A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.
Acting
Erwin Leder's performance is genuinely unhinged.
Cinematography
Relentless tracking shots that refuse to look away.
Direction
Kargl's clinical cruelty is almost too effective.
Director
Gerald Kargl
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Banned in multiple countries for decades; the UK only granted an uncut release in 2022. Kargl never directed another feature.
Based on real killer Werner Kniesek; the film's refusal of psychological redemption directly influenced Gaspar Noé's Irreversible.
AT
