The Conference

2023 [SWEDISH]

Action / Comedy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

18
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 51% · 19 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 51% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 15757 15.8K

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Plot summary

A ragtag group of public sector employees battle not only their own discord but also a bloodthirsty killer during a seemingly innocuous retreat.

Director

Patrik Eklund Photo
Patrik Eklund

Top cast

Greg Finley Photo
Greg Finley as Torbjörn
Bahar Pars Photo
Bahar Pars as Nadja
Stacey Travis Photo
Stacey Travis as Ingela
Lola Zackow Photo
Lola Zackow as Jenny
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924.35 MB
1280*536
Swedish 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 2
1.85 GB
1920*804
Swedish 5.1
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 4
1.67 GB
1920*804
Swedish 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   sv   ar   ca   cz   dk   de   gr   es   eu   fi   fr   gl   il   hr   hu   id   it   ja   kr   ms   no   nl   pl   pt   ro   ru   th   tr   uk   vi   cn  
24 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by sue-77 7 / 10

That's some crazy...

Wow, the Swedes make some fun horror films! This is a slasher based at a work retreat, a conference, for a company no one would want to work for; complete with psychotic boss, his adoring female sidekick, sycophantic employee and all the subjugated employees expected.The dubbing isn't great, but wasn't really an issue for me. The acting was decent, especially for a horror film. The killer was fun, although no great mystery.The real fun was the banter between characters and the suppressed feelings that came out for some at the end. You could really feel the angst and peer pressure these kind of work dynamics bring out between colleagues.The ending was satisfying and the action was well paced, somewhat brutal and even funny at times ( I almost feel guilty for saying brutal and funny in the same sentence, but doesn't that add something in a genre film?).Overall a fun little film for those who like slashers. A nice addition to the genre.
Reviewed by Platypuschow 4 / 10

The Conference: Old school slasher with few surprises

PlotA team-building conference for municipal employees turns into a nightmare when accusations of corruption begin to circulate and plague the work environment. At the same time, a mysterious figure begins murdering the participants.CastUnfamiliarVerdictSlasher is a sub-genre I grew up with but honestly was never very enamored with. Give me monsters, zombies, vampires, something psychological but a person in a mask running around being all stabby stabby? Meh.This Swedish stab at the genre has a couple of things going for it, the killer looks fantastic and the ensemble of characters is varied and much appreciated in a world of generic 20 something pretty people type films.However, that's mostly it. The whole film is played very safe and doesn't bring much to the table you won't have seen a hundred times before.It's not bad, but if you've watched many slashers you'll have pretty much seen this.RantsI recently watched one of the new Scream movies, you had characters stabbed 20+ times, people stabbed had the knife pulled up through their innards, people smashed in the head with bricks and then 5 4 3 2 1 they're up, running, fighting, chatting as if it never happened. Slasher shouldn't be a genre you can't take seriously and the modern king of slashers should be taking it more seriously. Absurd, laughable and as believable as Roadrunner vs Coyote in it's approach. Can't wait for an anvil to drop on a characters head in the next Scream movie and them to walk it off.BreakdownGreat mix of characters Solid killer appearance.Mediocre overall Instantly forgettable.
Reviewed by imseeg 6 / 10

Starts out slow, but spins out of control in a nice slasher way.

Swedish take on the horror genre. Amusing, Charming. Nerdy. But with some excellent slasher scenes.The bad; this movie takes some time to get going, the first 45 minutes it is just nothing else but an slightly amusing portrait of a group of municipal workers on a training session.The good: the killing starts at about 45 minutes and from then on it is basically a full blown slasher movie, the Swedish way, with lots of aburd, dry humor the Swedish are good at.All in all a reasonably nice slasher movie, for those who love this kind of Swedish dry, dark humor. Not recommended, but definitely still a fun watch.
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