.
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Why Did Marius Want To Party In An Abandoned Cottage?
In the movie Pensive, Marius emerges as a character-driven by the weight of academic expectations and familial pressure. The...
Spoilers Ahead
Why Did Marius Want To Party In An Abandoned Cottage?
In the movie Pensive, Marius emerges as a character-driven by the weight of academic expectations and familial pressure. The...
- 1/16/2024
- by Sutanuka Banerjee
- Film Fugitives
It’s Friday the 13th so today is the perfect day to check out Bloody Disgusting’s throwback slasher We Might Hurt Each Other (formerly Pensive), currently streaming on Screambox!
The film calls back to slasher classics like Friday the 13th.
Inspired by local legends, We Might Hurt Each Other follows a group of privileged high school classmates. After these classmates destroy a set of life-size wooden statues during a wild graduation party, a mysterious masked killer begins picking the group off one by one.
Gory and glorious, We Might Hurt Each Other is a gritty throwback to the 80s and the heyday of slasher cinema. Calling back to Friday the 13th, the filmmakers take what was great about the era and give it a refreshing lift with the infusion of Eastern European folklore.
The bloody Lithuanian teen horror was directed by Jonas Trukanas and stars Gabija Bargailaite (Pilgrims).
Check out the trailer below.
The film calls back to slasher classics like Friday the 13th.
Inspired by local legends, We Might Hurt Each Other follows a group of privileged high school classmates. After these classmates destroy a set of life-size wooden statues during a wild graduation party, a mysterious masked killer begins picking the group off one by one.
Gory and glorious, We Might Hurt Each Other is a gritty throwback to the 80s and the heyday of slasher cinema. Calling back to Friday the 13th, the filmmakers take what was great about the era and give it a refreshing lift with the infusion of Eastern European folklore.
The bloody Lithuanian teen horror was directed by Jonas Trukanas and stars Gabija Bargailaite (Pilgrims).
Check out the trailer below.
- 10/13/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Drawing inspiration from classics like Friday the 13th, filmmaker Jonas Trukanas has made his narrative feature debut with the slasher movie We Might Hurt Each Other (you might also see it referred to as Rupintojelis or Pensive) – which also happens to have been the first slasher movie to be made in Lithuania! It’s good to see another country finally catch up on the awesomeness of producing slasher movies. We Might Hurt Each Other has now been released through the Screambox streaming service as a Screambox original, and you can watch a trailer for the film in the embed above.
I was given the heads-up on this project by my colleague Mike Conway, who thought it might be right up my alley due to the fact that Friday the 13th is my favorite horror franchise. And he was correct. I’m always hoping to find another good slasher movie to watch,...
I was given the heads-up on this project by my colleague Mike Conway, who thought it might be right up my alley due to the fact that Friday the 13th is my favorite horror franchise. And he was correct. I’m always hoping to find another good slasher movie to watch,...
- 7/12/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
This week brings along with it brand new original horror movies from both Screambox and Shudder, while a hit horror movie over at Netflix gets a fresh new spinoff installment.
Here’s all the new horror releasing July 11– July 16, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting’s throwback slasher We Might Hurt Each Other (formerly Pensive) is Now Streaming on our Screambox platform beginning today!
The bloody Lithuanian teen horror film was directed by Jonas Trukanas and stars Gabija Bargailaite (Pilgrims), and calls back to slasher classics like Friday the 13th.
In fact, this is Lithuania’s very first slasher movie!
Inspired by local legends, We Might Hurt Each Other follows a group of privileged high school classmates. After these classmates destroy a set of life-size wooden statues during a wild graduation party, a mysterious masked killer begins picking the group off one by one.
Here’s all the new horror releasing July 11– July 16, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting’s throwback slasher We Might Hurt Each Other (formerly Pensive) is Now Streaming on our Screambox platform beginning today!
The bloody Lithuanian teen horror film was directed by Jonas Trukanas and stars Gabija Bargailaite (Pilgrims), and calls back to slasher classics like Friday the 13th.
In fact, this is Lithuania’s very first slasher movie!
Inspired by local legends, We Might Hurt Each Other follows a group of privileged high school classmates. After these classmates destroy a set of life-size wooden statues during a wild graduation party, a mysterious masked killer begins picking the group off one by one.
- 7/11/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
‘We Might Hurt Each Other’ – ‘Friday the 13th’-Inspired Slasher Hits Screambox *Tomorrow*! [Trailer]
Straight out of the Chattanooga premiere, Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting’s throwback slasher We Might Hurt Each Other (formerly Pensive) arrives on our Screambox streaming platform tomorrow!
