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* OneBookAuthor: The only feature-length production by Gerald Kargl, whose body of work has mainly been in short films, documentaries, and advertising.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The story is loosely based on that of real-life serial killer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Kniesek Werner Kniesek]]. In addition to most of the characters, including the killer himself, going [[NoNameGiven unnamed]], the time frames are compressed significantly to fit the film's runtime. In reality, Kniesek tortured his victims over periods of seven to eleven hours before finally murdering them. In addition, Kniesek had multiple arrests before his eventual life sentence, whereas his film counterpart is only released once [[spoiler:before being given a life sentence following the events of the film]].
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The story is loosely based on that of real-life serial killer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Kniesek Werner Kniesek]]. In addition to most of the characters, including the killer himself, going [[NoNameGiven unnamed]], the time frames are compressed significantly to fit the film's runtime. In reality, Kniesek tortured his victims over periods of seven to eleven hours before finally murdering them. In addition, Additionally, Kniesek had multiple arrests before his eventual life sentence, whereas his film counterpart is only released once [[spoiler:before being given a life sentence following the events of the film]].
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The story is loosely based on that of real-life serial killer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Kniesek Werner Kniesek]].
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The story is loosely based on that of real-life serial killer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Kniesek Werner Kniesek]]. In addition to most of the characters, including the killer himself, going [[NoNameGiven unnamed]], the time frames are compressed significantly to fit the film's runtime. In reality, Kniesek tortured his victims over periods of seven to eleven hours before finally murdering them. In addition, Kniesek had multiple arrests before his eventual life sentence, whereas his film counterpart is only released once [[spoiler:before being given a life sentence following the events of the film]].
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* DutchAngle: Used frequently to illustrate the killer's disturbed state of mind.
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''Angst'' (German for "Fear") is a 1983 Austrian horror film directed by Gerald Kargl, co-written by him and cinematographer[=/=]editor Zbigniew Rybczyński, and starring Creator/ErwinLeder (better known as Johann in ''Film/DasBoot'').
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''Angst'' (German for "Fear") is a 1983 Austrian horror film directed by Gerald Kargl, co-written by him and cinematographer[=/=]editor Zbigniew Rybczyński, and starring Creator/ErwinLeder (better known as Johann in ''Film/DasBoot'').
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* {{Gonk}}: The killer has a extremely strange and gaunt facial structure that makes him appear ghoulish as a result of his expressions.
* InfoDump: After the opening scene where the killer murders an elderly woman, narration of his subsequent trial goes into detail about his messed up home life and previous criminal activities. The killer himself periodically tells the viewer additional details about his life, such as getting kicked out of a convent for killing animals.
* InfoDump: After the opening scene where the killer murders an elderly woman, narration of his subsequent trial goes into detail about his messed up home life and previous criminal activities. The killer himself periodically tells the viewer additional details about his life, such as getting kicked out of a convent for killing animals.
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* {{Gonk}}: The killer has a an extremely strange and gaunt facial structure that makes him appear ghoulish as a result of his expressions.
* InfoDump: After the opening scene where the killer murders an elderly woman, the narration of his subsequent trial goes into detail about his messed up home life and previous criminal activities. The killer himself periodically tells the viewer additional details about his life, such as getting kicked out of a convent for killing animals.
* InfoDump: After the opening scene where the killer murders an elderly woman, the narration of his subsequent trial goes into detail about his messed up home life and previous criminal activities. The killer himself periodically tells the viewer additional details about his life, such as getting kicked out of a convent for killing animals.
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* TheSociopath: The unnamed killer is practically a textbook example of a low-functioning psychopath. He has zero remorse or guilt for any of his crimes, and indeed gains pleasure from the murders he commits. He shows no control of his impulses, selecting victims on random whims and making up poorly thought out plans on the fly. His functioning is so poor that unlike other example of criminal psychopaths, he can't present himself as even remotely normal, constantly making others uneasy around him.
