Lords of Chaos

2018
16
1h 58m

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6.6/10

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A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1980s results in a violent outcome. 'Lords of Chaos' tells the true story of True Norwegian Black Metal and its most notorious practitioners - a group of young men with a flair for publicity, church-burning and murder: MAYHEM.

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A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the early 1990s results in a very violent outcome.A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the early 1990s results in a very violent outcome.A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the early 1990s results in a very violent outcome.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

21K

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POPULARITY

4,084

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 5 wins & 3 nominations total

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Featured review

7/10

Don't believe the haters

I didn't expect to like it, but it was pretty good! Brutal scenes and seemed to stay true to much of the information I've accrued over the years. Varg hates everything, but this seems to be more of his angle on what happened, which in general terms was that Euronymous was a "poser" and took credit for things that weren't his. Hey, it's a movie not a documentary. Only Varg really knows what happened that night and he's already told the his side of things. It's well made, entertaining, and very brutal at times. Give it an honest go and see what you think.

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Trivia
Anders Ohlin (Pelle 'Dead' Ohlin)'s brother was very supportive of the movie and one of the pairs of jeans that Jack Kilmer's character wears is a pair that belonged to Pelle. All of the other clothes were designed from scratch but those particular jeans were legitimate.

Goofs
When Dead commits suicide with the shotgun, the sound of an empty shell is heard bouncing around on the ground. He is using a break-open shotgun, which doesn't automatically eject spent shells.

Quotes
Euronymous: [standing over Dead with a shotgun] You know, there's a way out if you're so fucking depressed. One shot to the head and it's all over. No more pain.

Alternate versions
The US theatrical and DVD releases were cut for an R rating, toning down the gory violence of Dead's suicide, Faust's stabbing and Euronymous' murder. The unrated 'directors cut' version is only available on Blu-ray in the US. It runs for 118 minutes instead of 116 as per the R-rated version.