Chainsaws Were Singing
“Texas Chainsaw meets Monty Python... and Les Miserables.”
Adventures await when new lovers are separated by a chainsaw killer.
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Sander Maran Director · Karl-Joosep Ilves Story Kadri Kuusler Production designer
Budget $7K · United States release October 24, 2025 · Produced in Estonia
Box office
Budget
$7,000
Production
Marani Bros
Production
Estonia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Mootorsaed laulsid
Original language
Estonian
Spoken on screen
Estonian
Release dates
Estonia · April 26, 2024
Premiere · Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival
Estonia · December 20, 2024
Theatrical
United States · October 24, 2025
Limited theatrical
United States · November 25, 2025
Digital
United States
September 21, 2024 · Premiere · Fantastic Fest
September 27, 2024 · Premiere · Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival
September 29, 2024 · Premiere · Popcorn Frights - Wicked Weekend
October 16, 2024 · Premiere · HorrorFest International
November 1, 2024 · Premiere · Denver Film Festival
November 3, 2024 · Premiere · Virginia Film Festival
November 8, 2024 · Premiere · Anomaly - The Rochester Genre Film Festival
November 16, 2024 · Premiere · Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival
December 9, 2024 · Premiere · Another Hole in the Head Film Festival
January 19, 2025 · Premiere · Horror-On-Sea Film Festival
March 28, 2025 · Premiere · Panic Fest
April 25, 2025 · Premiere · Sacramento Midnight Film Festival
June 21, 2025 · Premiere · Darkest Day of Horror Film Festival
October 11, 2025 · Premiere · TACOMA Film Festival
December 2, 2025 · Physical · US & Canada Blu-ray release
September 7, 2026 · Digital · Shudder
Argentina
November 30, 2024 · Premiere · Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre Horror Film Festival
April 6, 2025 · Premiere · Etreum Horror Film Fest Mendoza
June 18, 2025 · Premiere · Etreum Horror Film Fest
October 4, 2025 · Premiere · Horror en Banfield International Film Festival
Australia
October 12, 2024 · Premiere · Monster Fest
December 12, 2024 · Premiere · Melbourne Underground Film Festival
Austria
September 27, 2024 · Premiere · SLASH Film Festival
October 17, 2024 · Premiere · Fright Nights - The Ultimate Festival of Fear
August 28, 2026 · Premiere · Der Neue Heimatfilm
Bangladesh
January 8, 2026 · Premiere · Bogura International Film Festival
Barbados
January 31, 2025 · Premiere · Barbados Independent Film Festival
Belgium
April 12, 2025 · Premiere · Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
Brazil
December 10, 2024 · Premiere · Phenomena Festival
April 13, 2025 · Premiere · Fantaspoa - The International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre
October 19, 2025 · Premiere · X CINE HORROR Film Festival
October 30, 2025 · Premiere · Floripa Que Horror! International Fantastic Film Festival
November 2, 2025 · Premiere · DJANHO! É A Mostra Internacional e Interbairros de Cinema Fantástico de Curitiba, Piá!
Bulgaria
November 5, 2024 · Premiere · It's Alive! Horror Film Festival
Canada
July 23, 2024 · Premiere · Fantasia Film Festival
October 19, 2024 · Premiere · NorthwestFEARFest
October 31, 2024 · Premiere · Hellifax Horror Fest
November 25, 2025 · Digital
December 2, 2025 · Physical
Chile
January 18, 2025 · Premiere · Fixion Fest
May 22, 2025 · Premiere · FICCSUR Southern Cone International Film Festival
May 8, 2026 · Premiere · VALDIVIA Horror Film Fest
China
February 23, 2025 · Premiere · Pumpkin Fantasy Film Festival
Costa Rica
August 30, 2025 · Premiere · Corrosivo Film Fest
November 16, 2025 · Premiere · Histeria Festival Internacional de Cine Fantástico en Costa Rica
Croatia
June 6, 2025 · Premiere · AGHFFF Avant-Garde Horror & Fantasy Film Festival
September 11, 2026 · Premiere · TRASH Film Festival
Cyprus
September 26, 2025 · Premiere · Cyprus Film Festival
Czechia
March 9, 2025 · Premiere · Shockproof Film Festival
April 25, 2025 · Premiere · Shockproof Film Festival - Hradec Kralove
May 18, 2025 · Limited theatrical
Dominican Republic
December 7, 2025 · Premiere · Histeria Festival Internacional de Cine de Terror, Sci-fi y Fantasía en República Dominicana
Ecuador
October 31, 2024 · Premiere · Festival Internacional de Cine Friki
Estonia
August 5, 2024 · Premiere · tARTuff Tartu Love Film Festival
November 16, 2024 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
May 3, 2025 · Premiere · Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival
May 31, 2025 · Premiere · Põlva Days
August 23, 2025 · Premiere · Ruhnurahu Festival
September 13, 2025 · Premiere · SÄRIN Kultuurifestival Raplas
November 27, 2025 · Digital
March 24, 2026 · TV · TV6
July 9, 2026 · Premiere · KIKUMU
Finland
September 20, 2024 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
October 31, 2026 · Premiere · Horror in the Underground Halloween Film Festival
France
April 24, 2025 · Premiere · Grindhouse Paradise Film Festival
