Violent Shit

Violent Shit
Violent Shit VHS box
Directed by	Andreas Schnaas
Written by	Andreas Schnaas (uncredited)
Produced by	Andreas Schnaas and The Violent Shitters
Starring	Andreas Schnaas, Gabi Bäzner, Wolfgang Hinz
Music by	Micky Engels
Distributed by	Anthroproject Films
Release date	1987
Running time	75 min.
Language	German
Budget	$2,000 (reported)

Violent Shit is an extreme low budget film, most notable as the first feature-length movie directed by Andreas Schnaas. It was filmed over the course of several days in 1987 and was released the same year.

Although the country's first direct-to-video movie, Violent Shit was immedately banned by German authorities for its explicit violence and soon became an underground cult hit. It played midnight showings for years before receiving a proper video release.

It has spawned two sequels, Violent Shit 2: Mother Hold My Hand and Violent Shit III: Infantry of Doom (Zombie Doom in the US). Although they all feature a masked killer named Karl, the films are otherwise unrelated.

The film is oftentimes mistaken for a mondo film because of its cover art (which seemingly mimics their covers). In actuality, it is the story of a young man, Karl (played by Karl Ingo), who goes on a heinous killing spree. The effects are amateurish, but still quite grisly. Many of the sequences involve graphic sexual mutilation, which greatly upset censors upon its initial release.

Its somewhat-infamous name was taken from a conversation the director had with a friend, who referred to his low-budget film ventures as "Nothing more than violent shit."