Angst (1983)

A troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house.

Director:

Gerald Kargl

Writers:

Zbigniew Rybczynski (screenplay), Gerald Kargl (screenplay)

Stars:

Erwin Leder, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Silvia Ryder

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Erwin Leder	...	K., the Psychopath
Robert Hunger-Bühler	...	Off-Text (voice)
Silvia Ryder	...	Daughter (Silvia) (as Silvia Rabenreither)
Karin Springer	...	Daughter (voice)
Edith Rosset	...	Mother
Josefine Lakatha	...	Mother (voice)
Rudolf Götz	...	Son
Kuba	...	Dog
Renate Kastelik	...	Taxi Driver
Hermann Groissenberger	...	Guest at the Café
Claudia Schinko	...	Guest at the Café
Beate Jurkowitsch	...	Guest at the Café
Rosa Schandl	...	Waitress at the Café
Rolf Bock	...	Police Officer
Emil Polaczek	...	Police Officer

Storyline

A man is released from prison after serving ten years for murdering an elderly woman. He quickly begins to feel the compulsion to kill again. After failing to murder a cab driver, he flees and discovers a secluded rural home, where a young woman lives with her sick mother and disabled brother. He then begins to take out his sadistic pleasures on them, attempting to hold them hostage, while thinking of his troubled childhood with his abusive mother and grandmother...

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Plot Keywords:

female stockinged legs | black pantyhose | pantyhose | maniac | home invasion | 

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Pig's blood, not stage blood, was used for the stabbing scene, for the sake of additional realism.

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Goofs

When the daughter picks up the knife with her mouth it suddenly has changed into an upright position.

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Quotes

[first lines]
The Psychopath: The fear in her eyes and the knife in the chest. That's my last memory of my mother. That's why I had to go to prison for four years, even though she survived.

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Connections

Referenced in Climax (2018)

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Soundtracks

Surrender
Written by Klaus Schulze (uncredited)
Performed by Klaus Schulze

User Reviews

Perverse, but with too idiot characters.

This German horror movie called ANGST (1983), which was supremely perverse and upsetting, but also featured some absolutely insane cinematography/camerawork for its time. The actor who plays the killer is excellent and scary, but the other actors are not convincing .. the characters' reactions are stupid. And the whole thing has aged badly. This film deserves to be watched for its realization especially. Dark, unsettling, brutal.. but with too idiot characters.

Details

Country:

Austria

Language:

German

Release Date:

1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

Angst

Filming Locations:

Stein, Lower Austria, Austria

Box Office

Budget:

EUR400,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gerald Kargl

Technical Specs

Runtime:

79 min (director's cut) 87 min (international cut)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1