April 24, 2026 · Digital · ShadowZ
August 8, 2026 · Premiere · Ciné Pause
Germany
November 7, 2024 · Premiere · FilmFestival Cottbus
November 22, 2024 · Premiere · Estonian Film Days in Berlin
January 25, 2025 · Premiere · Shivers Film Festival - Moonlight Madness
January 31, 2025 · Premiere · Wochenende Würzburg Film Festival
March 19, 2025 · Premiere · Weird Wednesday 0711
Ghana
September 26, 2025 · Premiere · BLACK STAR International Film Festival
Greece
May 11, 2025 · Premiere · Horrorant Film Festival
October 31, 2025 · Premiere · ANATOMY: Crime and Horror International Film Festival
India
October 28, 2024 · Premiere · Wench Film Festival - TERROR TALKIES
Indonesia
October 27, 2024 · Premiere · Jakarta Film Week
Ireland
October 27, 2024 · Premiere · Irish Film Institute Horrorthon
December 7, 2025 · Premiere · SPOOK SCREEN
Italy
November 24, 2024 · Premiere · Be Afraid Horror Festival
August 29, 2025 · Premiere · Nòt Film Fest
November 8, 2025 · Premiere · Cine Underground
April 22, 2026 · Physical · Italian Cut Blu-ray
May 23, 2026 · Limited theatrical
November 7, 2026 · Premiere · TENEBRIS FEST
Japan
October 25, 2024 · Premiere · Yubari Fantastic Film Festival
Lithuania
September 13, 2025 · Premiere · Mondo Bizarro Film Fest
Luxembourg
October 5, 2024 · Premiere · CinEast Central and Eastern European Film Festival
Mexico
August 24, 2024 · Premiere · Macabro: Mexico City International Horror Film Festival
November 30, 2024 · Premiere · Sinister Horror Film Festival
November 2, 2025 · Premiere · Oculto Film Fest
August 28, 2026 · Premiere · FEICCA Festival Internacional de Cine Cannábico
Netherlands
November 16, 2024 · Premiere · Noordelijk Film Festival
August 30, 2026 · Premiere · BUT - B-Movie, Underground and Trash Film Festival
Nigeria
November 8, 2025 · Premiere · ABUJA International Film Festival
Norway
June 14, 2025 · Premiere · Ravenheart International Fantastic Film Festival
Panama
August 15, 2025 · Premiere · Canal de Panama International Film Festival
March 12, 2026 · Premiere · Panama Horror Film Fest
Peru
February 6, 2025 · Premiere · Descubierto Fantasy Film Festival
Philippines
September 12, 2025 · Premiere · Bakunawa Fest
Poland
August 6, 2025 · Premiere · Octopus Film Festival
Portugal
March 1, 2025 · Premiere · Fantasporto International Film Festival
April 24, 2026 · Digital
Puerto Rico
October 21, 2024 · Premiere · Lusca Fantastic Film Festival
Romania
October 31, 2024 · Premiere · Dracula Film Festival
Serbia
July 5, 2025 · Premiere · Slaughter Horror Film Festival
Slovakia
August 8, 2025 · Premiere · Four Elements Film Festival
Slovenia
July 4, 2025 · Premiere · Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival
South Africa
November 3, 2024 · Premiere · South African Horrorfest
South Korea
September 5, 2025 · Premiere · Jecheon International Music & Film Festival
Spain
October 4, 2024 · Premiere · Sitges Film Festival
November 16, 2024 · Premiere · Fancine - Fantastic Film Festival of Málaga
November 23, 2024 · Premiere · Cotxeres de Sants
March 18, 2025 · Premiere · Sombra Festival
May 4, 2025 · Premiere · Bilbao International Fantastic Film Festival
June 21, 2025 · Premiere · FANTBOI The Sant Boi de Llobregat International Fantastic Film Festival
September 11, 2025 · Premiere · Fangofest Amposta
September 20, 2025 · Premiere · B-Retina B Film Festival
September 26, 2025 · Premiere · CIM SUECA The Crappy International Movies in Sueca
October 16, 2025 · Premiere · FantasticGijón
October 30, 2025 · Premiere · Ibiza Halloween
March 14, 2026 · Premiere · Muestra Aeterna de Cine Fantástico de Madrid
April 24, 2026 · Digital · ShadowZ
September 2, 2026 · Premiere · LÓSTREGO, Festival de cine fantástico de A Coruña
September 24, 2026 · Premiere · Galician Freaky Film Festival
Sweden
October 31, 2024 · Premiere · LUND International Fantastic Film Festival
November 7, 2024 · Premiere · Light Till Dark Film Festival
Switzerland
April 26, 2025 · Premiere · Brugggore Filmfestival
Thailand
September 22, 2025 · Premiere · Chiang Mai International Fantastic Film Festival
November 21, 2025 · Premiere · The Amazing Stoner Movie Festival
December 4, 2025 · Limited theatrical
Ukraine
October 31, 2024 · Premiere · MOLODIST Kyiv International Film Festival
United Kingdom
November 15, 2024 · Premiere · Leeds International Film Festival
November 23, 2024 · Premiere · Soho Horror Film Festival
April 28, 2025 · Premiere · SI-FAN Film Festival
May 4, 2025 · Premiere · Paracinema Cult Film Festival
May 11, 2025 · Premiere · B Beside the Seaside International B-Movie Festival
May 18, 2025 · Premiere · Glowflare Horror Film Festival
May 24, 2025 · Premiere · The Romford Film Festival
June 28, 2025 · Premiere · GASP! Horror Festival
August 30, 2025 · Premiere · Rhyller Thriller
October 23, 2025 · Premiere · BELFAST International Horror Festival
Uruguay
May 8, 2026 · Premiere · MONTEVIDEO FANTÁSTICO
Venezuela
October 31, 2024 · Premiere · El Grito Fantastic Film Festival
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