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* TheSociopath: The unnamed killer is practically a textbook example of a low-functioning psychopath. He has zero remorse or guilt for any of his crimes, and indeed gains pleasure from the murders he commits. He shows no control of his impulses, selecting victims on random whims and making up poorly thought out thought-out plans on the fly. His functioning is so poor that that, unlike other example examples of criminal psychopaths, he can't present himself as even remotely normal, normal and constantly making makes others uneasy around him.
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''Angst'' (German for "Fear") is a 1983 Austrian horror film directed by Gerald Kargl and starring Creator/ErwinLeder (better known as Johann in ''Film/DasBoot'').
The plot concerns a psychopathic serial killer (Leder) recently released from prison, who starts committing more murders in the hopes that it will get him incarcerated again, driven by a desire to see the fear in the eyes of his victims.
Though relatively obscure, the film has been highly acclaimed for its unconventional camerawork, intense acting performances, and score by Music/KlausSchulze, a portion of which was later re-used in Creator/MichaelMann's 1986 film ''Film/{{Manhunter}}''.
The plot concerns a psychopathic serial killer (Leder) recently released from prison, who starts committing more murders in the hopes that it will get him incarcerated again, driven by a desire to see the fear in the eyes of his victims.
Though relatively obscure, the film has been highly acclaimed for its unconventional camerawork, intense acting performances, and score by Music/KlausSchulze, a portion of which was later re-used in Creator/MichaelMann's 1986 film ''Film/{{Manhunter}}''.
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''Angst'' (German for "Fear") is a 1983 Austrian horror film directed by Gerald Kargl Kargl, co-written by him and cinematographer[=/=]editor Zbigniew Rybczyński, and starring Creator/ErwinLeder (better known as Johann in ''Film/DasBoot'').
The plot concernsa an [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] psychopathic serial killer (Leder) recently released from prison, who starts committing more murders in the hopes that it will get him incarcerated again, driven by a desire to see the fear in the eyes of his victims.
Though relatively obscure, and notably banned all over Europe for its violent content, the film has been highly acclaimed for its unconventional camerawork, intense acting performances, and score by Music/KlausSchulze, a portion of which was later re-used in Creator/MichaelMann's 1986 film ''Film/{{Manhunter}}''.
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Though relatively obscure, and notably banned all over Europe for its violent content, the film has been highly acclaimed for its unconventional camerawork, intense acting performances, and score by Music/KlausSchulze, a portion of which was later re-used in Creator/MichaelMann's 1986 film ''Film/{{Manhunter}}''.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The killer gets caught immediately, but he's happy because it gave him the attention for his killings he desired and 3 people are still dead. On the bright side, it's unlikely he'll be released from prison again, the dog survived and other potential victims have been spared.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The killer gets caught immediately, but he's happy because it gave him the attention for his killings he desired desired, and 3 three people are still dead. On the bright side, it's unlikely he'll be released from prison again, the dog survived survived, and other potential victims have been spared.]]
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* ForTheEvulz: The killer admits many times that he takes pleasure in killing, to the point where he's implied to derive sexual satisfaction from it.
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* RapeAsBackstory: The killer mentions his first "girlfriend" was an adult woman (he states she was old enough to be his mother) who initiated a sexual relationship with him when he was only 14 that included some elements of extreme sexual violence.
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* FreudianExcuse: The killer goes into detail about his abusive upbringing in the form of periodic narration. [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse It doesn't excuse his actions in the slightest however, and he is never once portrayed as sympathetic.]]
* HateSink: The killer has no sympathetic qualities worth mentioning, and overall, he is just a disgusting, repulsive and loathsome animal who kills innocent people to satisfy his own twisted bloodlust.
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* FreudianExcuse: The killer goes into detail about his abusive upbringing in the form of periodic narration. [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse It doesn't excuse his actions in the slightest however, and he is never once portrayed as sympathetic.]]\n* HateSink: The killer has no sympathetic qualities worth mentioning, and overall, he is just a disgusting, repulsive and loathsome animal who kills innocent people to satisfy his own twisted bloodlust.
