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Agnes (Anne Bergfeld) and Belinda (Karin Michelsen) are working the
night shift at a gas station in the middle of nowhere on a night that
promises to be even less eventful than usual, as its the night of the
biggest sports final of the year, meaning everybody will spend their night
at home eyes glued to the TV - and that's quite ok for the two women as
Agnes plans on working on her thesis while Belinda needs to sort things
with her boyfriend Kenny (Mads Koudal). Thing is, the night isn't nearly
as peaceful as expected, as they're freaked out by a couple of customers
(Kim Sønderholm, Gustav Scavenius) who might or might not have a woman
with her mouth taped shut on their car's backseat, then the pumping
machine is moved around despite the fact that there's nobody there but
Agnes and Belinda (or at least supposed to be there), then someone sets
fire to the car wash, and ultimately, Kenny turns up, stabbed to
almost-death. And before our heroines can figure out what's going on, they
find themselves tied to chairs as the centerpiece of a perverted TV show
where they're tortured by a twisted clown, the Ringmaster (Damon Younger)
... The Ringmaster sure is a film done by a team
perfectly capable of playing the horror organ: It has plenty of tension,
suspense, action, jump scares, and utter gruesomeness, all in the right
places, and put together in such a way that's not only effective by itself
but also manages to carry a story that completely shifts tune about midway
through - from suspense piece to visceral shocker - without missing a beat
in the process. And it's the originality of the story that really elevates
the film above technical finesse, while a very solid cast makes the thing
utterly relatable, all resulting in one cool genre ride.
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