Angst (1983)

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AKA: Fear, Schizophrenia
Year: 1983
Directed by: Gerald Kargl
Starring: Erwin Leder (Man)
Country: Austria, European Cinema
Language: German (English subtitles)
Runtime: 01:26:45
Genres: Based on a True Story, Serial Killers, Sexual-Violence against Women, Necrophilia

Plot – Spoilers:
Angst is one of those movies you look at the year it was made in, 1983, and take in a sharp breath because apart from the obvious things – the clothes, hairstyles, cars and tone of the film – everything about it seems so current. Unfortunately for us, Director Gerald Kargl didn’t make another film after this.

It begins with a man holding a gun walking down a street with purpose in his face but not in his legs as he tries to enter several homes before eventually finding an open gate. He shoots the old lady who answers the door and is subsequently arrested. Through a series of vintage photos we discover a childhood of abuse and trauma and pick up a little later when he’s released from prison.

Earlier, when asked his motives for murdering the old woman, he replied, “I only had this feeling, that something needs to happen.” This brilliantly eerie single line encapsulates the acts that follow his release.

Angst was based on Austrian serial killer Werner Kniesek whose versions of the killings were more drawn out and elaborate.

This is a movie riddled with fascinating shots and camera trickery but is also memorable for Erwin Leder’s performance – him crawling while clutching on to the girl rather than dragging her is one that stood out for me.

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ChildrenCruelty
ChildrenCruelty
May 17, 2026 1:46 pm

Very good movie! Based on the story of the Austrian Massmurder Werner Kniesek. Heavily underrated!

far
far
April 28, 2026 1:34 pm

let’s be honest – the dog was the real star of the movie. the girl’s death scene was pretty cool.

iloveblowjobs
iloveblowjobs
January 25, 2026 10:07 am

movie fucking sucked wtf why do yall fw the gayest shit movies on here buncha faggots

Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
January 20, 2026 2:50 am

Excellent film. I saw this a long time before I knew about EUM. Watching films you haven’t seen in a long time is almost like watching a film you’ve never seen. I liked it back then and I like it now. 4 stars.

gorelover
gorelover
January 16, 2026 1:55 am

what the dog doin ?

johnken
johnken
November 14, 2025 1:03 pm

my favourite ever ever ever. the camera is alive!!! so gorgeous with the blue hues i love you kargl i love you leder. so realistic and disturbing it means so much to me

Έλληναρας 3
Έλληναρας 3
August 3, 2025 11:46 pm

Don’t forget to make some hot dogs to eat while watching this

NAPALM_HEAT00900
NAPALM_HEAT00900
July 3, 2025 2:51 pm

10/10

sweetheartt555
sweetheartt555
May 11, 2025 11:13 am

so beautiful and cool!!! a new favourite!! erwin leder is handsome in this

Beans21
Beans21
April 14, 2025 7:02 pm

This is one i think about often. Great movie

SENTIMENTALMOSS
SENTIMENTALMOSS
April 7, 2025 6:33 pm

Holy molyyyyy

jinx
jinx
March 14, 2025 5:27 am

This film is as effed up as any I’ve seen in a while….in very good way! Leder is excellent in the lead role. Ahhh, poor Man, things don’t always go as well as we imagine. Favorite scene: the trunk. LMFAO.

Jacques Mesrine
Jacques Mesrine
January 10, 2025 12:18 pm

My favorite

TIER3 HELL BURNER
TIER3 HELL BURNER
November 10, 2024 5:42 am

THIS SHIT ROCKS LIKE VOMIT!!!! 4.2/5

AnOldBoy
AnOldBoy
October 22, 2024 8:04 am

As has been said by others and Admin, the camera angles and close ups of the serial killers face is cinematography at its finest. This and the near absence of dialogue, relying on the killers inner monologue, draw you into the film and put you into the mind of the killer. The lead actor giving a brilliant performance as the deranged killer. A great film, 4.5/5 pairs of false teeth.

J Will
J Will
January 28, 2024 2:09 pm

Showed compulsion towards murder is like a drug addicted person or a person pursuing sex, penetrative, exhausting, and euphoric. The unnamed murderer’s German accent is subliminally out of place because the setting is in Austria. His more rigid German becomes Viennese when talking with the gentlemen outside the gas station-café, helps establish that the inner dialogue is in fact a madman putting on a mask to fit in

C
C
November 16, 2023 11:10 am

Most disturbing thing about the movie is the sausage eating scene.. so disgusting, close-up, loud open-mouth chewing. It ruins the whole movie.

hhhx
hhhx
June 10, 2023 11:47 pm

absolute

Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo
November 7, 2022 12:28 am

The dog tho lol. Worth watching, his thoughts are primarily dictated into a well-executed script, and you almost feel emotionally drawn to his patheticism regarding societal dysfunctions.

TND
TND
August 7, 2022 7:26 pm

this is the epitome

john marybeth jr
john marybeth jr
June 2, 2022 9:35 pm

dis is good! fuck ytou

fearfactory
fearfactory
August 17, 2021 5:50 pm

great movie 10/10

Doc
Doc
May 29, 2021 3:11 am

Absolutely beautiful cinematography! ♥

Baldy McBaldy
Baldy McBaldy
April 8, 2021 10:18 am

before watching recommendation! (no spoilers)
this upload is the international cut which i strongly think is worse than the director’s cut. the biggest difference is this has extra 7min 40sec prologue in the beginning. to get the better director’s cut “true” experience skip to 7:40 where you blue and black credits start the movie.

Dr Harris
Dr Harris
March 10, 2021 6:09 pm

Fantastic picture.

And for 1983 miles ahead of its time.. wonderful camera work and quite believable scenes. Just goes to show Euro cinema has and will always be miles ahead of USA and UK film making .

By absolute Grosse miles !

Luv.ithere
Luv.ithere
January 22, 2021 1:02 pm

Lighting is this so damn engrossing

Amok Täter
Amok Täter
November 9, 2020 11:30 pm

Awesome Flick.
I would love to see something so extreme and putrid made in today’s world.

Zed Man
Zed Man
August 11, 2020 11:59 am

Not the best film I have seen but not the worst either. The highlight was the dog following the guy around, it was almost comical. I almost felt sorry for him and all the work he did to load the bodies into the trunk of the car only to come unstuck by going to that cafe. Not a really effed up film but it had its moments and I quite liked it. Cheers.

Joe
Joe
April 29, 2020 3:00 am

Saw this on youtube a while ago, but it did not include the intro. Great film and genuinely scary. I read the director had trouble getting this distributed due to the disturbing content, and perhaps because it was ‘based on true events’ that happened not so long before it was made.