Oslo, 1987. 17-year-old Euronymous is determined to escape his traditional upbringing and becomes fixated on creating 'true Norwegian black metal' with his band Mayhem. He mounts shocking publicity stunts to put the band's name on the map, but the lines between show and reality start to blur. Arson, violence and a vicious murder shock the nation that is under siege by these Lords of Chaos.... (Full plot summary below)
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Oslo, 1987. 17-year-old Euronymous is determined to escape his traditional upbringing and becomes fixated on creating 'true Norwegian black metal' with his band Mayhem. He mounts shocking publicity stunts to put the band's name on the map, but the lines between show and reality start to blur. Arson, violence and a vicious murder shock the nation that is under siege by these Lords of Chaos.
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| Washington City PaperMatt CohenLords of Chaos is well acted and worth watching for anyone with a passing interest in the source material, but Åkerlund's subtle direction fails to conjure much tension or sense of dread-something sorely needed to tell this story. |
| Screen InternationalNikki BaughanDespite the film’s inherent shock value, Lords Of Chaos still manages to successfully mine the explosive psychology of adolescent angst - even if the horror movie aesthetics occasionally threatens to overwhelm proceedings. |
| Screen ZealotsLouisa MooreFilms don't often leave me speechless but after the final credits rolled, I was so stunned and shocked that I felt like kicking a baby and running to a back alley to throw up. |
| Sight and SoundAnton Bitela painful, often devilishly funny look at male adolescent insecurity and idiocy. |
| AV ClubKatie RifeÅkerlund’s understanding is more like contempt, in a film that downplays the bigotry of the Norwegian black metal scene and shrugs off the severity of its actions with a “boys will be boys” approach that has no reverence for the scene, but doesn’t provide any insight into it, either. |
| Flickering MythShaun MunroThough a little overdone in places, Lords of Chaos is a fascinating, suitably bleak window into a most infamous and disturbing corner of music history. |
| CineuropaKaleem AftabIntriguing, well-acted and impressively crafted story. |
| The WeekEve TushnetDirector Jonas Åkerlund handles this cruel and sad material with sensitivity. He lets you laugh at Euronymous' pretensions and his Mean Girls-style cruelties, and makes you recoil from the destruction and desecration the band promoted. |
| Birth.Movies.Death.Russ FischerLords of Chaos puts the tale on a big stage, transforming the early days of "true Norwegian black metal" into an energetically entertaining account of partnership, identity, and betrayal even as it includes all the (very literally) gory details. |
| User ReviewKatie PI have been going to Sundance religiously for 10 years and in that time I have never seen a film that impacted me quite like this film did. It has been three months and I still think about it daily. It is raw and shocking in how very REAL it all feels. It is so beautifully and poignantly acted. The performances by Culkin, Cohen, and Kilmer are so refreshingly true, and as an actor I was so inspired by their performances. I cannot wait to watch it again (AND AGAIN.) |