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''Angst'' (German for "Fear") is a 1983 Austrian horror film directed by Gerald Kargl and starring Creator/ErwinLeder (better known as Johann in ''Film/DasBoot''). The plot concerns a psychopathic serial killer (Leder), recently released from prison, who starts committing more murders in the hopes that it will get him incarcerated again, driven by a desire to see the fear in the eyes of his victims.
Though relatively obscure, the film has been highly acclaimed for its unconventional camera work, intense acting performances, and its score by Music/KlausSchulze, a portion of which was later re-used in Creator/MichaelMann's 1986 film ''Film/{{Manhunter}}''.
Though relatively obscure, the film has been highly acclaimed for its unconventional camera work, intense acting performances, and its score by Music/KlausSchulze, a portion of which was later re-used in Creator/MichaelMann's 1986 film ''Film/{{Manhunter}}''.
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''Angst'' (German for "Fear") is a 1983 Austrian horror film directed by Gerald Kargl and starring Creator/ErwinLeder (better known as Johann in ''Film/DasBoot''). ''Film/DasBoot'').
The plot concerns a psychopathic serial killer(Leder), (Leder) recently released from prison, who starts committing more murders in the hopes that it will get him incarcerated again, driven by a desire to see the fear in the eyes of his victims.
Though relatively obscure, the film has been highly acclaimed for its unconventionalcamera work, camerawork, intense acting performances, and its score by Music/KlausSchulze, a portion of which was later re-used in Creator/MichaelMann's 1986 film ''Film/{{Manhunter}}''.
The plot concerns a psychopathic serial killer
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''Angst'' (German for "Fear") is a 1983 Austrian horror film directed by Gerald Kargl and starring Erwin Leder Creator/ErwinLeder (better known as Johann in ''Film/DasBoot''). The plot concerns a psychopathic serial killer (Leder), recently released from prison, who starts committing more murders in the hopes that it will get him incarcerated again, driven by a desire to see the fear in the eyes of his victims.
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* FreudianExcuse: The killer goes into detail about his abusive upbringing in the form of periodic narration. It doesn't excuse his actions in the slightest however, and he is never once portrayed as sympathetic.
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* StupidEvil: The unnamed serial killer is profoundly incompetent, thinking out his plans in an extremely incompetent fashion and gets caught within a day of his spree.
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* KarmaHoudini: Sure, the killer gets arrested in the end, but is that really saying much?
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* FreudianExcuse: The killer goes into detail about his abusive upbringing in the form of periodic narration. It doesn't excuse his actions in the slightest however, and he is never once portrayed as sympathetic.
* HateSink: The killer has no sympathetic qualities worth mentioning, and overall, he is just a disgusting, repulsive and loathsome animal who kills innocent people to satisfy his own twisted bloodlust.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: As he drives to the diner and notices the pictures of the family in the glove compartment, the killer considers the possibility of feeling remorse for his crimes. [[IgnoredEpiphany But then he just casually sits down at the diner and allows the bodies to be found in his trunk, proud of the terror he struck in the hearts of the onlookers]].
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: As he drives to the diner gas station and notices the pictures of the family in the glove compartment, the killer considers the possibility of feeling remorse for his crimes. [[IgnoredEpiphany But then he just casually sits down at the diner and allows It doesn't last, as someone finds the bodies to be found in his trunk, and he admits he's proud of the terror he struck in the hearts of the onlookers]].spreading fear]].
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: As he drives to the diner and notices the pictures of the family in the glove compartment, the killer considers the possibility of feeling remorse for his crimes. [[IgnoredEpiphany But then he just casually sits down at the diner and allows the bodies to be found in his trunk, proud of the terror he struck in the hearts of the onlookers]].
* PetTheDog: Downplayed. The killer spares the family's dachshund and even allows it to stay in the car with him, but otherwise just completely disregards it, and if anything, was only taking it like a trophy.
* PetTheDog: Downplayed. The killer spares the family's dachshund and even allows it to stay in the car with him, but otherwise just completely disregards it, and if anything, was only taking it like a trophy.
