Horror Vacui

Sep 27, 1984

1h 25m

★ 5.0

Overview

Shot in a neo-expressionist style, the film is a satire on cults of any kind. The plot follows Frankie and Hannes, a young gay couple living in Berlin. One is studying art and the other medicine. Their happy life is disrupted when Frankie attends a lecture and quickly becomes involved in a sinister cult operating as a self-help group called “Optimal Optimism”. Madame C, a former Nazi party member, is the leader of Optimal Optimism. When the cult members discovers that Frankie is gay, he is repeatedly raped by both men and women of the group. Hannes must find a way to rescue him.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion

WDR

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Cast

Lotti Huber

Joaquin La Habana

Folkert Milster

Friedrich Steinhauer

Günter Thews

Ingrid van Bergen

Tom Vogt

ErOddity(s) is a collection of four exceptional short stories set in the world of erotic fantasy. In "Forever Mine", a confused boy seeks a love that will last him a lifetime. A teen's long forgotten past leads to his short lived future in "A Mind of Their Own"; proving some things should remain in the closet! A Christmas present, in the hands of a young voyeur, leads to a holiday tale of woe in an "Unsolved Christmas". And finally, in "The Way To a Man's Heart", an abused lover gets his revenge from beyond the grave.

0.0

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8.0

Flow

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6.0

Malee

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5.2

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6.6

May

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5.6

The Judgment

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5.1

Goodnight Cinderella

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Rift

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5.1

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5.7

Vassalord.

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4.4

7 Witches

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0.0

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3.3

Hallowed Ground

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6.7

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5.7

The Wounded Man

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0.0

Nudist of the Living Dead

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