The bloody Lithuanian teen horror was directed by Jonas Trukanas and stars Gabija Bargailaite (Pilgrims) and calls back to slasher classics like Friday the 13th.
Inspired by local legends, Pensive follows a group of privileged high school classmates. After these classmates destroy a set of life-size wooden statues during a wild graduation party, a mysterious masked killer begins picking the group off one by one.
Gory and glorious, Pensive is a gritty throwback to the 80s and the heyday of slasher cinema. Calling back to Friday the 13th, the filmmakers took what was great about the era and give it a refreshing lift with the infusion of Eastern European folklore. Check out the trailer below.
Other July highlights include The Exorcist writer William Peter Blatty...
The bloody Lithuanian teen horror was directed by Jonas Trukanas and stars Gabija Bargailaite (Pilgrims) and calls back to slasher classics like Friday the 13th.
Inspired by local legends, Pensive follows a group of privileged high school classmates. After these classmates destroy a set of life-size wooden statues during a wild graduation party, a mysterious masked killer begins picking the group off one by one.
Gory and glorious, Pensive is a gritty throwback to the 80s and the heyday of slasher cinema. Calling back to Friday the 13th, the filmmakers took what was great about the era and give it a refreshing lift with the infusion of Eastern European folklore. Check out the trailer below.
Other July highlights include The Exorcist writer William Peter Blatty...
- 7/10/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
The next Screambox Original horror movie, We Might Hurt Each Other is Lithuania’s very first slasher movie, and it’s headed exclusively to Screambox on Tuesday, July 11.
Lithuania’s first slasher pays tribute to the golden age of the subgenre while infusing an influence from Eastern European folklore. The clip below sets the plot in motion…
“After classmates destroy life-size wooden folk art statues during a wild high school graduation party at a remote cottage, a mysterious killer starts picking them off one by one.”
We Might Hurt Each Other is directed by Jonas Trukanas and co-written by Trukanas and Titas Laucius, with Emilija Sluskonyte producing. Marius Repsys, Sarunas Rapolas Meliesius, Povilas Jatkevicius, Gabija Bargailaite, and Saule Rasimaite star.
Start screaming now with Screambox on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Prime Video, Roku, YouTube TV, Samsung, Comcast, Cox, and Screambox.com.
And don’t miss We Might Hurt Each Other,...
Lithuania’s first slasher pays tribute to the golden age of the subgenre while infusing an influence from Eastern European folklore. The clip below sets the plot in motion…
“After classmates destroy life-size wooden folk art statues during a wild high school graduation party at a remote cottage, a mysterious killer starts picking them off one by one.”
We Might Hurt Each Other is directed by Jonas Trukanas and co-written by Trukanas and Titas Laucius, with Emilija Sluskonyte producing. Marius Repsys, Sarunas Rapolas Meliesius, Povilas Jatkevicius, Gabija Bargailaite, and Saule Rasimaite star.
Start screaming now with Screambox on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Prime Video, Roku, YouTube TV, Samsung, Comcast, Cox, and Screambox.com.
And don’t miss We Might Hurt Each Other,...
- 7/10/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Chattanooga Film Fest returns in style this year between June 23rd and the 29th to celebrate its tenth anniversary. The first film festival to pivot to an all-virtual event back in 2020 had remained online only in '21 and '22, but this year they are back to in-person screenings and events! Not a team to abandon the virtual option they pioneered, this year's Cff will be a hybrid event with a number of films and panels to service fans around the US and on the ground in Chattanooga. Fans this year will be treated to some of the best genre cinema of the year including the North American premiere of Jonas Trukanas We Might Hurt Each Other, celebrated Satanic Panic doc Satan Wants You,...
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- 5/5/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Stars: Šarūnas Rapolas Meiliešius, Gabija Bargailaitė, Marius Repšys | Written by Jonas Trukanas, Titas Laucius | Directed by Jonas Trukanas
Wooden sculptures of the Pensive Christ can be found in the weirdest spots all through the Baltic States. They combine folk art and Christian traditions into a singular entity concerning the fear of being judged. And that’s what is about to happen to the usually risk-averse Marius as he organises the venue for his wild high school graduation party at a remote cottage. For his drunken and drugged classmates destroy some life-size wooden statues and almost immediately a scarred, masked and mysterious killer starts picking them off one by mutilated one.
A typical kids go to the woods to party and get killed one by one is given a wrinkle in the stereotypical story, with a hero who is anything but. He is a bland, boring character with no purpose in life…...
