Das Komabrutale Kifferduell (2002)

Das Komabrutale Kifferduell (2002) - Germany

Directed by: "Kiffer Ditsch"

ABOUT THE FILM:

Before I start, I would like to state that this film is completely different from Das Komabrutale Duell, which was made before this film by a different director, named Heiko Fipper. Das Komabrutale Kifferduell is a 22-minute short that was made in 2002 by fans of the original Heiko Fipper film.

Das Komabrutale Kifferduell is a very loosely connected series of murder scenes. We see people getting killed by maniacs in Ghostface and Michael Jackson masks, and we follow up with scenes of teenagers smoking pot and then killing each other.. all because of their disturbed childhoods (according to the back of the box, anyway).

REVIEW:

I will be taking this review in a different direction, as I present to you..

How Not To Make a Movie! (In 8 Steps)

-Step 1:

Make sure that you shoot your film in the order you wish to present it and avoid edits; let the camera linger on the action. Shaking the camera constantly to annoy your viewers and give them headaches makes for extra points!

-Step 2:

Anyone starring in your film must suck at acting.

-Step 3:

You're working with a tight budget. In order to cut corners, borrow the family Hi-8 camcorder and dig out old Halloween costumes.

-Step 4:

To achieve making high-end, A-class special effects, legs that are to be cut off should consist of hay and cardboard boxes stuffed inside of a pair of jeans. Blood may consist of watered down ketchup and chocolate sauce, and squibs can be made with firecrackers.

-Step 5:

So that the viewer doesn't get confused at your jumbled mess of a story, make sure that you narrate the action behind the camera while rolling, and make no effort to stifle laughter while filming the grisly gore effects.

-Step 6:

Let's face it, hiring someone to score your film or even earning the rights to use music in your film costs money. In order to avoid this, simply play music off of a speaker behind the camera.

-Step 7:

???

-Step 8:

PROFIT!

Congratulations! You have completed your festering pile of manure!

For the longest time, I never thought that horror movies could get any more amateurish. I've long since been proven wrong, but Das Komabrutale Kifferduell still stands strong as one of the worst amateur films I've ever seen in my life. But come to think of it, I want to believe that this was purposely made to be bad. I have two reasons to back up this claim.

For starters, the back of the DVD cover states that they couldn't show any screenshots, due to the graphic nature of the film. This is an obvious bait, almost as if they wanted to really sell the unsuspecting viewer. And secondly, when doing research, I found a review of another film they did on a long-defunct amateur film website. The film in question was apparently created in 2004 and titled The Newtown Insanity Massacre. According to the reviewer, Newtown was vastly superior to Kifferduell, featuring a coherent story and awesome splatter effects. Unfortunately, that film hasn't seen the light of day, as only a handful of screeners were sent out back then. I would probably have more luck getting this film if the credits in Kifferduell weren't completely made up of fake names. Maybe some day...

Until then, I can only write off Kifferduell as a big joke, as it was likely intended to be.

...Or maybe it is just a big piece of crap.

RELEASES:

-Das Komabrutale Kifferduell was originally released on VHS by DDSP Productions in 2002, and was strictly limited to 100 copies.

Pictured below is the only existing image of the cover for the lost Newtown video, along with a recreation of the cover I made.