Corporate Retreat 2026 Movie Review Trailer Poster

Screenwriter and director Aaron Fisher brought almost the entire cast to the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF) for the world premiere of *Corporate Retreat*. Is this a project so prestigious and glorious that red carpets should be rolled out everywhere? Or is the opposite actually true? Perhaps the young cast simply has nothing better to do and is trying to divert attention from the fact that *Corporate Retreat* is, in reality, a rather silly movie?

It is undoubtedly the latter—though I don't want to sound too negative, since, all things considered, I did have fun with *Corporate Retreat*. Furthermore, it is undeniably a film that fits perfectly into a festival like BIFFF, as it features an extreme amount of gratuitous gore, absurd dark humor, some repulsive moments that make you squirm in your seat, young and attractive faces (both male and female), a catchy soundtrack, and... Did I mention there’s a lot of gore?

Director: Aaron Fisher
Writers: Aaron Fisher, Kerri Lee Romeo
Stars: Alan Ruck, Odeya Rush, Rosanna Arquette

If you want to enjoy *Corporate Retreat*, it is an absolute prerequisite that you completely switch off your capacity for logical reasoning. How is it possible that all these CEOs are barely 20 years old and look like camp counselors? That doesn't matter! Is it plausible that an ordinary person could slit a colleague's throat? Or gut a corpse and rip out its heart? Yes, of course! Is it possible to gouge out your own eye with a spoon? Even under duress? Are we simply supposed to accept that a former CEO has completely transformed into some sort of spiritual cult leader with two attractive young women as his devoted followers? Sure—why not...?

*Corporate Retreat* is the kind of movie that gets worse every time you stop to think about it; and, unfortunately, you have plenty of time to think, as the "initiation" rituals prove tedious and excessively long, and the monologues delivered by the psychopath—played by Alan Ruck—are frankly boring. If you are a fan of gratuitous bloodshed and slasher films, this movie is entertaining; however, if you are looking for superior titles with a similar premise or setting, I recommend *Severance*, *Konferensen*, or *Inhuman Resources*.

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