Amsterdamned

1988 [DUTCH]

Action / Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

8
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 55% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 55% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 10770 10.8K

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Plot summary

A mysterious diver hiding in Amsterdam's canal system embarks on a rampage of gruesome murders, terrifying city officials and leaving few clues for the city's best detective, who doesn't suspect that both his new girlfriend and twelve-year-old daughter may be closer than he is to finding the killer.

Director

Dick Maas Photo
Dick Maas

Top cast

Monique van de Ven Photo
Monique van de Ven as Laura
Koos van der Knaap Photo
Koos van der Knaap as Environmentalist #1
Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh Photo
Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh as Onderduiker
Huub Stapel Photo
Huub Stapel as Eric Visser
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.02 GB
1280*714
Dutch 2.0
NR
Subtitles nl  
23.976 fps
1 hr 53 min
Seeds 3
1.89 GB
1920*1072
Dutch 2.0
NR
Subtitles nl  
23.976 fps
1 hr 53 min
Seeds 24

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by gridoon 7 / 10

A surprise from Holland...

Reviewed by HorrorFan1984 8 / 10

Amsterdamned

A serial killer is stalking victims in the famous Amsterdam canals. Can a young detective save the city from being Amsterdamned?The films opens with a very convincing stalking scene with an unknown assailant swimming around the canals. The monster claims their first victim, a prostitute who is walking the dark, desolate streets late one night. She is brutally stabbed and then strung up in the canals for a tour group to find the next morning while their boat rides through. We meet a police detective named Visser who is assigned to the caseVisser investigates a local scuba diving facility where he meets a beautiful woman named Laura. They spark a relationship immediately. Meanwhile, the serial killer claims a few more victims along the way. Most are stabbed and dragged into the canal to die. Visser begins to feel the pressure from the police commissioner and mayor as they are terrified what these murders will do for the public image and tourism in Amsterdam. Will Visser stop the psychopath?I really like Amsterdamned a lot as a late 80's slasher for many reasons. One, the filming locations. I found the canals and dark alleys/streets surrounding it to be an eerily perfect place for the killer to stalk their victims. Another is that the POV stalking scenes of the killer are top notch. They are done in such a creepy way, Dick Maas deserves a lot of credit for the work on them. They create a lot of on the edge of your seat tension and terror. Also, this movie looks REALLY good for being done in 1988 in terms of picture quality. The one major negative for me was killer reveal and the ending. It all just felt a bit rushed.I highly recommend Amsterdamned to any horror fan. It is a slick and high quality late 80's slasher flick with amazing stalking POV scenes and some gore as well. The ending is a bit of a mess for me, but the acting and scares makes this a must see.8/10
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