About Andreas Schnaas
Andreas Schnaas is a German director and actor working exclusively in the horror genre. Since he first appeared on the film scene in 1989, he has become a leader in Germany's ultra-violent low-budget horror film industry. He was the one of the first in a series of maverick directors making underground movies who began a sustained revival of German horror cinema post World War II. It was not until 1989, however, that Schnaas mustered together five thousand Deutsche Mark—enough to make his first full-length feature. Shot with his friends over four "extremely long" weekends, Schnaas' gory tale of "Karl the Butcher", entitled Violent Shit, went on to become Germany's first direct-to-video horror film.
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