Premutos - Der gefallene Engel (1997)

Premutos is the first of the fallen Angels, even before Lucifer. His Goal is to rule the world, the living and the dead. His son should pave the way for him and appears arbitrary throughout... See full summary »

Director:

Olaf Ittenbach

Writer:

Olaf Ittenbach

Stars:

Fidelis Atuma, Heiko Bender, Anke Fabre

Cast

Credited cast:
Fidelis Atuma	...	Christian
Heiko Bender
Anke Fabre	...	Edith
Ingid Fischer	...	Inge
Ronald Fuhrmann	...	Rudolf
Susanne Grüter	...	Sandra
Olaf Ittenbach	...	Mathias
Heike Münstermann	...	Rosina
Christopher Stacey	...	Walter
André Stryi	...	Hugo
Ella Wellmann	...	Tanja

Storyline

Premutos is the first of the fallen Angels, even before Lucifer. His Goal is to rule the world, the living and the dead. His son should pave the way for him and appears arbitrary throughout human history and is then recognized as some kind of monster. In the present time, a young man living in Germany begins to suffer from visionary flashbacks - of the lives he lived in the past as Premutos' son! He remembers how he appeared in the middle age, when mankind suffered from pestilence and during WWII in Russia. On his (earthly) father's birthday, a case containing some strange old book and a yellow potion is found in their garden, which was hidden by some peasant in 1943, who experimented with witchery in order to re-animate his deceased wife. Whe the young man gets in touch with the book and some of the yellow potion, he mutates into a monster and awakens an army of zombies, ready to bring back the fallen Angel Premutos and to disturb the little birthday party...

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Plot Keywords:

birthday | book | russia | germany | shot to death | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

1997 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Premutos: Lord of the Living Dead

Company Credits

Production Co:

IMAS Filmproduktion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

References Easy Rider (1969)

User Reviews

As gory as Braindead? Not on your nelly!

Olaf Ittenbach's low budget splatter-fest Premutos often crops up in discussions about 'the goriest movie ever', but whilst it is certainly no slouch in the bloodletting department, with mucho heads-a-popping, limb tearing-a-plenty, and absolutely gallons of the red stuff, it definitely isn't the title holder (that honour goes to Peter Jackson's Braindead, in my humble opinion).

The film, which spans centuries, and includes biblical reconstructions, battle scenes (both medieval and WWII), and bucket-loads of gore, is certainly an impressive achievement on a tight budget, but unfortunately, for the most part, it is also pretty unwatchable—an impossible to decipher tale of ancient fallen angels and black magic that unwisely mixes awful comedy in with the violence (and, in the version I saw, is very badly dubbed). Only towards the end of the film, when a horde of zombies attack the guests at a birthday party, does the film really kick into gear delivering a barrage of bloody FX to satisfy even the most demanding gore-hound.

If, like me, you're a fan of ultra-gore and underground German splatter, then you will probably want to check out this film purely because of its reputation. If, however, you would rather sample a decent Ittenbach movie, try The Burning Moon or Beyond the Limits, both of which actually make sense.