A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the early 1990s results in a very violent outcome.A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the early 1990s results in a very violent outcome.A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the early 1990s results in a very violent outcome.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 3 nominations
- Director
- Writers
- Dennis Magnusson(screenplay by)
- Jonas Åkerlund(screenplay by)
- Michael Moynihan(inspired by "Lords of Chaos" written by)
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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
Rory Culkin does an okay job with a great role. I don't want to hate on anybody's acting here, because all around it was okay. But someone else could have really shined in the lead role. The real stand-out actor in this film for me was Jack Kilmer, who plays one of the smaller roles, unfortunately.
I enjoyed the movie overall. It's a nice violent movie about dumb kids who like metal and live in Norway in the 90's who do incredibly dumb things.
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- Feb 25, 2019
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- Also known as
- Володарі хаосу
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $253,184
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $27,649
- Feb 10, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $365,353
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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