Schrei - denn ich werde dich töten! (1999) Reviews

• Beware of the Jester

  pumaye2001-07-26

  A good slasher movie, made in Germany, with a good young cast of anonymous people, this movie is a threat for the fan of the genre. A few of the stylish murder scene are very well made and very effective in catching the eye of the spectator (and new enough to hold the attention even of the more smaliziate viewers). After all, a movie to belong to every genre fan video shelf.

• Very good!!

  scoopdoyle12004-05-05

  I've been a horror/thriller/mystery fan my whole life, and I enjoyed this movie very much. On the DVD the director mentioned that he thinks of the film as a "teen giallo", rather than just another slasher film, which I thought was a good way to put it. Anyway, I did not have high expectations, but after watching the film, I realized I had enjoyed it. It satisfied the following criteria for me: 1) The body count was high, 2) the murders are mostly on camera and bloody, but not overly gory or over-the-top gimmicky murders; the weapon of choice is a nasty looking pair of scissors 3) sympathetic characters die, along with the unlikable ones 4) I couldn't guess who the killer was for sure -- the movie plays with suspicions very well, and is tricky, but doesn't cheat 5) the story was complex enough to keep my interst through-out 6) All the actresses were (to me anyway!) very attractive --but real, not typical slasher-film bimbos. This is a German-made film and some people won't like that it is dubbed. Me, I always liked dubbed films! You couldn't be a fan of a lot of foreign horror and NOT like dubbed films! So, I enjoyed it enough to track down a copy of the DVD to own.

• Strange

  ehoshaw2000-12-05

  I don't think people should totally hate this film, it was actually trying to add some atmosphere to the usual teen slasher flick. I like the eerie music and setting, but there is a lot of badly dubbed dialogue, and the twists really get out of hand at the end. Plus, it is not very gory. I was quite disappointed when I saw this film. I was really looking forward to it, after reading a big article about it in an issue of "Fangoria" a few months ago. There were too many confusing plot twists and logic loopholes. Rent this one and see for yourself, some may like it and some may not. Up to you.

• cool horror!

  Schwalbach2002-05-20

  german giant of the thriller drama robert sigl manages to excite 90 minutes of horror in the tradition of "scream 1". fast speed, young actors with great talent - bloody showdown for a typical Sigl-Final. Cool horror in an intense and frightening atmosphere.

• A very good Slasher

  holli6662002-01-18

  First i saw Robert Sigl's Cultmovie LAURIN. I was very impressed. When i read (in 1999) he made a Scream-like TV Movie with a bunch of Soapstars i was a little shocked. BUT... i think School's Out looks more like Soavi's STAGEFRIGHT than Scream and other Films like that. The acting of Katharina Wackernagel or Sandra Leonhard was very good. Also the Camera-work looks nice...a little bit like the Argento movies. A very very good TV movie....much better than most Big Cinema Baddies.