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By Vultural · Posted
Faster Than Fear - 2022 - Germany Faster Than Fear - 2022 - 6/10 AKA - Schneller als die Angst André Haffner, serial killer who enjoys torturing his victims, escapes from prison. After Marcus bungles the initial dragnet, Sunny is put in charge. Fellow officers think Sunny is unstable. Truth is, she has been traumatized but won’t confide. Perceived as damaged goods means no promotions, no lead roles.. To my mind, the actress playing Sunny is over the top. A melodrama queen. Most charismatic role is, natch, the footloose serial killer. Doing what he does best. -
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Oktoberfest: Beer And Blood - 2020 - Germany Oktoberfest: Beer And Blood - 2020 - 7/10 Beer drinkers, raise your steins high! Circa 1900, rich brewer Prank from Nuremberg arrives in Munich. His vision is to revamp, modernize, the annual beer-fest. A mega-tent, instead of seven allotments. Entrenched rivals regard him as an upstart, an outsider, and crass. Per the title, expect blood, along with murders, beatings, and carnal relations. The side story of Prank’s daughter wandered, yet tied in by the end. I will say, this grew on me as threads coalesced. -
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Cassandra - 2025 - Germany Cassandra - 2025 - 6/10 Reeling from a family tragedy, the Prills move to a smaller community, new home. Actually an old home, from the 1970’s, retro with then state-of-the-art technology. Video monitors in every room, and a eager robot, Cassandra. Who, we soon realize, is as lethally neurotic as it is cheerfully helpful. The back history orbits in and out, although I grew up in this era. The gobot is sheer fantasy. Family dynamics are a mixed bag, both kids grated on me. Lavinia Wilson as Cassandra is brilliant. The ending struck me as writing room compromise. Great scene when the kids play hide and go seek and one child crawls into the oven. My wife, who had ignored this show, “Is this a German series?” “Yes.” “And an oven! Didn’t someone realize the parallels with –” “Hey, German humor. Go with it!” -
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Qatil Haseenaon Ke Naam - 2021 - Pakistan Qatil Haseenaon Ke Naam - 2021 - 6/10 Women and their relations with menfolk. Domineering swine, gullible fools, doomed lovers, lying deceivers. Yes, it’s a man’s world, this time in Pakistan. While these are individual stories, an underlying arc links them. Time and again, there are dark twists as the men underestimate angry or hungry females at their own risk. While this is modern (cars and cellphones) the Look is supernatural Gothic. Ruins, shadows, bonfires, wastelands, layers of impressive visuals. -
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Pagan Peak - 2018 - Austria Pagan Peak - 2018 - 7/10 AKA - Der Pass The corpse straddles an Alpine marker between Austria and Germany. As in The Bridge, two police jurisdictions arrive. Except when the Germany inspector expresses interest, the Austrian shrugs. “Be my guest.” And he’s gone, although he is eventually drawn into the investigation. The core is an isolated serial killer, escalating, trying to make a point. Society needs to reconnect with Nature, primal roots. Convoluted, with personal sagas that added little. More compelling were the survivalists, Krampus, and the Red Season.
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