Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #159701 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-07-26
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English, German
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 70 minutes

Customer Reviews

Into the mind of a serial killer...
What a brutal, gory movie - for intense gore fans ONLY. Do not get this DVD if you're the LEAST bit squeamish. Brought to you by Joerg Buttgereit, creator of "Nekromantik", this is a raw, bloody look at a pretty twisted guy named Lothar Schramm. Though the movie itself is relatively short (only a little over an hour), this DVD is packed with goodness - extras aplenty here, folks. I'm rather pleasantly surprised it's even here, as Nekromantik wasn't available here last I checked. In conclusion, if you think you can handle the rather disturbing subject matter of the film, by all means, grab this baby while you can... it'll be worth your money.

The ghastly pleasures of DVD
It's truly amazing how the times have changed. Over 10 years ago I bought my first two bootleg films, Cannibal Holocaust and Nekromantik. They were poor looking copies at best. Cannibal Holocaust was censored and the subtitles on Nekromantik were to blurry to read. But I was thankful. I swear I was. There was no other way to see such films. Today, we have DVD. Ah, the pleasures of DVD. Everything is being released on DVD. How many of them I can buy for the price of one shoddy looking laserdisc. Young horror fans have it good today, I tells ya. I believe the fine folks at Barrel Entertainment must have come from a similar film-related background. They did a superb almost beyond the call of duty tranfer on their DVD release of Nekromantik and they have done the same with Schramm. Years ago, Film Threat released this and other Buttgereit films on video. The videos looked awful, Schramm being the worst. I am delighted to report that this DVD makes up where Film Threat failed. With the commentaries, interviews, trailers, and short films you the lucky viewer are looking at hours worth of footage for one amazing price. Incidentally those boots cost a lot. I was shocked that the film could look as good as it does. Schramm is a seriously depressing, morbid, and arty portraiture of a serial killer. Buttgereit points out in his commentary that he had never seen a film about serial killers. Just as soon as I thought of Silence of the Lambs he brings up the fact that though Silence... is very good it is more like a commercial for the FBI than a depiction of what life is like for a serial killer. For me, this movie nails the topic on the head (no pun intended). Schramm is not a Hollywood version of madness. The journey into this killers distorted mind is so visual and realistic that I am reminded of Henry (Ray Liotta) introducing the other mobsters in Scorsese's Goodfellas. The point of view camera glides through the bar as Henry introduces everyone. The camera moves so naturally and perfect that you feel like you are there. Buttgereit does the same througout Schramm's 65 minute running time. Not an easy task. I raise my glass to this vile film and to Buttgereit and Barrel Entertaiment.

Compulsive and Repulsive!
Buttgereit, infamous for 'Nekromantik', delivers us a poetic masterpiece and a hideous journey into the mind of Lothar Schramm, the Lipstick killer. It is a brutal and intriguing display and details many fascinating characters in abstract flashback. This is what real extreme cinema is all about.

As usual, Buttgereit delivers images full of visceral insanity, so gory and vicious that unless you're familiar with either his works or those of his peers, this little piece might be a bit much. Barrel Entertainment have done an incredible job, the print is almost perfect and the extras tantilising (commentaries, trailers and a special 'making of'). Sad to see that this one is becoming increasingly difficult to get hold of - buy this one now, while you still can.