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Grimm Love (2009)

Grimm Love poster
Original title
Rohtenburg
Directed by
Martin Weisz
Genre
drama film, horror film, thriller film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
R
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 83 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A German student investigates a real life cannibal case for her thesis. She becomes obsessed with the killer and the victim who consented to his own death.

disturbingdarktenseunsettlingclaustrophobicbleakslow-burnpsychological

What happens

Grimm Love (original German title Rohtenburg, a pun on roh "raw" and Rotenburg) is a 2006 psychological horror film inspired by the Armin Meiwes cannibal murder case. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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