Schramm

Jorg Buttgereit

1994

75min

Ever fancied the chance to see into the mind of a sexually depraved serial killer? if the answer is no then stay well away from this brutal film the makers of "Nekromantic" and other sicko movies.

Buttgreits direction has been described by some as over indulgent but it could also be called erratic, whichever it is his talent for directing this type of major league violence cannot be denied. The film is a kind of movie jigsaw puzzle which uses repeating sections throughout which confuse the viewer and only reveals the truth of it all in the final moments of the film.

Although it's certainly no classic it's no flop either.It's not your typical serial killer movie as it's on more of a phycological level, really taking it's time to unravel the plot. On first viewing the ending seems to be a huge anti climax on second viewing its much more understandable.Its more of a thinking mans video nasty with its comparitively few gore scenes really packing a punch.

It's not an essential purchase but one to look out for if you fancy something very different (and superior) to your average slasher flick.

Gore highlights

The key murder scene with the two religious nuts is not especially bloody but very nasty anyway with mr Schramm slitting the guys throat open in violent fashon and smashing a hammer off of his partners head, a very violent scene indeed.

My favourite scene occurs at the dentist's where mr Schramm's demented works overtime imagining the dentist removing one of his eyes from it's socket!!!????

Also worthy of note is a scene where Schramm falls off a stepladder and through his strange mind imagines his leg falling right off???

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