- Writers
- Dennis Magnusson(screenplay by)
- Jonas Åkerlund(screenplay by)
- Michael Moynihan(inspired by "Lords of Chaos" written by)
- Stars
- Writers
- Dennis Magnusson(screenplay by)
- Jonas Åkerlund(screenplay by)
- Michael Moynihan(inspired by "Lords of Chaos" written by)
- Stars
- Writers
- Dennis Magnusson(screenplay by)
- Jonas Åkerlund(screenplay by)
- Michael Moynihan(inspired by "Lords of Chaos" written by)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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- TriviaFrom 1983 to 1984, director Jonas Åkerlund was a rehearsal drummer for the Swedish metal band Bathory, which was one of the inspirations for the Norwegian Black Metal bands of the 1990's which are t he focus of this movie. He stated in a 2018 interview that when Black Metal culture developed in the 90's and become "too serious", he left the music scene and moved on to film-making.
- GoofsWhen Varg leaves the video store on 10 August 1993 with a copy of Die Hard 2 (1990), the video cases for several films that would not be released until several years later can be seen in the window, including The Bone Collector (1999) and Analyze That (2002).
- Quotes
Kristian 'Varg' Vikernes: I'm going to release my music on my own label.
Euronymous: What does that mean?
Kristian 'Varg' Vikernes: I don't need you anymore.
Euronymous: Okay. If that's what you want, okay.
Kristian 'Varg' Vikernes: You'll have to find another idiot to steal everything from.
Euronymous: I haven't stolen anything from you.
Kristian 'Varg' Vikernes: You're recording Mayhem's album with money made from Burzum's sales, money that belongs to me!
Euronymous: That money went straight back to you. You're the bass player of Mayhem now, remember?
Kristian 'Varg' Vikernes: I quit. You only put me in the band to get attention.
Euronymous: The album's almost finished. It's gonna be big; world tour, everything.
Kristian 'Varg' Vikernes: Tour? I thought you were true Norwegian black metal.
Euronymous: I fucking invented it.
Kristian 'Varg' Vikernes: And now you betray it! You're a hypocrite. We should be making true Black Metal music for a select few. Tours are for posers. "Never sell out." That's what you said.
Euronymous: Saying things like "never sell out" fucking sells. Come on. I made all that shit up. Nobody gave a shit about us. I attracted people by saying, "You can't have this. You're not worthy." It's just promotion.
Kristian 'Varg' Vikernes: No, no. Not for me. I believed in it, and I still do.
Euronymous: So do I, but it has to make sense. It has to sell. Otherwise, what the fuck are we doing here?
[Varg gives Euronymous the skull fragment necklace back]
Euronymous: You can keep that. That's a piece of chicken bone.
Kristian 'Varg' Vikernes: Chicken bone? Fake as everything else with you.
- Alternate versionsThe US theatrical and DVD releases were cut for an R rating, toning down the gory violence of Dead's suicide, Faust's stabbing and Euronymous' murder. The unrated 'directors cut' version is only available on Blu-ray in the US. It runs for 118 minutes instead of 116 as per the R-rated version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Last Call with Carson Daly: Ben Barnes/Badflower/Rory Culkin (2019)
- SoundtracksSuicidal Wings
Warner Chappell Overseas Holdings Ltd, Thomas Gabriel
(c) Hanseatic Musikverlag GMBH & Co. KG
This is not a movie for Metal heads only. If you like controversial figures and want to know about the history of Mayhem and what happened a long time ago to a bunch of kids as well as hear a decent soundtrack, go for it. The actors did a well enough job and it stayed almost entirely true to the book by the same title. If you can't bother to read it, watch it. And, Varg was portrayed probably better than he deserved, but so did everyone. Light a few black candles and let the mayhem begin!
- boris_unanimate
- Feb 24, 2019
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- 1 hour 58 minutes
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