Michael

Austrian casting director Markus Schleinzer made his writing and directing debut with this disturbing character study about the banality of evil. A young man who leads an apparently normal life to the outside world is actually a pedophile holding a young boy hostage in his basement. Schleinzer has made a horror film that's based on reality which is more disturbing and frightening than any traditional horror films can be. The fact the pedophile could be your neighbor or co-worker is what Schleinzer attempts to show that evil is far closer than we are comfortable with. While the story is set in Europe, it could be anywhere in the world and current as the Jaycee Dugard case proved. 1001 Films' coverage of films on DVD.