Violent Shit
| Violent Shit | |
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 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."