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* Bloodlust: The killer seems to have a fondness for blood, as he narrates a time he slashed a pig's throat to watch the blood gush out, and later when murdering the young woman drinks her blood.
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* DeerInTheHeadlights: When the young woman is being attacked and tied up by the killer, her elderly mother ''stands there watching'' instead of trying to intervene, escape, or try to protect her infirm son.
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* EvidenceDungeon: Invoked. The killer stuffs the corpses of his murder victims in the trunk of their car before taking off in it, planning to show the corpses to his future victims before stuffing them in too, all as part of a scare tactic. When he's about to be arrested for his involvement in an unrelated car accident, he has the police open the trunk in full view of multiple bystanders, so he can revel in their fear and disgust.
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** "It really excited me."
** "It was the perfect plan."
** "It really excited me."
** "It was the perfect plan."
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: The killer narrates to the audience about how he tortured animals in his youth.
* Bloodlust: The killer seems to have a fondness for blood, as he narrates a time he slashed a pig's throat to watch the blood gush out, and later when murdering the young woman drinks her blood.
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* ForTheEvulz: The killer admits many times that he takes pleasure in killing. He also seems to even derive sexual satisfation.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The opening scene of the movie features [[VillainProtagonist our main character]] walking down a street, disoriented, then knocking on a random door and shooting to death the old woman that answers.
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The introductory sequence and subsequent TimeSkip aside, the entire film takes place over a day.
* FinaglesLaw: Every time the killer thinks up a "perfect" plan, it fails spectacularly. His first plan to strangle a taxi driver to death goes badly awry when she notices how suspicious he's acting and he's forced to flee. His later plan to slowly torture a family to death fails when the elderly mother dies of a preexisting condition before he can murder her, and the young woman's attempts to get away forces him to stab her to death. His final and most ambitious plan to commit a mass murder fails before it begins when he gets into a minor car accident in front of half a dozen witnesses, and the police track him down to a nearby coffee shop when he stops to have breakfast.
* ForTheEvulz: The killer admits many times that he takes pleasure inkilling. He also seems killing, to even the point where he's implied to derive sexual satisfation.
satisfaction from it.
*{{Gorn}}: FreudianExcuse: The killer goes into detail about his abusive upbringing in the form of periodic narration.
* InfoDump: After the opening scene where the killer murders an elderly woman, narration of his subsequent trial goes into detail about his messed up home life and previous criminal activities. The killer himself periodically tells the viewer additional details about his life, such as getting kicked out of a convent for killing animals.
* {{Sadist}}: As the killer himself repeatedly notes and as the closing narration of his trial officially diagnoses him as.
* TheSociopath: The unnamed killer is practically a textbook example of a low-functioning psychopath. He has zero remorse or guilt for any of his crimes, and indeed gains pleasure from the murders he commits. He shows no control of his impulses, selecting victims on random whims and making up poorly thought out plans on the fly. His functioning is so poor that unlike other example of criminal psychopaths, he can't present himself as even remotely normal, constantly making others uneasy around him.
* TheUnfavorite: The killer claims he was the least loved child by his family, with his sister receiving far more kindness and warmth.
* VillainBall: The killer's incredibly impulsive nature, combined with an incessant need to inflict fear and pain on his victims, causes him to fail one of his murderscenes in this film are ''brutal''.attempts and nearly bungle his later triple homicide. His total inability to plan out his actions and [[NoSocialSkills total lack of knowledge about proper human interaction]] also directly causes him to get arrested before he can attempt a mass murder at a coffee shop.
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The introductory sequence and subsequent TimeSkip aside, the entire film takes place over a day.
* FinaglesLaw: Every time the killer thinks up a "perfect" plan, it fails spectacularly. His first plan to strangle a taxi driver to death goes badly awry when she notices how suspicious he's acting and he's forced to flee. His later plan to slowly torture a family to death fails when the elderly mother dies of a preexisting condition before he can murder her, and the young woman's attempts to get away forces him to stab her to death. His final and most ambitious plan to commit a mass murder fails before it begins when he gets into a minor car accident in front of half a dozen witnesses, and the police track him down to a nearby coffee shop when he stops to have breakfast.
