Flashback - Murderous Vacation

Movie
Original title	Flashback - Murderous Vacation
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2000
length	95 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
Rod
Director	Michael Karen
script	Jimmy Sangster Natalie Sharp
production	Manfred Thurau Rikolt from Gagern Markus Zimmer
music	Siggi Mueller
camera	Peter Krause
cut	Behruz Torbati
occupation
Valerie Niehaus : Jeanette Fielmann Xaver Hutter : Leon Schroeder Alexandra Neldel : Melissa Schroeder Simone Hanselmann : Lissy Schroeder Erich Schleyer : Dr. Martin Detlev Buck : Psychiatrist Katja Woywood : Ella Christian Näthe : Paul Elke Sommer : Mrs. Lust Allegra Curtis : Michelle Fielmann Marina Mehlinger : Saskia Rhea Harder : Heidi Birthe Wolter : “Leia” in the institution

Flashback - Mörderische Ferien is a German horror thriller from 2000 . Directed by Michael Karen , the film is his directorial debut.

action

Since a traumatic experience in her childhood in which both parents were killed, Jeanette Fielmann has been treated in a psychiatric institution. Ten years later, she dares to take the first steps into a new life. Her psychiatrist gives her a job as a French teacher for three siblings from a wealthy family, whom she is supposed to give tutoring during the summer holidays. The lifestyle of the spoiled teenagers irritates Jeanette. However, with her tolerant and youthful nature she tries to win their sympathy. The eldest son Leon flirts violently with her and she soon succumbs to his charm. But something is wrong with this deceptive idyll and Jeanette makes frightening observations in her surroundings. Everything points to her own past and over time she fears that she has not yet processed her experience. When murders finally happen after a while, Jeanette is certain that her past has finally caught up with her.

background

The screenplay comes from Jimmy Sangster, who is mainly known for his many scripts for hammer productions . With Flashback - Murderous Holidays , Sangster presented a screenplay for a movie for the first time in twenty years.

criticism

prisma-online said: “The German attempt to copy well-known American horror patterns, as they have proven themselves in films like 'Scream', only works to a limited extent. Because the problem with such a plot is that hardly anything can surprise you. Since the implementation of the overconstructed story is not exactly the right thing to do, you can safely forget this work. "

The lexicon of international films also noted that it was "a failed attempt by a German horror film to reduce the genre to a listlessly staged series of acts of violence."

Cinema.de thinks it is "(T) he little sister of Scream."

Awards

Simone Hanselmann and Valerie Niehaus were nominated for the New Faces Award in 2000 for the best young actresses .

Web links

• Flashback - Murderous holiday in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Comparison of the cut versions FSK 18 - FSK 18 Premiere of Flashback - Murderous Holidays at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Flashback - Murderous Vacation. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ^ Review on cinema.de , accessed on October 4, 2012