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Blood Feuds

and

Bloodlands

STEVEN KASTRISSIOS’ ALBANIAN HORROR-FANTASY
ALBANIA’S FIRST HORROR FILM – A CO-PRODUCTION WITH AUSTRALIA – TAKES THE
HONOUR-KILLING CODE WITHIN THE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT KANUN OF LEK AND
THE FOLKLORIC WITCH-VAMPIRE FIGURE OF THE SHTRIGA, AND COLLIDES THEM WITH
THE PLIGHT OF A STRUGGLING RURAL FAMILY. ALEXANDRA HELLER-NICHOLAS EXPLORES
NOT JUST THE STORY OF THESE PITEOUS CHARACTERS, BUT ALSO THE ONE BEHIND
THE CREATION OF STEVEN KASTRISSIOS’ KITCHEN-SINK HORROR-FANTASY FILM.

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