Varg Vikernes (tchort-86377)
I'm going to start this review by stating that anybody offended by the content of this film has no business watching extreme cinema. What did they think this was going to be? Honestly anybody who has ever been hunting or even fishing will be scratching his head.
Keep in mind this film is German with subs that are not exactly complete.
With this out of the way let's try to summarise the plot of this strange and epic movie. The story begins at a carnival where two estranged kindred spirits meet once again. Brauth and Katze are not your typical protagonists by any stretch, they are sadistic and evil men who are also seekers of pleasure and pain alike. They quickly enchant a couple of women (one is a teenager) and joined by a burly mistress the troupe embark on a trip to a dilapidated farm house.
There is some strange rituals the men and women perform while eating and a lot of poetic philosophy about our inner urges and nihilistic tendencies of those dwelling on the fringe of society. At least that's what I gather as my subtitles were a little rough. Anyway they are joined by an old man who tells the teen girl "I am a fag" or poet depending on your subs, they have a weird almost grandfatherly relationship in this scene. The old man also has a young crippled girl who is wheelchair bound, possibly his muse. After the group take some weird drugs a full frontal oral sex scene is shown with some great gore effects with the scalpel. The groups antics escalate into some very brutal and sadistic acts including rape, defection, urination, genital massacre, disembowelling and some good old bestiality.
The plot is not that important in my opiniaon as the director Marian Dora has instead chose to focus on the aesthetics of the film. Special mention must be also made to some of the haunting music, especially the theme. This is not the kind of film that will appeal to a wide audience, yet for those who are willing to step outside themselves to experience this beautifully ugly vision from Marian Dora there is some content here they will find hard to forget.
For better or worse this is extreme cinema for the freaks who enjoy the dark fairytales of the macabre.
redrobin62-321-207311
The rating here on IMDb is too low. Yeah, this German movie is not a masterpiece (you wouldn't mistake it for Blade Runner) but it still may not be a waste of time if you're looking to peer into how depraved some humans can be. If you are then consider 'Melancholie the Engel' a master class.The musical equivalent of this film would be a live GG Allin show, a spectacle meant to shock you involving violence, urine, poop and psychological nonsense. I'd searched far and wide for the subtitles for this film, but really, it wasn't necessary. The voice overs made no sense and doesn't propel the story at all. To be truthful there is no story, just an excuse to film human waste products.I think this is the 4th film I've seen where the animal killings were real, the other three being 'Cannibal Holocaust' from Italy, 'Wake In Fright' from Australia and 'Touki Bouki', from Senegal - a real international treat there. Personally, I don't see how anyone would endorse the filming of a real animal killing. I'm not talking so much about the 'ick' factor but the morality and justification for it. An implied cutaway wouldn't have lessened its impact at all.This rather sparse movie begins a little slowly before getting into the strong bits. 'Melancholie the Engel' is definitely not for everyone. You can stomach it if you aren't traumatized by the website 'Best Gore' or if 'A Serbiab Film' and 'Slaughtered Vomit Doll' is a walk in the park for you.
bees8932
Marian Dova's film was indeed a step up from Cannibal. It's a dream like visual art-house film that turns the graphic and grotesque into a beautiful piece of film making. I have to say the uncut version I'm reviewing was in German language with no subtitles but that was not a major issue as there is no real narrative. The film appears to be about death and decay. We see old dolls, dead birds, insects, pigs, cats, fish, insects, and copses in coffins, cigars burning down, and old bones. The scenes involve sexual violence towards women, mutilation, urine, the smearing of excrement and general extreme horror that would normally shock. However, this is no exploitation movie; all the scenes have a dream like quality and an unsettling atmosphere which leave for an emotional experience. Good cinematography and a score by David Hess make this better than it really should be. Lots of sex, nudity and masturbation which is in no way erotic and scenes that would be controversial if in a different picture. At over two and a half hours long it's best to watch in two or three sittings as this is not a movie to grip or even shock you, just a decent piece of extreme horror art-house.
HumanoidOfFlesh
"Melancholie der Engel" by Marian Dora lasts over 2 hours of length.It's also one of the most extreme horror movies I have ever seen.I saw this vomit-fest without English subs,so the most of the dialogue went beyond me.Still the plot is fairly simple:two closely-bonded nihilists meet two women at a carnival and eventually bring them back to an abandoned house near the woods.The house which is filled with animal bones and decaying dolls.Other characters are introduced like BDSM woman,an old painter pervert and a wheelchair-bound girl.The orgy of drug use,rape,sexual perversion and animal cruelty begins there...Lots of pseudo-intellectual nonsense is spoken and many animals are killed.Even the cat has its throat slit."Melancholie der Engel" literally oozes decay.There is some of the most revolting gore ever captured on screen along with various scenes of sexual perversion bordering on hard-core porn.This is truly unforgiving and deplorable journey into perversion and death.8 extremities out of 10.
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