Styria

"Love requires sacrifice."

Aug 21 2014 Not Rated 1h 39m
Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

In 1989, Lara Hill, accompanies her art historian father to an abandoned castle across the Iron Curtain. From a car crash outside of the castle, emerges the beautiful and mysterious Carmilla. Lara secrets Carmilla into the castle and the two are drawn into an intoxicating relationship. But when Carmilla mysteriously disappears, and women of the town begin committing suicide, Lara’s psychic wounds erupt into a living nightmare that consumes the entire town of Styria.

Plot

Lara (Eleanor Tomlinson) and her estranged father, Dr. Hill (Stephen Rea), travel behind the iron curtain to a decrepit castle outside the Hungarian town of Styria. In the nearby woods, Lara witnesses a car crash. Carmilla, (Julia Pietrucha), escapes from the wreckage as a driver attempts to run her over. When Lara hides this beautiful and mysterious stranger in the castle, the two start an intense and chaotic friendship. As their relationship deepens, the young women of Styria begin to go mad. When local girls are found dead from apparent suicides, Lara wonders if Carmilla is to blame or is there a darker secret behind the mass hysteria destroying the town.

Written by

Karl Bardosh, Mauricio Chernovetzky, Mark Devendorf

Directed by

Mauricio Chernovetzky, Mark Devendorf

Cast

Stephen Rea, Eleanor Tomlinson, Julia Pietrucha

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America, Hungary

Production Companies

Pioneer Pictures, MCMD Films, Like Fire Productions

Languages

English

Awards

1 win

Scores
# of Votes
3,618
Average Rating
4.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA