iHorror has an exclusive first look at BLOODY TENNIS, the sports horror film landing on Shudder September 25, and the clip we’re sharing is not one for the squeamish.
Written and directed by Nikias Chryssos, BLOODY TENNIS follows Sophie, an American tennis player who earns a spot at an elite academy tucked into Southern Europe. Behind its pristine courts sits something closer to a cult than a training program, a world of ruthless competition and extreme discipline that Chryssos uses to needle at achievement culture and the pressure placed on young athletes chasing greatness.
A Workshop With Something Wrong Inside It
The clip opens at night, moving from an exterior shot into a workshop that looks like it hasn’t seen daylight in years. A young man is at the center of it, and what he’s doing with his hands only becomes clear a little at a time. By the end, the connection between the animal he starts with and the racket he finishes with is impossible to unsee, even though the film never shows the worst of it outright. iHorror isn’t going to spell that connection out here. It’s the whole reason the clip exists, and we’re leaving it for BLOODY TENNIS to reveal.
What we can say is this: an unsettling workshop scene ends at a stringing machine, and the space between those two points is where the film does its damage.
Content advisory: the clip below contains disturbing imagery and strongly implies animal cruelty. Viewer discretion is advised.
BLOODY TENNIS debuts on Shudder September 25.
