Monty Python meets Texas Chainsaw Massacre and... Les Misérables. Chainsaws Were Singing is an absolutely bonkers action-horror-musical-comedy B-movie epic from Estonia. Shot guerilla style in 2013, this true love letter to crowd-pleasing exploitation cinema then spent a modest 10 years in postproduction, where the director had to tackle all of editing, sound, VFX, color correction and even learned musical orchestration from scratch. The film was finally out in 2024.

This film is the product of the manic obsession of an Estonian director, who took on directing, screenplay, composing, cinematography, and editing. Taking ten years just for post-production, this film is literally a hand-carved DIY cult masterpiece—a blood-soaked fusion of slasher, comedy, and musical genres, a true B-movie. Lovers fall in love, but awaiting them are an wielding psycho killer and a bizarre group craving human flesh. Yet the film never succumbs to horror alone. Amid the bloody frenzy, a ridiculous yet rhythmic melody sweeps the audience away. Soon, the audience will experience this unprecedented celebration of comedy, musical, and horror, blending blood, song, and subversive rhythm. (Jin. Cho)