Wooden sculptures of the Pensive Christ can be found in the weirdest spots all through the Baltic States. They combine folk art and Christian traditions into a singular entity concerning the fear of being judged. And that’s what is about to happen to the usually risk-averse Marius as he organises the venue for his wild high school graduation party at a remote cottage. For his drunken and drugged classmates destroy some life-size wooden statues and almost immediately a scarred, masked and mysterious killer starts picking them off one by mutilated one.
A typical kids go to the woods to party and get killed one by one is given a wrinkle in the stereotypical story, with a hero who is anything but. He is a bland, boring character with no purpose in life…...
- 3/17/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Slashers are rarely a hard sell. Find a group of teens, plonk them in the woods and send a raving maniac after them with something sharp. It’s horror at its simplest and most entertaining. Even the bad ones deliver enough fun and catharsis to almost always satisfy a hardcore genre crowd. In fact, these days, nearly half a century on, most are very deliberately derivative. It’s part of the charm. Sure, the good ones – those that understand the careful chemistry of horror and comedy – stand head and shoulders above the rest. But ultimately, a body count is enough.
So to stand out and do something genuinely different with the genre, as Lithuanian director Jonas Trukanas and his team do here, isn’t just brave – it’s also what some would call “stupid”. Subverting expectations is a dangerous game after all, especially when those expectations are as closely guarded...
So to stand out and do something genuinely different with the genre, as Lithuanian director Jonas Trukanas and his team do here, isn’t just brave – it’s also what some would call “stupid”. Subverting expectations is a dangerous game after all, especially when those expectations are as closely guarded...
- 3/10/2023
- by Ben Robins
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Cinedigm and Bloody Disgusting have slashed up a deal with Reason8 Films for North American rights to the throwback slasher Pensive out of the ongoing EFM in Berlin.
The bloody slasher inspired by Friday the 13th with be a Screambox Original.
The Lithuanian teen horror was directed by Jonas Trukanas and stars Gabija Bargailaite (Pilgrims).
Inspired by local legends, Pensive, which premiered in Baltic Competition in Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, follows a group of privileged high school classmates. After these classmates destroy a set of life-size wooden statues during a wild graduation party, a mysterious masked killer begins picking the group off one by one.
“Gory and glorious, Pensive is a gritty throwback to the 80s and the heyday of slasher cinema”, said Brad Miska, Managing Director of Bloody Disgusting. “Calling back to Friday the 13th, the filmmakers took what was great about the era and give it a...
The bloody slasher inspired by Friday the 13th with be a Screambox Original.
The Lithuanian teen horror was directed by Jonas Trukanas and stars Gabija Bargailaite (Pilgrims).
Inspired by local legends, Pensive, which premiered in Baltic Competition in Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, follows a group of privileged high school classmates. After these classmates destroy a set of life-size wooden statues during a wild graduation party, a mysterious masked killer begins picking the group off one by one.
“Gory and glorious, Pensive is a gritty throwback to the 80s and the heyday of slasher cinema”, said Brad Miska, Managing Director of Bloody Disgusting. “Calling back to Friday the 13th, the filmmakers took what was great about the era and give it a...
- 2/18/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
The thriller has sold in the UK and the Americas.
UK sales outfit Reason8 has sold Lithuanian teen horror Pensive, directed by Jonas Trukanas and starring Gabija Bargailaite, across UK and the Americas.
Cinedigm has taken North America and will release on its streaming platform Screambox; newly-founded Bingo Films – part of 108 Media – has acquired UK and Ireland rights, with plans for a July 2023 release after the UK premiere at Frightfest Glasgow; and Just Real has Latin America.
After a group of privileged high school classmates destroy a set of life-size wooden statues during a wild graduation party, a mysterious...
UK sales outfit Reason8 has sold Lithuanian teen horror Pensive, directed by Jonas Trukanas and starring Gabija Bargailaite, across UK and the Americas.
Cinedigm has taken North America and will release on its streaming platform Screambox; newly-founded Bingo Films – part of 108 Media – has acquired UK and Ireland rights, with plans for a July 2023 release after the UK premiere at Frightfest Glasgow; and Just Real has Latin America.
After a group of privileged high school classmates destroy a set of life-size wooden statues during a wild graduation party, a mysterious...
- 2/18/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Horror fans rejoice, for once more this March’s Glasgow Film Festival welcomes another weekend of wickedly fun international depravity, courtesy of the that all-too-reliable Ff banner. 13 films, over 3 days, with one positively freakish re-imagining of Winnie the Pooh as a serial killer; there’s never a dull year as far as FrightFest is concerned.
