Strangler vs Strangler (1984) movie poster

Strangler vs Strangler

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1984 ·1h 33m · ★ 6.8 (45)

When it comes to crime, Belgrade is same as any other modern metropolis, except for having its own serial killers. That blank is filled when a flower salesman begins strangling women. A popular, but very disturbed rock star soon becomes telepathically connected with the killer.

Why it matters

A darkly comic dive into 1980s Yugoslavian horror that blends serial killer tropes with surreal satire and offbeat rock ’n’ roll energy.

  • Slobodan Šijan’s cult classic skewers the “mum’s boy” killer archetype with absurdist flair and local flavor.
  • Features a bizarre psychic link between a disturbed rock star and the flower-selling strangler—body horror meets telepathic weirdness.
  • A twisted blend of horror and black comedy that captures Eastern European urban dread under socialism’s shadow.
  • For fans of off-kilter slasher spoofs and genre mashups that refuse to play by Hollywood rules.

Horror DNA

Gore
14
Slow Burn
33
Psychological
71
Supernatural
20
Creature
0
Disturbing
33
Fun Factor
50
Cerebral
43
Survival
33
Serial Killer

Content Warnings

Eye TraumaDehumanization

Phobia triggers

Eyes

TMDB Keywords

anonymous lettercarnationdominant womanearmetropolisoperapolice investigationradio stationrock concertrock singerseries of murdersstrangulationtelepathy

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