The Bloody Tears of Slaughterina
2026 · 8m · USA
Directed by Marina M
Genres: dark comedy, experimental, horror
Tones: dark, surreal, theatrical
A serial killer clown named Slaughterina has a revelation of divine evil, reflecting on the lost love she killed and ate and the birth of the Antichrist.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
A serial killer clown having a mystical crisis about cannibalized love and birthing the Antichrist—this is the kind of maximalist fever dream that makes other programmers squirm, which means it's probably essential. Marina M is doing something genuinely unhinged here, and that's exactly the point.
The theatrical surrealism sits in conversation with body horror and religious transgression, though the 8-minute runtime feels constrained for what reads as a tonal and thematic commitment that deserves formal breathing room. The premise suggests ambition, but without seeing how the craft lands—editing, performance register, visual language—it's hard to place where this sits in the continuum of experimental horror.
The reveal hinges entirely on Marina M's choice to play Slaughterina's 'revelation' as genuine vulnerability rather than parody, and if that performance moment lands—if we actually believe a clown murderer can fracture into something human—the whole surreal machinery suddenly works.
Reviews
This is super rare nowadays, but that decision gives The Bloody Tears of Slaughterina a very unique look, a great choice.