Mudbrick

2023 [SERBIAN]

Horror

3
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 1423 1.4K

cult folk pagan cult

Plot summary

After inheriting an old mudbrick house in his home village in Eastern Europe, a man returns after spending his whole life in England, only to find out that inhabitants are hiding a dark secret about the pagan Slavic cult and his own past.

Director

Nikola Petrovic Photo
Nikola Petrovic

Top cast

Andrew Howard Photo
Andrew Howard as Jakov
Philip Brodie Photo
Philip Brodie as Paul
Kamka Tocinovski Photo
Kamka Tocinovski as Natalija
Joakim Tasic Photo
Joakim Tasic as Bodin
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806.63 MB
1280*690
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 4
1.62 GB
1920*1036
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 16

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by BeldrickBigaloo 4 / 10

all the art, none of the sense

I really love movies i've seen this compared too such as wicked man or midsommar, but those made sense. They had pace, slow pace but methodical. This seems like there are hints at a message the whole movie, without any practical meaning. I understand you can be vague with folk lore, especially with modern morality involved, but the audience still needs to understand what's going on. Enjoyed some of the ideas, but just never came together in my opinion. Acting was not the problem, but some parts of the script was rather clunky. I wish i had better things to say about this movie because i like supporting movies like this, but it honestly fell flat on so many levels. Cheap visuals, cheaper blood stains. Decent acting, sub par dialogue. Incohesive story tale, incohesive script.
Reviewed by kikirriki 7 / 10

Exploring Serbian Folklore

And adding lots to it. I had the pleasure to see this film in a local theatre, with the director and some cast attending. Unfortunately, not many people sat there in the audience. I did end up liking it, the direction was pretty good, good cinematography, music and some of the cast, especially portrayal of the two brothers, were also good. This film is directed as a horror movie, and I enjoy a film, where every scene lets you know what genre you are watching. The first act is accompanied by such an eery score, that you feel uneasy watching it. It features some gory scenes I have never witnessed before. The folklore elements were unfamiliar to me, but I think the director created his own, in a way that works for the story. The plot twists did not disappoint. What I did not like was the editing, some scenes needed to be long, especially in the beginning, when we see the characters for the first time. Jump cuts sometimes confuse, when you have not spent long enough time with the characters. I hope this will be fixed in directors future projects I am looking forward to.
Reviewed by Mamulian

Mudbrick

This slowburn dark folk (not really a) horror tale plays out in a small, derelict village in a pleasant but rather impoverished part of southeastern Serbia, in southeastern Europe. Through nice photography we are witnessing this family drama basically, encompassed by tacked-on pagan/Slavic symbolism and mythology, even some kind of a ''pagan'' cult (which doesn't make too much sense since the Orthodox Christianity in Serbia is already inherently merged with the old Serb/Slavic faith through Saint-Savaism).Anyway, the decrepit village and eponymous mudbrick house look authentic here, since this ancient type of house-building (with mud as a binder) - can still be seen - or are refurbished for modern rural living, - in different parts of the country. What isn't too realistic though, is the family's grip on this grandfathers run-down old house in the countryside, and to see the brother (Paul) coming down from london like he inherited a castle, makes for a bit dubious premise, and the movie doesn't really offer a secret reason why the house is so much important to them. The other brother (Jakov) is played averagely by Andrew Howard (from a nice little film Mr InBetween, and here he looks and speaks like Niko Belic for some reason, which is fine by me). The rest of the cast, whom I've only seen for the first time here, are equally average.Film's early promising, but ultimately unfulfilled vague 70's folk horror-reminiscent/pagan aesthetic doesn't offer much, and it barely, let alone deeply, touches upon it and nothing seems really dangerous nor frightening, which is the biggest deficiency here. One wonders if the creators actually even wanted this to be marketed and even made, as a truly 'horror' film, or merely a tribute to the older homegrown folk stories.It did look nice though, didn't drag too long and I certainly appreciated the effort.5.8/10.
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