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Lords of Chaos

  • 20182018
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  • 1h 58m
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6.6/10
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Rory Culkin in Lords of Chaos (2018)
A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1980s results in a violent outcome. 'Lords of Chaos' tells the true story of True Norwegian Black Metal and its most notorious practitioners - a group of young men with a flair for publicity, church-burning and murder: MAYHEM.
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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.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
17K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,792
248
    • Jonas Åkerlund
  • Writers
    • Dennis Magnusson(screenplay by)
    • Jonas Åkerlund(screenplay by)
    • Michael Moynihan(inspired by "Lords of Chaos" written by)
  • Stars
    • Rory Culkin
    • Emory Cohen
    • Jack Kilmer
    • Jonas Åkerlund
  • Writers
    • Dennis Magnusson(screenplay by)
    • Jonas Åkerlund(screenplay by)
    • Michael Moynihan(inspired by "Lords of Chaos" written by)
  • Stars
    • Rory Culkin
    • Emory Cohen
    • Jack Kilmer
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    • 177User reviews
    • 150Critic reviews
    • 48Metascore
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    Rory Culkin, Jonathan Barnwell, Jack Kilmer, and Anthony De La Torre in Lords of Chaos (2018)
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    Rory Culkin
    Rory Culkin
    • Euronymous
    Emory Cohen
    Emory Cohen
    • Kristian 'Varg' Vikernes
    Jack Kilmer
    Jack Kilmer
    • Pelle 'Dead' Ohlin
    Sky Ferreira
    Sky Ferreira
    • Ann-Marit
    Valter Skarsgård
    Valter Skarsgård
    • Bård Guldvik 'Faust' Eithun
    Anthony De La Torre
    Anthony De La Torre
    • Jan Axel 'Hellhammer' Blomberg
    Jonathan Barnwell
    Jonathan Barnwell
    • Jørn 'Necrobutcher' Stubberud
    Sam Coleman
    Sam Coleman
    • Jon 'Metalion' Kristiansen
    Wilson Gonzalez
    Wilson Gonzalez
    • Varg's Driver
    Lucian Charles Collier
    Lucian Charles Collier
    • Stian 'Occultus' Johannsen
    Andrew Lavelle
    • Gylve 'Fenriz' Nagell
    James Edwyn
    • Kjetil 'Manheim'
    Gustaf Hammarsten
    Gustaf Hammarsten
    • Finn Tender
    Jon Øigarden
    Jon Øigarden
    • Magne Andreassen
    Arion Csihar
    • Attila Csihar
    Jason Arnopp
    • Jason Arnopp
    Levente Törköly
    • Hammed
    Patrick Mullowney
    • Photographer
      • Jonas Åkerlund
    • Writers
      • Dennis Magnusson(screenplay by)
      • Jonas Åkerlund(screenplay by)
      • Michael Moynihan(inspired by "Lords of Chaos" written by)
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    • Trivia
      From 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.
    • Goofs
      When 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 versions
      The 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.
    • Connections
      Featured in Last Call with Carson Daly: Ben Barnes/Badflower/Rory Culkin (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Suicidal Wings
      Warner Chappell Overseas Holdings Ltd, Thomas Gabriel

      (c) Hanseatic Musikverlag GMBH & Co. KG

    User reviews177

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    7/10
    No Citizen Kane, But Quite Accurate
    Some will like this for what it is, a well done biopic, but one things for sure - the whole Norwegian Black Metal scene will hate this movie, or at least all the true necro grim Black Metal elitists. Having read the book this movie is based on before there was even talk about a movie, I am happy to see it didn't disappoint. I expected no masterpiece that would be lauded as the best musical biopic of the year, but I'm glad it turned out better than expected.

    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!
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    • Feb 24, 2019

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    • Release date
      • February 8, 2019 (United States)
      • Hungary
      • United Kingdom
      • Sweden
      • Norway
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      • Budapest, Hungary
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      • Proton Cinema
      • 4 1/2 Film
      • Chimney
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    • 1 hour 58 minutes
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