The Avenger (1960)
Directed by Karl Anton
Genres - Mystery |
Sub-Genres - Crime Thriller, Docudrama, Sadistic Horror |
Run Time - 99 min. |
Countries - Germany |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
If you're into stories about disgruntled postal employees, you'll probably get an extra kick out of the gory German melodrama The Avenger. The "hero" is a criminal who uses the European mail services to (literally) dispatch his victims. First he slices off the heads of his enemies. Then he neatly packages up those heads and sends them through the mail. We'd like to say that he's foiled by insufficient postage, but we'd be fibbing.
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beheading, detective, homicidal-maniac, letter, starlet, decapitation, athlete, Jamaican [nationality], killing, maniac, murder, mutilation, serial-killer, training, mail
