Overview - Horror Vacui

Date of release

Genres

  • Horror

Runtime: 85 minutes

Homepage: Horror Vacui

Budget

Budget data not disclosed

Revenue

Revenue data not disclosed

Spoken Languages

  • Deutsch

Production companies

  • Name: Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion

    Production country Germany

  • Name: WDR

    Production country Germany

Overview

Shot in a neo-expressionist style, the film is a satire on cults of any kind. The plot follows Frankie and Hannes, a young gay couple living in Berlin. One is studying art and the other medicine. Their happy life is disrupted when Frankie attends a lecture and quickly becomes involved in a sinister cult operating as a self-help group called “Optimal Optimism”. Madame C, a former Nazi party member, is the leader of Optimal Optimism. When the cult members discovers that Frankie is gay, he is repeatedly raped by both men and women of the group. Hannes must find a way to rescue him.

Cast

  • Name: Lotti Huber

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    Popularity: 0.214

  • Name: Joaquin La Habana

    Character:

    Popularity: 0.6

  • Name: Folkert Milster

    Character:

    Popularity: 0.0311

  • Name: Friedrich Steinhauer

    Character:

    Popularity: 0.0835

  • Name: Günter Thews

    Character:

    Popularity: 0.0641

  • Name: Ingrid van Bergen

    Character:

    Popularity: 0.7937

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  • Name: Tom Vogt

    Character:

    Popularity: 0.3342