Title: Humans no more: apocalypse and the post-socialist condition in Frozen May
Abstract: The article aims to analyse how post-apocalyptic fiction is used in a recent Hungarian film to describe a post-socialist condition which is defined by a nonhuman presence. As Péter Lichter’s debut feature film Fagyott május/Frozen May (2017) is rooted both in genre and experimental cinema, the paper focuses on its dychotomic structure and its connections both with Hungarian cinema and literature. I will argue that Frozen May and other recent Hungarian films examining the topic of apocalypse offer a new interpretation of the condition of post-socialist Hungary. Due to its local historical-cultural references and concept of ‘alternative regime change’, the paper will also examine Attila Veres’s debut novel Odakint sötétebb/Darker Outside (2017).