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The German Chainsaw Massacre

1990 · 63 min

A grimy, abrasive low-budget shock piece that plays like a hostile political joke, more grating and confrontational than frightening.

Genres
Comedy, Thriller, Horror
Overview
Taking place around the German reunification of 1990, a group of East Germans cross the border to visit West Germany and get slaughtered by a psychopathic cannibal family who want to turn them into sausages.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
Content
Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    None
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore strong
    • Language mild
    • Violence strong
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror7
    Humour6
    Realism4
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness8
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight5

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy, thriller, horror
    Directed by
    Christoph Schlingensief
    Written by
    Christoph Schlingensief
    Starring
    Karina Fallenstein, Susanne Bredehöft, Artur Albrecht, Volker Spengler, Alfred Edel, Brigitte Kausch, Dietrich Kuhlbrodt, Reinald Schnell
    Cinematography
    Christoph Schlingensief, Voxi Bärenklau
    Runtime
    63 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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