Hungarian horror feature BLOODY NIGHT will be presented at the upcoming American Film Market (AFM), following the release of its international trailer. Blending supernatural horror, a cursed film-within-a-film, and brutal slasher thrills, BLOODY NIGHT explores the dark side of cinema in a terrifying story where watching a movie can have deadly consequences.
Set in the historic Apollo Cinema in Debrecen, Hungary, the film follows night watchman Lóránt Tompos, who discovers an old horror movie hidden in the theater’s basement. Despite warnings from his colleague Simi that the film is cursed, Tompos decides to screen it during one of his unofficial late-night showings. According to local legend, the movie premiered at the same cinema thirty years earlier, leaving all six audience members dead, while its director killed himself shortly afterward. Dismissing the story as superstition, Tompos proceeds with the screening, unwittingly awakening a dark force that unleashes a chain of brutal events inside the cinema.
The film’s director describes BLOODY NIGHT as “a tribute to classic horror cinema, the analog movie experience, and my hometown of Debrecen.” At the heart of the story is the historic Apollo Cinema. Inspired by its vintage projectors, shadowy corridors, and the secrets hidden within its walls, the director set out to create a claustrophobic slasher movie that recaptures the visceral fear of 1980s and 1990s horror. As the director puts it, “BLOODY NIGHT is a love letter to cinema—written in blood.”
BLOODY NIGHT is scheduled for theatrical release in Hungary in February 2027, following the premiere in Debrecen at the Apollo Cinema this October. International sales will be handled by EuroObscura, which will introduce the film to distributors during the upcoming American Film Market.
About EuroObscura:
EuroObscura is an independent international sales agency focused on delivering high quality European horror – science fiction – action – fantasy movies to the worldwide market. Founded in 2010, EuroObscura has established itself as a leading sales agency for genre movies coming from Europe. Our mission is to promote European Fantastic cinema everywhere in the world.
BLOODY NIGHT (Véres Éjszaka)
Hungary 2026 – 92 min. – Horror
Lóránt Tompos works as a night watchman in the Apollo Cinema, the most venerable movie theater in the city of Debrecen. One evening, in the cinema’s basement, he stumbles upon a costume from an old horror movie and a copy of the film itself. Since he regularly hosts unofficial screenings at night, he decides to show this film tonight. When he tells his colleague, Imre Somogyi (Simi), about his idea, Simi immediately tries to talk him out of the screening. According to Simi, this film must never be shown because it is cursed. Tompos is skeptical, so Simi tries to convince him with a story: “According to the story, the film was made thirty years ago by a local director, Ferenc Sumoski. The premiere took place right here, at the Apollo Cinema. Only six people bought tickets for the screening, and by the end of the film, all six of them were massacred. What’s more, the director committed suicide shortly after the screening.” The ominous story fails to convince Tompos, so the screening goes ahead. However, by doing so, he unwittingly activates a curse from the past, triggering a chain of brutal events inside the cinema.
* Theatrical release in Hungary in February 2027
* Available in 4K with 5.1 audio