With this year’s line-up gathered together from all over the globe, spanning nine different countries including France, Spain, Austria, Finland, the Netherlands and Lithuania, as well as the usual British and American fare, there’s certainly a wide variety on offer too.
The one horror hounds will no doubt already be humming about is the cult-flavoured Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, a deliciously nasty slasher that pits everyone’s favourite cuddly characters from the Hundred Acre Wood against each other, in bloody fashion. With Pooh and friends now in the copyright-friendly public domain, expect director...
With this year’s line-up gathered together from all over the globe, spanning nine different countries including France, Spain, Austria, Finland, the Netherlands and Lithuania, as well as the usual British and American fare, there’s certainly a wide variety on offer too.
The one horror hounds will no doubt already be humming about is the cult-flavoured Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, a deliciously nasty slasher that pits everyone’s favourite cuddly characters from the Hundred Acre Wood against each other, in bloody fashion. With Pooh and friends now in the copyright-friendly public domain, expect director...
- 1/18/2023
- by Ben Robins
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Programme reconfigured to include non-Baltic directors heading Baltic co-productions.
The world premiere of Lithuanian feature The Poet will open the Baltic Competition at this year’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, which will screen 15 features from the region.
Directed by Giedrius Tamosevicius and Vytautas V. Landsbergis, The Poet is the one world premiere in the selection, alongside four international premieres.
Scroll down for the full list of Baltic Competition titles
It is a historical drama in which the titular writer becomes an intermediary between Soviet authorities and rebels, and must choose his allies and words carefully in order to survive.
The world premiere of Lithuanian feature The Poet will open the Baltic Competition at this year’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, which will screen 15 features from the region.
Directed by Giedrius Tamosevicius and Vytautas V. Landsbergis, The Poet is the one world premiere in the selection, alongside four international premieres.
Scroll down for the full list of Baltic Competition titles
It is a historical drama in which the titular writer becomes an intermediary between Soviet authorities and rebels, and must choose his allies and words carefully in order to survive.
- 10/25/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Less Is More, the program launched by Le Group Ouest to help young helmers such as Maimouna Doucouré (“Cuties”), has unveiled the trailer of Daria Woszek’s “Marygoround” which will have its world premiere at South By Southwest.
The film, which was developed within the framework of Less Is More, revolves around Mary, a lonely grocery store worker who lives a rather dull life in a small town. On the eve of her 50th birthday, Mary’s life soon begins to take on a totally unexpected turn when she overdoses on the hormone patches prescribed by her doctor and receives the visit of a free-spirited niece. Mary’s senses and imagination suddenly come alive.
“The film is a quirky, darkly comic tale starring a stunning screen newcomer Grażyna Misiorowska, (and it tells the) story of a woman reclaiming her own body,” said South By Southwest in its presentation of “Marygoround...
The film, which was developed within the framework of Less Is More, revolves around Mary, a lonely grocery store worker who lives a rather dull life in a small town. On the eve of her 50th birthday, Mary’s life soon begins to take on a totally unexpected turn when she overdoses on the hormone patches prescribed by her doctor and receives the visit of a free-spirited niece. Mary’s senses and imagination suddenly come alive.
“The film is a quirky, darkly comic tale starring a stunning screen newcomer Grażyna Misiorowska, (and it tells the) story of a woman reclaiming her own body,” said South By Southwest in its presentation of “Marygoround...
- 2/27/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Previous projects include Nathalie Biancheri’s ‘Wolf’ starring George MacKay and Lily-Rose Depp.
European training and coaching development programme Less Is More has selected 16 low-budget feature projects for its 2020 scheme, as well as 12 ‘development angels’ to join the development process.
Open to projects at script development stage from first to third-time feature filmmakers from across the globe, the scheme received 460 applications from 90 countries – a 37% increase on the previous year’s total.
See full list of projects below.
12 of this year’s projects are European productions, with one each from Tunisia, Rwanda and Mexico plus a Palestine-Denmark co-production.
Less Is More...
European training and coaching development programme Less Is More has selected 16 low-budget feature projects for its 2020 scheme, as well as 12 ‘development angels’ to join the development process.
Open to projects at script development stage from first to third-time feature filmmakers from across the globe, the scheme received 460 applications from 90 countries – a 37% increase on the previous year’s total.
See full list of projects below.
12 of this year’s projects are European productions, with one each from Tunisia, Rwanda and Mexico plus a Palestine-Denmark co-production.
Less Is More...
- 2/24/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
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