A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the early 1990s results in a very violent outcome.A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the early 1990s results in a very violent outcome.A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the early 1990s results in a very violent outcome.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 3 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAnders Ohlin (Pelle 'Dead' Ohlin)'s brother was very supportive of the movie and one of the pairs of jeans that Jack Kilmer's character wears is a pair that belonged to Pelle. All of the other clothes were designed from scratch but those particular jeans were legitimate.
- GoofsWhen Varg leaves the video store on 10 August 1993 with a copy of Die Hard 2 (1990), the video cases for several films that would not be released until several years later can be seen in the window, including The Bone Collector (1999) and Analyze That (2002).
- Quotes
Euronymous: [standing over Dead with a shotgun] You know, there's a way out if you're so fucking depressed. One shot to the head and it's all over. No more pain.
- Alternate versionsThe US theatrical and DVD releases were cut for an R rating, toning down the gory violence of Dead's suicide, Faust's stabbing and Euronymous' murder. The unrated 'directors cut' version is only available on Blu-ray in the US. It runs for 118 minutes instead of 116 as per the R-rated version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Last Call with Carson Daly: Ben Barnes/Badflower/Rory Culkin (2019)
- SoundtracksSuicidal Wings
Warner Chappell Overseas Holdings Ltd, Thomas Gabriel
(c) Hanseatic Musikverlag GMBH & Co. KG
Featured review
No Citizen Kane, But Quite Accurate
Some will like this for what it is, a well done biopic, but one things for sure - the whole Norwegian Black Metal scene will hate this movie, or at least all the true necro grim Black Metal elitists. Having read the book this movie is based on before there was even talk about a movie, I am happy to see it didn't disappoint. I expected no masterpiece that would be lauded as the best musical biopic of the year, but I'm glad it turned out better than expected.
This is not a movie for Metal heads only. If you like controversial figures and want to know about the history of Mayhem and what happened a long time ago to a bunch of kids as well as hear a decent soundtrack, go for it. The actors did a well enough job and it stayed almost entirely true to the book by the same title. If you can't bother to read it, watch it. And, Varg was portrayed probably better than he deserved, but so did everyone. Light a few black candles and let the mayhem begin!
This is not a movie for Metal heads only. If you like controversial figures and want to know about the history of Mayhem and what happened a long time ago to a bunch of kids as well as hear a decent soundtrack, go for it. The actors did a well enough job and it stayed almost entirely true to the book by the same title. If you can't bother to read it, watch it. And, Varg was portrayed probably better than he deserved, but so did everyone. Light a few black candles and let the mayhem begin!
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- Feb 24, 2019
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- Also known as
- Володарі хаосу
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- Gross US & Canada
- $253,184
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $27,649
- Feb 10, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $365,353
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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