Horror Vacui

Horror Vacui 1984 Directed by Rosa von Praunheim

Shot in a neo-expressionist style, the film is a satire on cults of any kind. The plot follows Frankie and Hannes, a young gay couple living in Berlin. One is studying art and the other medicine. Their happy life is disrupted when Frankie attends a lecture and quickly becomes involved in a sinister cult operating as a self-help group called “Optimal Optimism”. Madame C, a former Nazi party member, is the leader of Optimal Optimism. When the cult members discovers that Frankie is gay, he is repeatedly raped by both men and women of the group. Hannes must find a way to rescue him.

Country Germany

Production Country Germany

Language German

Spoken Language German

Gnere Horror

Production Companies WDR , Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion

Release Date 27 September 1984

85 mins