Lords of Chaos (film)

Lords of Chaos
The silhouettes of three black metal performers with their arms raised stand in front of a burning church.
British theatrical release poster
Directed byJonas Åkerlund
Screenplay by
  • Dennis Magnusson
  • Jonas Åkerlund
Based on
Produced by
  • Kwesi Dickson
  • Danny Gabai
  • Jim Czarnecki
  • Erik Gordon
  • Jack Arbuthnott
  • Kō Mori
Starring
CinematographyPär M. Ekberg
Edited byRickard Krantz
Music bySigur Rós
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 23 January 2018 (2018-01-23) (Sundance)
  • 8 February 2019 (2019-02-08) (United States)
  • 29 March 2019 (2019-03-29) (United Kingdom)
  • 5 April 2019 (2019-04-05) (Sweden)
Running time
118 minutes
Countries
LanguageEnglish
Box office$343,402[1]

Lords of Chaos is a 2018 biographical horror thriller film[3] directed and co-written by Jonas Åkerlund. Adapted from the 1998 book of the same name, the film is a historical fiction account of the early 1990s Norwegian black metal scene told from the perspective of Mayhem co-founder Euronymous. It stars Rory Culkin as Euronymous, Emory Cohen as Varg Vikernes, Jack Kilmer as Dead, and Sky Ferreira as Ann-Marit.

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 23 January 2018. It was released in the United States on 8 February 2019 by Gunpowder & Sky, in the United Kingdom on 29 March 2019 by Arrow Films and in Sweden on 5 April 2019 by Nordisk Film. It received positive reviews from critics, but was met with polarizing reception from audiences within the metal community.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Lords of Chaos (2019) – Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Lords of Chaos (2019)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019.
  3. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (28 March 2019). "Lords of Chaos review – distressingly violent black-metal horror". The Guardian.