M and The Story of Criminals and Police Chasing a Murderous Pedophile.
M (1931) The Criterion Collection Poster Summary: In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert’s heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice. Synopsis & My review : (Warning, might contain spoilers) Just you wait, it won’t be long The man in black will soon be here With his Cleaver’s blade so true He will make mincemeat out of you! That is a song, sung by little kids while playing in a circle. It was a song about a murderer, that gradually shock the entire town for months because there are children who had been abducted and found murdered in the most horrendous way and the police haven’t able to capture or even suspect anyone. T