Cinema Vault is a sales company that shows films in multiple genres. However, this company has a large catalogue of horror and thriller films. One of the highlights from the Cinema Vault horror category is Must Love Death, an Andreas Schaap production. The film takes on the serious subject matter of suicide and transforms the topic into a dark humoured comedy. Schapp's work on Must Love Death is described as "Schaap actually does an impressive job of running Norman's two storylines alongside each other [romance and horror]" (EfilmCritic). Mld will not be available for fans in large capacity for quite some time, as the film is currently being shopped at the European Film Market. Showings at the market begin February 12 at 6:40pm (Cinestar 5). More details on this project are below and hopefully a release date comes soon.
A synopsis for Must Love Death:
"After having his heartbroken one too many times,...
A synopsis for Must Love Death:
"After having his heartbroken one too many times,...
- 2/6/2010
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Aleady confirmed for the New York Horror Film Festival, Must Love Death will begin showing this Thurs, Nov' 19th at 8:00pm. A comedy film that is also a horror film Must Love Death looks like a lot of fun from the film's first trailer. Check it out for yourself at the Tribeca Cinemas, if you are in the area, and try hard not to laugh!
A short synopsis for Must Love Death here:
"Disappointed by love and suicidal, Norman arranges to meet a group of like-minded people. But when he arrives at the meeting the alleged suicides pact goes very wrong and hilarity and blood start to flow freely (New York).
Director: Andreas Schapp.
Writer: Andreas Schaap.
Cast: Sami Loris, Manon Kahle, Jeff Burrell, Peter Farkas, Philipp Rafferty, and Lucie Pohl.
A full trailer for Must Love Death here:
A few more details can be found for Must Love Death...
A short synopsis for Must Love Death here:
"Disappointed by love and suicidal, Norman arranges to meet a group of like-minded people. But when he arrives at the meeting the alleged suicides pact goes very wrong and hilarity and blood start to flow freely (New York).
Director: Andreas Schapp.
Writer: Andreas Schaap.
Cast: Sami Loris, Manon Kahle, Jeff Burrell, Peter Farkas, Philipp Rafferty, and Lucie Pohl.
A full trailer for Must Love Death here:
A few more details can be found for Must Love Death...
- 11/17/2009
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
I've now seen Andreas Schaap's certifiably insane Must Love Death two full times ... and I'm still not completely sure what to make of it. My first reaction to the crazy German import was this; "Now I know what a Saw sequel directed by Joe Dante would look like." But I had to spin it one more time in preparation for this review, and now I say this; 'Must Love Death is (I think) a spot-on and rather trenchant satire of two distinctly Americanized sub-genres: the wimpy romantic comedy ... and the hardcore torture horror flick'. And get this: Both halves work! Poor Norman (Sami Loris) is having a rotten week. He hates his job, he has no real friends, and he's nursing a massive heartbreak. So...
- 7/17/2009
- FEARnet
- A theme at this year's Fantasia Film Festival is "Flirting With Chaos", or 'the anti-romantic comedy'. Must Love Death, which had its world premiere at the fest, fits nicely into this mold as German writer/director Andreas Schaap delivers a first feature film that's kind of like a twisted date movie that both parties can enjoy. The story follows the hapless Norman (Sami Loris), as he depressingly moves through life until he is hit by the car of the beautiful young Jennifer (Manon Kahle), who's got some troubles of her own. The two hit it off and spark up a nice relationship until a misunderstanding with Jennifer's boorish on-off boyfriend (Philipp Rafferty) is the last straw in a series of events leading Norman to some dark thoughts. Norman answers an add for a group where four strangers agree to commit suicide together, but it takes a turn for the
- 7/14/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
[Our thanks to Matthew Grinshpun for the following review.]
Norman (Sami Loris) is a loser. His romantic life is an unremitting parade of catastrophes, his dreams of songwriting glory are hopelessly distant, and he is haunted by a nagging wish to turn his handgun on himself. He is about to do just that when Jennifer (Manon Kahle), a perky blonde waitress stuck in her own particularly dire straits, comes careening into his life. Actually, she runs over him with her car.
Norman (Sami Loris) is a loser. His romantic life is an unremitting parade of catastrophes, his dreams of songwriting glory are hopelessly distant, and he is haunted by a nagging wish to turn his handgun on himself. He is about to do just that when Jennifer (Manon Kahle), a perky blonde waitress stuck in her own particularly dire straits, comes careening into his life. Actually, she runs over him with her car.
- 7/12/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
Fantasia Film Festival 2009 - World Premiere Must Love Death Directed by Andreas Schaap Offhand, it's difficult to think of another film that features both a "meet cute" and a nail gun, but in his first feature, Andreas Schaap manages to unite the two. Must Love Death, for better or worse, belongs to a genre of one: the torture porn romantic comedy. It also serves as an outsider's view of American pop culture, being as it is directed and written by a German (with a mostly-German cast and crew) - it's the surrealist Dancer in the Dark, if you will. (To be fair, though, Schaap doesn't seem to share Von Trier's deathly fear of flight, as most of the film was actually shot in New York.) After a raunchy opening scene lets us know we're in for a bumpy ride, the film's first 45 minutes alternate between the most banal romcom imaginable - a sadsack musician,...
- 7/9/2009
- by Simon
- SoundOnSight
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