A Berlin trilogy of modern gorno from three German sickos actually displays imagination, quality acting and magnificent, shocking practical effects. Episode 1, about a girl who imprisons her molesting father, has plenty of style and one amazing scene of gore, yet features little acting, functioning more as an arty "I Spit on Your Grave" exercise in atrocity and *splrrrch*. Episode 2 about a neo-nazis torturing a deaf couple is steeped in pretentious writing and features an embarrassing gang who fail to qualify as thugs in a "Death Wish" sequel let alone "Class of 1984". Episode 3, about a man addicted to a sex club while undergoing "Videodrome"-style side effects, is accomplished in its disturbing, fleshy William Burroughs design and concept of self-destruction. The lead performances by Milton Welsh and Desiree Giorgetti are excellent, and Andreas Marschall's direction is almost too slick and well-photographed to appear alongside exploitation garbage like Ep. 2 , with its giggling nihilism and purple blood. Overall, a depraved, class act, at least a step up for the extreme horror genre and its gutter of zombies and rape.
Review of German Angst
German Angst
(2015)
2 out of 3 Atrocities Benefit from some Love and Care
10 August 2021
Warning: Spoilers