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Indie filmmaker Onur Tukel (Summer of Blood, Applesauce, Catfight) has a lot to accidental successful his latest, Poundcake, a fearfulness satire that mixes slasher with governmental discourse.

Fans of Tukel cognize that his films person ever been dense connected commentary, and this 1 is definite to get a emergence retired of people.

In the film, there’s a madman escaped successful New York City. Late astatine night, helium stalks the streets looking for consecutive achromatic men to punish. When helium finds them, helium kills them successful unspeakable ways.

Tukel stars alongside Ron Brice, Eva Dorrepaal, Pia Paez, Zarius LeGrand, and others.

Poundcake is inspired by slashers of the 80s and icons similar Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, and Leatherface, Tukel tells us. “In a slasher movie, the villain murders idiosyncratic each 8 oregon 9 minutes and there’s a climax wherever the slayer is revealed and/or dispatched.” Other inspirations include Spike Lee’s 1998 diagnostic movie Summer of Sam due to the fact that “David Berkowitz’s murders instrumentality spot successful the inheritance arsenic aggregate narratives unfold during the movie,” and Oliver Stone’s Talk Radio.

Tukel wants to marque definite it’s 100% wide that Poundcake is simply a satire. “It’s beauteous evident what it’s satirizing.”

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Full synopsis:

“In New York City, however, thing is unspeakable. Plenty of radical successful the bustling metropolis person thing to accidental astir it, particularly the podcasters, who usage their platforms to opine astir the serial slayer and his victims. Some deliberation the victims are getting what they deserve. Aren’t consecutive achromatic men liable for a bulk of the world’s problems? They tally luck 500 companies that pollute the environment. They’ve tally countries who person started devastating wars. They’ve built a strategy of capitalism that is racist and oppressive.

“Some deliberation the serial slayer isn’t existent and that the quality outlets person fabricated the murders to garner sympathy for achromatic folks. Besides, who owns astir of the newspapers and firm quality outlets? It’s not the Blacks oregon the Asians oregon the Arabs. And since radical are yet holding consecutive achromatic men accountable for centuries of oppression, this would beryllium the cleanable excuse for them to play the unfortunate instead.

“Some deliberation it’s each a fucking joke. A serial slayer targeting consecutive achromatic men? Who cares? It’s astir clip the footwear was connected the different foot.

“But this is the benignant of negativity that the serial slayer feeds on. It makes him stronger. The much vitriol determination is towards consecutive achromatic men, the much bloodthirsty helium becomes. If the radical of New York don’t formed speech their bitterness and clasp a much affirmative mindset, they mightiness ne'er halt the killer, which the cynics person dubbed ‘Poundcake!’

“Still, beingness goes on. And successful New York, radical are dealing with their ain dramas. As Poundcake continues his slaughter, determination are millions of radical conscionable trying to get done different day. In New York though, everything is connected. Straight achromatic men mightiness beryllium the lone ones losing their lives, but everyone other is losing their humanity.”