Excellent but underrated film

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The acting in this movie is really good.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Violent $hit (1989) * (out of 4) Insane, low-budget horror film from Germany has a young boy murdering his mother. Twenty years later Karl (Andreas Schnaas) escapes from a mental hospital and goes on another bloody murder spree.VIOLENT $HIT comes from director Schnaas who has made a career out of these low-budget horror movies that's main purpose is to make the viewer sick. You can read more about Germany's stance on horror movies from this era but what basically happened is several filmmakers started making this ultra gory movies. The end result is pretty much what you'd expect and your level of entertainment will certainly depend on what you want from your horror movies.Personally speaking, I can respect the filmmakers of films like this a lot more than I actually enjoy the films. I say that because I can respect people going out with very little money and doing something they love. I admit that the insane special effects aren't anything ground-breaking but at the same time you have to give them credit for going over-the-top and just delivering a non-stop amount of gore.The problem with VIOLENT $HIT and others like it is the fact that there's just not much here to hold your interest. There's really nothing "good" here in regards to technical terms and I'd argue that none of the characters are all that interesting. There's the gore, yes, but to me that's just not enough to keep this entertaining even through the short running time.

And yes, to state it clearly, this movie is exactly what the title says. This movie is about K. the butcher shitter, who walks around in the countryside and in the forest killing people, coupled with two scenes I guess showing how his abusive mother made him into a psycho killer. And that pretty much sums it all up.Before I begin the trashing, I want to say that I actually liked this movie, and would recommend it to anyone who can appreciate no-budget splatter, who can look past all the blunders made by Schnaas and appreciate the violence, the effort and all Schnaas' contributions to German low budget gore.Yes, there is a huge amount of gore in this movie, but the fx is so bad (somewhat creative however) that there is no way to take it seriously. Also there is a huge weirdness factor in this film. Like the scene where K. is a child where there is some random demon guy who talks to him while he is locked in the basement, a scene where K. find a crucified Christ in the woods and decides to crawl into his stomach and maybe weirdest of all, a more than three minute scene of just looking through the windshield of a car while driving on a small dirt road in nighttime, while a bad heavy metal song is played in the background. To ad to the weirdness, you would expect there to be some comedy in a film where the name of the lead is K. the butcher shitter. There is none. There is also some weird image filter used sometimes, which makes the image grainy and the framing choppy (I don't know what the effect is called, but the movement looks kind of like a slow stroboscope), which is just plain annoying and serves no purpose whatsoever. Schnaas also clearly knew nothing about editing and camera work since almost every scene has confusing changes in perspective and the cutting is many times abominably bad (remember, this is Schnaas' first movie and he has bettered himself since).So why would I still recommend this film? First of all, is's extremely violent and just for that I think it's worth seeing. If you can look past how bad all the gore looks, there is plenty to spare. You will never get bored, because the violent scenes are extremely frequent throughout the movie. Also, the weirdness doesn't have to be a bad thing. It is actually quite funny. Also, even though he didn't speak one word, I liked K. the butcher shitter, as he is quite freaky. Furthermore Schnaas is a guy who clearly is passionate about what he is doing, and every gore hound should appreciate that. So this is a really bad film, but it's a fun bad film. If, after reading this review, you still feel like seeing it, you will probably like it.

I love writing reviews on films like this because there really isn't anything quite like it. Let me start off by saying I gave this... thing.... 4 stars only on the merit of violence. Because hey, this guy certainly found some interesting ways to hack, what is supposedly, a body to bits.The blood, which looks more like cheap paint, is sprayed in gratuitous amounts all over the screen without any regard whatsoever. The props, if that's what we can call them, are dismembered and tossed with the greatest of ease by our wonderful auteur, Karl the Butcher $#!tt3R. Now that's where the greatness ends. There is nothing more to this film.... or... whatever this actually is. To say the dialogue is funny, or strained, or even acted is far too generous. These guys look like they were plucked from the dirtiest, nastiest, drug addicted scumbag corners of any inner city and plopped in front of a camera with nothing more than a promise of beer, then asked to just... talk.... while a camera is pointed at them. It's almost beyond painful to watch these guys talk to each other. And then our friend Karl shows up and steals the show!! Unfortunately, there is far too much film injected into this steaming pile which deters from the actual bits you want. Why would anyone want to watch a car drive for minute after minute with nothing in the way of a story behind it? Anyway, what can you say, this is about as low as it gets, so why even worry? Well, here you are, reading reviews on the worst of the worst, so you might as well go for it! My suggestion: Get the cheapest of grain alcohols you can find, pound a fifth of it with your most awful of friends, plop this thing in and try to get to the end. But by no means should you watch this flick with a clear head, because you won't make it. Or hey, make a drinking game: Take a shot of the cheapest vodka you can find any time blood sprays! Either way, this thing is only for the most die hard of shlock loving viewers out there. All others might as well just watch youtube videos.

Wow... that's all that came out of my mouth after I watched the first of the series. This film is single handedly the most disgusting movie ever made, and I loved it. There is virtually no storyline at all, just Karl the Butcher running around in the countryside brutally slaughtering unsuspecting victims. Now, as this movie has no storyline it does pull off certain feelings when you are viewing it that make you feel rather uncomfortable. The music is very appropriate and very creepy and the camera work is actually kind of cool in a very low budget type of way. There are 2 sequels to this movie and it seems that most people like the sequels more but I enjoyed the first one much more than the others. Probably because of the brutality of the murders in the first one were so harsh in comparison and also because there wasn't any real storyline. This movie gets a 9/10 from me.