Starring: Erwin Leder, Silvia Rabenreither, Edith Rosset

Banned across Europe during its initial release due to its intense violence, Austrian filmmaker Gerald Kargl’s brutal and formally transgressive Angst remains one of horror’s most under-appreciated works of sick genius. Ostensibly a look at a homicide-filled day in the life of an unnamed serial killer fresh out of prison, it’s a chilling exercise in intimate, documentary-like sadism in the hands of an overlooked director whose biggest fan is none other than Gaspar Noé. See why for yourself as Brooklyn Horror presents a special 40th anniversary screening. —Matt Barone