DER FAN
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“The batshit German exploitation horror film you’ve been looking for.” —Vice “Eckhart Schmidt’s psychosexual portrait of teen girl fandom gone terribly wrong shows the extreme ramifications of a young mind staring into the abyss and finding only their fragile idolatry staring back.” —Screen Slate “A hard, cool-to-the-touch, and utterly riveting slow-burn psychological thriller that speaks to our age of parasocial obsession, featuring a sinister synth-pop soundtrack by Staiger’s own band, Rheingold.” —Rue Morgue Magazine Teenage angst and obsession are set to cold German synths in DER FAN, the absorbing tale of a girl’s unwavering popstar fandom that soon turns to madness. An entrancing minimalist take on pure pop fanaticism in the era of the Walkman. Shocking, sordid, ice-cold — meet your new cult favorite. Starring Desiree Nosbusch and Bodo Staiger of Reingold, featuring music from…
