A deranged serial killer with mental health issues is released from prison sentence following a brutal murder. Immediately, he plans to kill again.
The movie starts with a man who shoots a woman at random in her home. He is arrested and tells the authorities that he had no motive and needs help. The courts put him away for only 10 years, charging him with a botched robbery despite his claims that this wasn't a robbery and that he doesn't know why he did it. The film explains a very troubled childhood for the killer involving an abusive relationship with his mother in which he attacked her with a knife. Fast forward to the killers release 10 years later on October 28th, 1983.
We start to follow the serial killer and his inner thoughts, including seeing his psychiatrist and telling that person all of the things inside of his mind including the urges to torture other human beings. Once released from prison, we see that he has immediate sexual thoughts of women he sees and it of course involves torture and pain to be inflicted on the female. He breaks into a house which seems like a perfect secluded paradise for him, and kills the family who lives there.
Angst is a very interesting and fairly unknown Austrian horror film from the early 80's. It pretty much follows the POV of the serial killer and his inner dark thoughts, which are extremely messed up and eerie. We get all of his memories from an abusive and warped childhood, which have shaped the way he is today. The acting of the serial killer played by Erwin Leder was really good. He looks and acts the part of a seriously deranged person. There is one killing scene in particular which is very gory and realistic, the make up/special FX people did well.
All in all, Angst is a very rare horror movie out of Austria that most people won't get a chance to see. I just caught it on Shudder by chance. I'd recommend it for sure. It's a bit intense and gritty/real at times which can be a bit much for some folks. I found it effectively disturbing.
7/10
The movie starts with a man who shoots a woman at random in her home. He is arrested and tells the authorities that he had no motive and needs help. The courts put him away for only 10 years, charging him with a botched robbery despite his claims that this wasn't a robbery and that he doesn't know why he did it. The film explains a very troubled childhood for the killer involving an abusive relationship with his mother in which he attacked her with a knife. Fast forward to the killers release 10 years later on October 28th, 1983.
We start to follow the serial killer and his inner thoughts, including seeing his psychiatrist and telling that person all of the things inside of his mind including the urges to torture other human beings. Once released from prison, we see that he has immediate sexual thoughts of women he sees and it of course involves torture and pain to be inflicted on the female. He breaks into a house which seems like a perfect secluded paradise for him, and kills the family who lives there.
Angst is a very interesting and fairly unknown Austrian horror film from the early 80's. It pretty much follows the POV of the serial killer and his inner dark thoughts, which are extremely messed up and eerie. We get all of his memories from an abusive and warped childhood, which have shaped the way he is today. The acting of the serial killer played by Erwin Leder was really good. He looks and acts the part of a seriously deranged person. There is one killing scene in particular which is very gory and realistic, the make up/special FX people did well.
All in all, Angst is a very rare horror movie out of Austria that most people won't get a chance to see. I just caught it on Shudder by chance. I'd recommend it for sure. It's a bit intense and gritty/real at times which can be a bit much for some folks. I found it effectively disturbing.
7/10