In the trailer for “The Bitter Taste” there is ran, swimming, shot, fought and ridden. But it is not about a championship title, a medal or a cup, but about bare survival. See for yourself:
Can you actually bring something new in the horror sector? One or the other among us genre fans certainly has the impression that the filmmakers would have given up long ago and would rather fall back on proven ideas and patterns of action.
And yet there are still people who try to integrate unusual ideas into their work. One of them is Guido Tölkewho has previously primarily drawn attention to himself as a cameraman and director of documentaries (“intelligent trees”). With “The Bitter Taste”, the Hamelner now delivers an ambitious feature film that offers an original approach.
“The Bitter Taste” apparently combines vampire, gothic and survival horror with one of the most demanding disciplines at the Olympic Games: the modern pentathlon, consisting of running, swimming, shooting, fencing and riding.
In November 2024, the film, made in English in Lower Saxony, celebrated its world premiere as part of the renowned genre event Frightfest in London. On June 5, 2025, “The Bitter button“In the German cinemas.
The main role is playing Julia Dordel From “Sky Sharks”. Dordel is a former pentathlon and took part in international competitions as such. As with many of Tölke’s earlier projects, Dordel not only stood in front of the camera, but also acted as a co-author and producer of the strip.
In other important parts are Anne Alexander Sieder (“Secrecy”), Simone Geißler (“House of Silence”), Denise M’Baye (“Old white man”) and Nicolo Pasetti From “the last trip of the Demeter”.
“The Bitter Taste”: This is the story
Marcia (Julia Dordel) used to be a successful professional foliage. Due to a serious injury, however, she gave up her sport and is now a leader of hunting societies. At one of these jobs, she gets into the catch of a vampire countess (Rita Wolf) and her cannibalistic followers.
Shortly before it’s too late, Marcia just managed to escape and she saves herself into the forest. There she has to fall back on her badly rusted sporting skills to have a chance to finally escape the countess’s rushing rapids. Finally she meets the charming fisherman Josh (Nicolo Pasetti) and a grumpy policewoman (Anne Alexander Sieder) – but can she really trust them to do it?
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