Interviews and news footage explore the rise of black metal music in Norway in the 1990s, including artists who were involved in suicide, murder and arson.
Turo (25) is trying to overcome his fears by leading the most unknown heavy metal band in Finland, Impaled Rektum, to the hottest metal festival of Norway. The journey includes heavy metal,... See full summary »
Directors:
Juuso Laatio,
Jukka Vidgren
Stars:
Johannes Holopainen,
Samuli Jaskio,
Antti Heikkinen
A girl is caught between the life that took her brother and her own inability to strike out on her own. In her grief, she finds solace in the dark music of Black Metal and dreams of becoming a rock star.
Memento Mori is about a girl who's stuck in a dream circle, reliving key moments of a traumatic event. What happened to her? And will she survive this nightmare before time runs out?
Director:
Michaël Vermaercke
Stars:
Charlotte De Wulf,
Felix Meyer,
Bram Verrecas
An examination of the heavy metal music subculture that tries to explain why, despite the longevity and popularity of the genre, fans are marginalized and ridiculed for their passion.
The story follows Jack, a highly intelligent serial killer, over the course of twelve years, and depicts the murders that really develop his inner madman.
Oslo, 1987. 17-year-old Euronymous is determined to escape his traditional upbringing and becomes fixated on creating 'true Norwegian black metal' with his band Mayhem. He mounts shocking publicity stunts to put the band's name on the map, but the lines between show and reality start to blur. Arson, violence and a vicious murder shock the nation that is under siege by these Lords of Chaos.Written by
British Counsil
Varg Vikernes has claimed that he was portrayed as a "power-hungry lunatic" in this movie, and that this is a deliberate misrepresentation based in part on the cultural misunderstanding of his passion for role-playing games in the 90's. Taking on fantastical personal titles and playing war-games with fictional factions on world atlases has become a normal part of culture now, but was noted as a suspicious form of power-fantasy by police investigators in the 1990's. See more »
Goofs
When Euronymous is introducing Manheim as the drummer in the rehearsal space, Manheim is sitting behind a 5 piece, single bass, blue drum kit. When they being playing, he's sitting behind a 9 piece, double bass, blue and white drum kit. See more »
An unrated 'directors cut' version is being released on Blu-ray in the US. It runs for 118 minutes instead of 116 as per the R-rated version. See more »
I'm not sure how a person who isn't a fan of black metal would react to the film, but I enjoyed it. It's funny at times, and as a former elitist teenager who wouldn't associate with "posers," I can verify that the jerky attitude displayed by the characters is probably accurate. It gets better as it progresses, and by the end of the film, there are some very interesting discussions on art and philosophy.
People will hate it, however, because most metal fans fancy themselves experts on the scene, and they'll be too cool to admit that it's actually a good movie.
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I'm not sure how a person who isn't a fan of black metal would react to the film, but I enjoyed it. It's funny at times, and as a former elitist teenager who wouldn't associate with "posers," I can verify that the jerky attitude displayed by the characters is probably accurate. It gets better as it progresses, and by the end of the film, there are some very interesting discussions on art and philosophy. People will hate it, however, because most metal fans fancy themselves experts on the scene, and they'll be too cool to admit that it's actually a good movie.