Edward is a friendly, harmless film editor in the splatter and gore department of a horror film company. Ed is assigned to work on the new Loose Limbs series of horror films after the previous editor killed himself with a hand grenade. Later his reality begins to twist and distort into a horrifying world where nothing is as it seems. Soon enough this turns Ed into Evil Ed!
Practical Effects
Glorious '90s gore effects that look deliciously handmade
Editing
Meta-commentary on editing through actual editing—very clever, very unhinged
Acting
Johan Rudebeck's spiral from milquetoast to murderous
Director
Anders Jacobsson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Anders Jacobsson was an actual film editor, and the 'Loose Limbs' films parody the Swedish 'Sällskapsresan' series. The grenade suicide opening spoofs how Sweden's film industry treated exploitation workers.
Made during Sweden's 1990s horror boom, it satirizes the country's moral panic about violent media while gleefully participating in it. The SWAT lieutenant's rant about video nasties directly quotes actual Swedish politicians.
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