Doctor Omega
Member: Rank 10
Lords of Chaos
Director: Jonas Akerlund (“Spun,” “Horsemen”)
Cast: Rory Culkin, Emory Cohen, Sky Ferreira, Jack Kilmer
Details: Music video and indie director Jonas Akerlund helms this tale about a teenager’s quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1980s – resulting in a very violent outcome. Shot early last year in Norway, this “millennial Trainspotting” is a collaboration of VICE Films and Insurgent.
It has also come under fire from actual Norwegian black metal bands, including the key one at the story’s center – Mayhem. The band have slammed both Michael Moynihan’s 1998 novel which serves as source material, and the production itself for “going behind the backs” of the actual band members. So while actors are playing members of the band, don’t expect to hear their actual music in the film.