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Necronos: Tower of Doom
Germany 2010
produced by Lars Rohnstock, Marc Rohnstock, Martin Rüdel (co), Manoush (co) for Infernal Films
directed by Marc Rohnstock
starring Thomas Sender, Manoush, Timo Fuchs, Tanja Karius, Saskia Neumüller, Mario Zimmerschitt, Mike Weishaupt, Denissa Schmidt, Toni Reckert, Patrick Bender, Thomas Kercmar, Kim Sønderholm, Chris Vazquez, Marc Trinkhaus, Andreas Schnaas, Timo Rose, Magdaléna Kalley, Jürgen Müller, Andreas Pape, Annika Strauss, Martin Hentschel, Dominik Jurczek, Jochen Taubert, Marcel Walz, Ingo Jäger, Rod Usher, Luna B., Bloody Marlen, Ann-Christin Rosenkranz, Andrea Schmitt, André Cramme, Inge Cramme, Ralf Engelbert, Dieter Ihrig, Jasmin Nittmann, Jenny Wägner, Melanie Schmidt, Dominik Ruf, Roman Oepen, Franz Zimmerschitt
written by Marc Rohnstock, music by Martin Rüdel, Ramon Kaltenbach, special effects by Marc Rohnstock, Mario Zimmerschitt, Andreas Schnaas, Manoush, Timo Rose, creature design by Marc Rohnstock, Mario Zimmerschitt, special makeup effects by Marc Rohnstock
review by Mike Haberfelner
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In the Middle Ages, Necronos (Thomas Sender) the demon was burned and
killed because he was collecting souls for the Devil (Mike Weishaupt) ...
but in modern times he is reborn, and with the help of Goran (Timo Fuchs),
a dim-witted, mute and violent demon, he starts to collect souls for the
Devil's army of darkness once more. Why now? Because the Chosen One
has arrived on earth, a white witch who could destroy Necronos for good,
but whose virgin blood he needs to make himself invincible. And while
Goran roams the countryside, either killing or kidnapping everybody in his
way, Necronos tries to track down the Chosen One with the help of the
Witch (Manoush), a rather unreliable and clumsy partner-in-crime he
has long wanted to get rid of, but whom he needs to find the Chosen One -
which she manages after many failed attempts in the person of Michelle
(Saskia Neumüller), an innocent young woman who has no idea concerning
her powers. While Necronos is busy with Michelle though, David (Mario
Zimmerschitt), a prisoner he keeps chained up in his dungeon, manages to
free himself, and somehow David manages to free Michelle as well. Later he
even gives his life when rear-guarding her escape - but all to no avail,
she is recaptured ... Goran is now personally put in charge of her, but
she gradually feels her powers manifesting and tries to persuade Goran to
let her go using only the power of good. She succeeds, too, but alas too
late, Necronos had already been warned by the Devil that Michelle would
try as much, and he arrives just in time to behead Goran, then he slits
Michelle's throat, collects her blood of invincibility, and releases his
zombies on unsuspecting humankind. Necronos might not be
the most intellectually challenging of movies, but it's an old-fashioned
gorefest in the best possible way: Old-fashined because the film lacks
what spoils so many modern-day horror flicks, like shaky camerawork to
fake immediacy, rapid-fire editing, extended textbook-style chase and
action scenes, post-modern pop culture references, CGI-effects or too big
a reliance on post production effects. Instead, Necronos goes
straight for the jugular, just like the Euro-horror classics loved by so
many would: There is plenty of violence, guts and gore, all in plain sight
of the camera, there's quite a bit of nudity thrown in for good measure,
and the film doesn't waste much time with complex narrative build-ups.
This of course means the plot as such is extremely straight forward and
the characters hardly rise above cardboard quality ... but hey, this is
above all a gore movie, and as such it's the perfect party flick - best
enjoyed with a couple of mates and a couple of beers! For more
information about the film, go to http://www.infernal-films.com.
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