Gyilkoló
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Gyilkoló (also called The Killer in English) is a 2021 Hungarian science-fiction short film, written and directed by Milán Tóth, produced by Mercédesz Hetényi, Attila Péter Tóth, Magda Gáti, starring Zoltán Tóth, Mária Vámos and Viktória Tóth. It was originally released in Hungary on August 23, 2021, and also became available with English subtitles.
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| Directed by | Milán Tóth |
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| Written by | Milán Tóth |
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| Cinematography | Milán Tóth |
| Edited by | Milán Tóth |
Production company | NONAME Filmgyár |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | Hungary |
| Language | Hungarian English (subtitled) |
| Budget | 2.000 HUF |
Search Gyilkoló on Amazon.At first, the backstory of the film would have been completely different: it would have been about a French painter called Léon, from one of whose paintings a space creature comes to life[1], but Milán Tóth changed it because he could not continue the script with such a story. However, Milán did not want to throw away Léon's name, so he changed it to Leon and started writing the new script, which eventually became the final story of the film.
Premise[edit]
An unknown and killer space creature comes to the Earth to exterminate humanity, using a special and explosive microchip.[2]
Plot[edit]
The film takes place in a settlement near forest, where the camera of a secret space research center breaks down for mysterious reasons. Leon (Zoltán Tóth), an employee, notices through the monitor that the camera is not working because there is no signal. His boss, Henriett (Mónika Gáti), instructs Leon to check the camera and see why it got corrupted.
When Leon reaches the camera, he notices that it's broken. As he thought about how this happened, a space creature appears out of nowhere and starts chasing him. As Leon runs away, a woman (Mária Vámos) suddenly takes him behind a bush to hide there. She explains that it's a space creature called Killer, who is trying to destroy the Earth with a special and explosive microchip. Soon it turns out that the woman is called Kata and she is a member of Area 51. Leon decides to help Kata kill the space creature, before it's too late. They set off and soon find the chip in the grass. They pick it up quickly and run away. The space creature notices that the microchip is gone, so it starts following Leon and Kata.
As it starts to rain outside, they arrive at Kata's home, where they try to deactivate the explosive chip with a grater. Suddenly the space creature pops out of the nowhere, takes it and disappears. Kata and Leon set off quickly to find the chip again before the creature successfully destroys humanity with it.
After Leon is left alone outside in the storm, he leans on the fence while waiting for Kata. Suddenly the space creature appears behind him again out of the nowhere. The creature attacks Leon, who passes out.
Kata is back soon and she wakes up Leon and tells him her new plan: If they can kill the creature, the chip will also be destroyed in the its pocket. Leon agrees to the plan, so they continue on their way.
Kata and Leon soon reach an unknown garden, where they hide behind a fence. The creature soon pops up so they get cornered at a tree and can't escape. The creature almost kills them, but Leon's boss Henriett pops out of the blue and shoots the creature. Henriett explains that this garden is her property and the creature did not die in the shot, but the microchip was successfully destroyed. Kata decides to bring the creature into Area 51. Then the creature gets up, then plenty of UFOs attack the Earth, and everything fades away.
Cast[edit]
- Mária Vámos as Kata, an employee of Area 51. It's her job to destroy the space creatures.
- Zoltán Tóth as Leon, a worker at a secret space research center.
- Viktória Tóth as the killer space creature (in Hungarian: gyilkoló), an evil alien whose mission is to destroy Earth with a special microchip.
- Mónika Gáti as Henriett, the head of the secret space research center and the boss of Leon.
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
After the first idea for the film emerged, director Milán Tóth soon began writing the screenplay. The writing had to be restarted once because the story changed, but it didn’t last too long; Milán Tóth finished it in almost a few days. The peculiarity of the script is that it is more like a novel in terms of structure.[3]
Casting[edit]
Milán Tóth was the casting director himself, and his first decision was to invite Zoltán Tóth to the lead role, as he had already starred in one of his earlier short films called Right in Danger.[4] However, the film was an acting debut for Mária Vámos and Viktória Tóth. Although it wasn't Mónika Gáti's first film, but it was the first production where her face appeared, since her voice has already starred in an earlier film, Követő Árnyak (what was directed by Milán Tóth, too).
Filming[edit]
The filming took no more than three days, and it began on August 21. The shooting took place entirely in a Hungarian village called Balatongyörök. Filming had to be postponed only one time to the next day for technical reasons.
Post-production[edit]
After the filming just ended, the post-production started immediately, and it only took one day. The film was completely edited by Milán Tóth himself, and he even helped making the film's animations using computer-generated imagery.[1] The film also contains other visual effects and some of filter effects.
Music[edit]
The film’s soundtrack features songs written, composed and performed by Bobby Cole and Jon Presstone.
Release[edit]
At first they thought that the film should be released on DVD and Blu-ray, but they rejected the idea, partly because these discs are not so popular nowadays, and partly because a short film is not for such purposes.[4] So finally the film was released on the Internet on August 23, 2021 at Hungary.[2]
On April 23, 2022, an official English subtitled version of the film was published by the production company.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tudtad? | Gyilkoló - Hivatalos weboldal". gyilkolo.webador.com (in magyar). Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gyilkoló (S) (2021), retrieved 2022-06-30
- ↑ "The Peculiarity of the Script of 'The Killer'". The Peculiarity of the Script of 'The Killer'. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Gyilkoló (film, 2021) | Kritikák, videók, szereplők | MAFAB.hu". www.mafab.hu (in magyar). Retrieved 2022-07-27.
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