Month of Salary the 13th
It was a festive time. A jolly time. Everyone in the company was looking forward to the holidays. As per tradition, it was understood that the 13th month of salary would be distributed mid-December, just in time to help out with Christmas expenses. But then it’s the 22nd, the 23rd, and the 24th of December – and the 13th month of salary doesn’t come. Based on “Friday the 13th” (1980).
The Belair Rich Project
Three student filmmakers venture into the affluent Luxembourg City neighborhood Belair to make a documentary about a supposed witch who lives there. They get lost amid the maze of streets with names like Rue Charles Arendt and Avenue Gaston Diderich. Their adventure turns into panic when they discover they are being followed by a malevolent spirit. It turns out that it’s not a witch, but a rich (woman) who demands to know what they are doing in her neighborhood and threatens to call the police. Based on “The Blair Witch Project” (1999).
182 Days Later
A Big Four firm hires a new guy who seems to be the ideal employee. Everything goes well until his six-month probationary period ends. The very next day, he turns into a zombie – not the kind that attacks people and eats brains, just the sort that moves around slowly and drags his feet, can no longer communicate, and sleeps during meetings. The real horror is that his team is stuck with him – forever. Based on “28 Days Later” (2002).
The Anerer
A wealthy Luxembourg woman and her two children live in a huge family home. Soon they begin to sense the presence of others – creepy beings who only show up at night and speak in whispers. After weeks of fear and horror, the mother discovers that “the others” are simply the young expat tenants to whom she has rented rooms and forgotten. Based on “The Others” (2001).
The Schéinen
This movie follows the Torrance family who relocate to Luxembourg after the father, Jacques, gets a one-year assignment at a tech firm. As part of a house-swap program, they move into an old hotel in the north of the country. The mother Windy is horrified to learn that her son Dany has developed the ability to communicate with spirits in the area. As it turns out, the spirits are just friendly elderly neighbors who speak to Dany in rudimentary Luxembourgish which he understands because he goes to the local preschool. Based on “The Shining” (1980).
The Exercisist
Following the winter holidays full of drinking and overeating, a young woman joins a fitness club. By February, however, it becomes clear that she will never actually find the motivation to go there and exercise. When she tries to cancel her membership, she is informed that she cannot – she signed a contract for life. That is when she finds a lawyer who reluctantly agrees to perform an old legal procedure called an “exercism” to free her from the evil clause. Based on “The Exorcist” (1973).
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Originally published by RTL Today
