Tomaž Gorkič
Writing
Known For

After a night of carousing, the amateur photo model Zina heads for a fashion shoot in the nature, accompanied by the ambitious Mia, apathetic Dragica and snobby photographer Blitcz. On the idyllic location, a supposedly ordinary fashion shoot soon turns into a fierce fight for survival.
Idyll

Two crooks looking to scam tourists organize a tour of an abandoned manor house rumored to be haunted by the cousin of Count Dracula. Their first group consist of a Swedish Satanist, two French goths and a Russian porn director. But the scam descends into bloody chaos when the tour is attacked by a Nazi cannibal wielding a circular saw.
The Curse of Valburga

In 1948, in the fragile post‑war countryside of socialist Yugoslavia, Marjeta gives birth to twins, Metod and Cilka. Withdrawn and volatile, Metod grows up in near isolation, shaped by a suffocating bond with his mother and a world marked by violence and repression. His impulsive behavior brings him into repeated conflict with society and the law, eventually leading to psychiatric treatment. After returning home and taking a job as a warehouseman, he appears outwardly stable, but inwardly deteriorates under the weight of alcohol, hallucinations, and relentless inner turmoil — until one night, the monster he has long concealed finally emerges.
The Monster Behind the Iron Curtain

After a stay in a mental hospital, Metod Trobec comes back home and starts a killing spree, abusing, strangling and killing random female victims and burning them in his tiled stove. The first serial killer in Yugoslavia is born.
Metod

It is 2074. Utter pollution of the Earth. Lack of food. Collapse of governments and all systems. Control is assumed by the Bionet corporation, promising a brighter future based on their product, Biogreen. Countries become sectors under the administration of Bionet. Each inhabitant is implanted a chip revealing their personal information as well as financial situation. Control is executed by special sector offices operating under Bionet. The time has come for the final solution.
Apoptosis

A tale about a legendary warrior who saved his Empire.
Martin Krpan

Based on an iconic Yugoslavian graphic novel by Kostja Gatnik alias Magna Purga from 1977 the story follows the life of Urban, a man trapped in monotonous daily patterns from birth to death. Years pass relentlessly as Urban grows up and ages, with tireless repetitions persistently dominating his dreary, yet mysterious life like a working machine. However, just before his death, a glimmer of the meaning of life dawns upon Urban.
The Hour of Death

A Slovenian thriller feature.
The Moon of the Kurent

A man in a car is on his way to the woods. When he arrives at his destination, he pulls a half-dead unconscious girl out of the trunk. He takes her deeper into the forest where he begins to dig a grave. While digging the grave, he finishes her off. However, someone is watching him.
Chain of Flesh

Demonic pressure of schizophrenic and paranoid media through Satan's eye on everyman who is looking for a solution to keep his sanity. (The film was made during the general quarantine in Slovenia in 2020 based on the government decree to fight coronavirus)
Pressure

A Slovenian horror short.
The Moon of the Kurent: The Ritual

A documentary celebrating 10 years of Dirty Skunks, two crazy guys, who met in a pub, became friends, and who have grown from concert enthusiasts to one of the leading alternative music promoters in Slovenia.