A 7-minute fever dream about the most cursed movie prop you'll ever meet.
Author Kier-La Janisse on the strange and fascinating story behind one of Schramm's most memorable props.
Direction
Janisse turns a prop into legitimately compelling documentary subject.
Production
The doll's backstory is somehow MORE disturbing than its screen use.
Director
Kier-La Janisse
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Schramm (1993) is Jörg Buttgereit's portrait of a necrophiliac serial killer; the doll became its most infamous image, blurring exploitation and genuine pathos.
The prop was so specifically constructed that it apparently developed a 'fan following' among collectors of extreme cinema memorabilia—yes, that's a real community.
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