Summaries

A troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house.

A man is released from prison after serving ten years for murdering an elderly woman. He quickly begins to feel the compulsion to kill again. After failing to murder a cab driver, he flees and discovers a secluded rural home, where a young woman lives with her sick mother and disabled brother. He then begins to take out his sadistic pleasures on them, attempting to hold them hostage, while thinking of his troubled childhood with his abusive mother and grandmother...—Brian Patrick

Based on real life killer Werner Kniesek. When released from prison he terrorizes a unsuspecting family in a secluded house in the Austrian countryside. A visceral descent into madness photographed by Zbig Rybczynski and scored by Klaus Schultz.—Kenny Patton

Details

Keywords
  • home invasion
  • brutality
  • psychopathic killer
  • psycho killer
  • maniac
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Horror
  • Drama
Release date Feb 6, 1983
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Austria
Language German
Filming locations Waldgasse 1, 2371 Hinterbrühl, Austria
Production companies Gerald Kargl

Box office

Budget $400000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 27m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.66 : 1

Synopsis

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