A German serial killer preys on boys and young men during the so-called years of crisis between the wars. Based on the true story of Fritz Haarmann, aka the Butcher of Hanover and the Vampire of Hanover.
It is beautifully and enthusiastically performed and it doesn't contain a single superfluous or redundant camera movement.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
rotten:
A nasty little melodrama, lurid and creepy and sometimes bordering on demented humor. It's the kind of movie we may not exactly enjoy, but we don't walk out on.