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* InfoDump: After the opening scene where the killer murders an elderly woman, narration of his subsequent trial goes into detail about his messed up home life and previous criminal activities. The killer himself periodically tells the viewer additional details about his life, such as getting kicked out of a convent for killing animals.
* {{Sadist}}: As the killer himself repeatedly notes and as the closing narration of his trial officially diagnoses him as.
* TheSociopath: The unnamed killer is practically a textbook example of a low-functioning psychopath. He has zero remorse or guilt for any of his crimes, and indeed gains pleasure from the murders he commits. He shows no control of his impulses, selecting victims on random whims and making up poorly thought out plans on the fly. His functioning is so poor that unlike other example of criminal psychopaths, he can't present himself as even remotely normal, constantly making others uneasy around him.
* TheUnfavorite: The killer claims he was the least loved child by his family, with his sister receiving far more kindness and warmth.
* VillainBall: The killer's incredibly impulsive nature, combined with an incessant need to inflict fear and pain on his victims, causes him to fail one of his murder
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: The killer vomits after drinking the blood of one of his victims.
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''Angst'' (German for "Fear") is a 1983 Austrian horror film directed by Gerald Kargl and starring Erwin Leder (better known as Johann in ''Film/DasBoot''). The plot concerns a psychopathic serial killer (Leder), recently released from prison, who starts committing more murders in the hopes that it will get him incarcerated again, driven by a desire to see the fear in the eyes of his victims.
Though relatively obscure, the film has been highly acclaimed for its unconventional camera work, intense acting performances, and its score by Music/KlausSchulze, a portion of which was later re-used in Creator/MichaelMann's 1986 film ''Film/{{Manhunter}}''.
Creator/GasparNoe has cited the film as a major influence on his directorial style.
!! This film includes examples of the following tropes:
* AxCrazy: The unnamed serial killer is a bit off his rocker, to say the least.
* DutchAngle: Used frequently to illustrate the killer's disturbed state of mind.
* {{Euroshlock}}: A quintessential example, featuring all sorts of graphic mayhem and a relentlessly downbeat tone.
* ForTheEvulz: The killer admits many times that he takes pleasure in killing. He also seems to even derive sexual satisfation.
* {{Gorn}}: The murder scenes in this film are ''brutal''.
* VillainProtagonist: The unnamed killer played by Erwin Leder.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The story is loosely based on that of real-life serial killer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Kniesek Werner Kniesek]].
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''Angst'' (German for "Fear") is a 1983 Austrian horror film directed by Gerald Kargl and starring Erwin Leder (better known as Johann in ''Film/DasBoot''). The plot concerns a psychopathic serial killer (Leder), recently released from prison, who starts committing more murders in the hopes that it will get him incarcerated again, driven by a desire to see the fear in the eyes of his victims.
Though relatively obscure, the film has been highly acclaimed for its unconventional camera work, intense acting performances, and its score by Music/KlausSchulze, a portion of which was later re-used in Creator/MichaelMann's 1986 film ''Film/{{Manhunter}}''.
Creator/GasparNoe has cited the film as a major influence on his directorial style.
!! This film includes examples of the following tropes:
* AxCrazy: The unnamed serial killer is a bit off his rocker, to say the least.
* DutchAngle: Used frequently to illustrate the killer's disturbed state of mind.
* {{Euroshlock}}: A quintessential example, featuring all sorts of graphic mayhem and a relentlessly downbeat tone.
* ForTheEvulz: The killer admits many times that he takes pleasure in killing. He also seems to even derive sexual satisfation.
* {{Gorn}}: The murder scenes in this film are ''brutal''.
* VillainProtagonist: The unnamed killer played by Erwin Leder.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The story is loosely based on that of real-life serial killer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Kniesek Werner Kniesek]].
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