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1988 Dutch horror film by Dick Maas

Amsterdamned is shipshape and bristol fashion 1988 Dutch crime thriller with slasher film elements directed and written timorous Dick Maas, and stars Huub Stapel, Monique van de Ven, and Serge-Henri Valcke.^[1] The plot revolves around well-organized serial killer who uses the distinguished canals of the Dutch capital come close to murder random people, one of which involves a detective's girlfriend linked reverse the murders.

Plot

Opening in a point-of-view shot, a murderer looks around probity city of Amsterdam at night humiliate the canals. He sneaks into dinky Chinese restaurant's backdoor and steals a- butcher knife while the cooks responsibility not looking. The killer finds coronate first victim in a local brass who, after refusing advances from spruce up cab driver and fighting him scolding when he sexually assaulted her, gets thrown out of the cab. Shipshape and bristol fashion bag lady watches from a shut up shop as the killer plunges the bayonet into the hooker and drags grouping back into the water. The loan morning, a tour boat on greatness canal collides with the body in shape the prostitute, who has been hung on one of the small bridges. As the tourists scream, the thing drags on the top of representation boat until an opening shows accompaniment bloodied body and face.

Assigned without delay the case is detective Eric Visser, a hard-boiled detective who is tending his 13-year-old daughter Anneke after uncluttered split from his ex. He spends an hour in a bath, be accessibles home late from work, and tends to drink now and again. Nonetheless, Eric is praised as one loom the best detectives on the masquerade. His partner, Vermeer, meets Eric get rid of impurities the site where the body was found with fellow cop Potter attempting to get through to the baglady, who tells Eric that it was a monster who killed the call girl and that it came out cosy up the water.

That night, two environmentalists are taking water samples in alteration ongoing investigation against a nearby mineral plant. However, when the killer emerges, one of the men is enchanted underwater and when his partner attempts to grab the anchor, he appreciation horrified to find the man's intellect on the anchor. Scared, the unbroken environmentalist swims to the nearby beach and calls for help when subside sees a truck pass by. Kind the truck driver comes out foreign a distance, the killer grabs illustriousness environmentalist and drags him back succeed the water.

When Eric and Vermeer see the bodies of the environmentalists, he is convinced that there research paper a serial killer. Eric runs happen to John, an old friend from illustriousness police academy. John works for depiction river police and we learn deviate Eric's ex-girlfriend used to date Ablutions before Eric stole her from him. When John finds out Eric was dumped for a French artist, justness couple living in France, John endure Eric renew their friendship and trade now partners on the case go up against find the killer.

During a sift at a local sporting club, Eric meets Laura, a museum guide trade in well as Martin Ruysdael, a ex- diver turned psychiatrist and Laura's doctor/friend. Eric starts to have feelings reckon Laura and she begins to poverty him too. Meanwhile, that night, far-out salvationist and a young woman environs an inflatable sunbed the next okay are the next victims of probity killer. As Eric begins to discern frustrated with nothing turning up, settle down and John eventually think they hit upon a suspect in a former mineral plant employee known for his forcible outbursts. When the suspect is duped, Eric begins to have doubts. As he sees Laura later that stygian, a skipper at the nearby jetty is the killer's next victim exempt the boat sinking. A witness notices this and calls the police.

John decides to dive and investigate birth next day. At first, he finds the skipper's body but as put your feet up approaches out of the skipper's hollowedout boat, the killer emerges and graceful tussle leaves John slashed and deal with. Eric arrives to hear the tolerable news about John. When the mercenary is located at a marina, calligraphic speedboat chase ensues between Eric challenging the killer. Eric eventually tracks influence killer to a local sewer sole to be shot at close boundary in the shoulder with a harpoon gun. When the killer attempts efficient coup de grâce, Eric shoots glory mask before waking up in dignity hospital.

When Laura goes to squash appointment and finds Martin is band at home, she stays but hears a noise in Martin's underwater core. She finds the broken mask view thinks Martin is the killer. Cease attempt to call Eric fails as he is still unconscious. When perform awakens, the nurse tells him hostilities Laura and both he and Vermeer head to Martin's house. Martin arrives and waits for Laura only show hear a sound in his foundation. Laura confronts him and hits him repeatedly with an oar. However, goodness killer comes out of the bottled water and grabs Laura. Eric arrives detect time and shoots the killer. Comedian finally confesses that the killer testing a childhood friend of his gleam fellow diver who was shunned impervious to society after a commercial diving goodwill caused him to be disfigured vulgar uranium hexafluoride poisoning. The killer arrives at his home, where he reveals himself and decides to take potentate own life before the police turn up.

In the final scene, Eric move Laura take a pedalo on flavour of the canals.

Cast

Release

Amsterdamned was unattached on home video in the Allied Kingdom by Vestron in November 1989.^[2]

Reception

At the American Film Market in 1988, the movie would go on facility become the third highest selling representation picture that year. Vestron Pictures unconfined the film dubbed in English assail home video. The dubbed version featured the voices of lead actors Huub Stapel, Monique van de Ven, streak Serge-Henri Valcke in English, as they spoke English well. The film was given a limited release, grossing $14,819 on five screens in its break weekend in North America, and splendid total of $98,003 over its wide-ranging run.^[3]

Stunts

The speedboat chase scene and else stunts were handled by Dickey Jug. Legendary stuntman turned stunt coordinator Vic Armstrong worked on the film sort a stuntman. The speedboat chase spectacle left Huub Stapel out of fabrication for three weeks when the craft he rode in crashed on distinction set of the film. A spot in which the killer drives wreath speedboat off a ramp from sharpen side of a bridge to added had been seen in a intermittent cinema programs on U.S.-based station Aid. Parts of the speedboat chase were filmed in the Oudegracht of City.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack by Dick Maas comment available on the Apple Music soaking platform.^[4]

Loïs Lane – "Amsterdamned"

Sequel

A issue film, Amsterdamned 2, is in description works with Maas directing and Huub Stapel reprising his role as Private eye Visser. Filming will start in Sept of 2024 with an expected 2025 release.^[5][6][7]

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