Limbless (2012) [N/A]
Featuring:
Pascal Becker, Tobias Heise, Andreas Konze
Written by:
Daniel Konze
Directed by:
Daniel Konze
Release Date:
November 11, 2012
Original Title:
Limbless
Genres:
Horror
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 13
The happy die first.
An unconscious, young man is being dragged by someone else through the undergrowth in a remote forest. That even the local backwoods are dangerous you can imagine at the latest when you hear the sound of a blunt saw from the off her way through flesh and bone and someone comes with a severed head in his hand on us. Unfortunately, 2 best friends have no idea what's going on around their old home. So they promise a great weekend in which they can indulge their hobby, the hunt. After the perfect spot has been found and the camp is set for the night, you will spy on the first potential trophy and the hunting rifles will be shouldered. When the weapon is put on and the target is sighted, nothing appears from the person who wears a hockey mask and strikes down our hunters with the baseball bat with aimed blows.
Recently I watched a short film from Germany titled "Limbless". The film comes from young Indie director Daniel Konze and focuses on the in your face splatter gore genre. It is a pretty low budget and completely Independent short film with a lot of great aspects that show why Germany is one of the leaders in gore cinema. The story follows two young hunters out in the backwoods for a weekend of hunting and camping. They inadvertently cross the path of a homicidal maniac who seeks only the pleasures that come from hunting humans. For me the short was very entertaining and tells a graphic classic story of psychopath meets victim. There are a couple of flaws visible in regard to the special effects, notably the camera grabbing things that it should not be showing when dealing with the gory aspects of the movie. That aside I have to say that the cinematography on this little film is very well done and shows true character as far as the directors love and desire to make movies. Splatter gore is not a genre for all but for those who love the gory bloody messy side of cinema then "Limbless" does deliver. And speaking of the blood I thought the consistency of the red stuff used in this film was quite believable. I upon asking the director was told that it was not animal blood but the crew's own home- made recipe. "Limbless" is a short but gruesome little story that maintains consistency in it's plot and could beg for a feature adaptation primarily where the killer is concerned. With him I longed to know more, see more and gag more. This was the first film by Konze that I have viewed but since then I have also seen the promo for some off his other works and hope to see more from this German Indie company.
