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The German Chainsaw Massacre (1990)

The German Chainsaw Massacre poster
Original title
Das deutsche Kettensägenmassaker
Directed by
Christoph Schlingensief
Genre
horror film, satirical film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 03m
Rated
16
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family of wealthy cannibals terrorizes a young woman in a satirical horror film about the chaos and violence of German reunification. The movie follows a woman whose car breaks down and she is hunted by the sadistic clan.

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What happens

The German Chainsaw Massacre - The First Hour of the Reunification (German: Das deutsche Kettensägenmassaker), also known as Blackest Heart in the United States, is a 1990 German horror film written and directed by Christoph Schlingensief and starring Karina Fallenstein, Alfred Edel, Udo Kier and Irm Hermann. It is the second film in Schlingensief's Deutschlandtrilogie (German Trilogy). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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