CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1990
The Death King posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1990 1h 20m DEU

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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The Death King

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

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Nekromantik poster 01

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Nekromantik

Why this pick

Buttgereit’s earlier transgressive underground horror shares The Death King’s taboo-charged imagery, bleak DIY texture, and confrontational fixation on death, while delivering a more concentrated narrative.

Singapore Sling poster 02

Movie / 1990 / Comedy / Drama / Horror

Singapore Sling

Why this pick

Its deliberately alienating black-and-white nightmare, necrophilic transgression, and deadpan cruelty echo The Death King’s avant-garde horror sensibility and emotional corrosion.

Schramm poster 03

Movie / 1993 / Horror

Schramm

Why this pick

Buttgereit again turns bodily horror into fractured interior cinema: grimy visuals, psychological dislocation, and an unflinching approach to death make it a close formal companion.

The Seventh Continent poster 04

Movie / 1989 / Drama

The Seventh Continent

Why this pick

Less graphic but similarly merciless, Haneke’s austere study of ordinary life collapsing into despair matches The Death King’s episodic bleakness and refusal of easy catharsis.

Tetsuo: The Iron Man poster 05

Movie / 1989 / Horror / Science Fiction

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Why this pick

A frantic monochrome industrial nightmare with abrasive editing and bodily transformation, it shares the film’s underground extremity and preference for visceral mood over conventional comfort.

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