Amsterdamned

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Claudio C Amsterdamned (1988) A Great Dutch Thriller That Has Not Aged (11,772 – 18 Jun 2025 – by Claudio Carvalho) When a prostitute (Barbara Martijn) is captured by a diver in one Amsterdam canal, her body appears later hanging on a bridge. The efficient Detective Eric Visser (Huub Stapel), who raises his teenage daughter Anneke (Tatum Dagelet) alone, goes to the crime scene to investigate the murder scene. His partner Potter (Tanneke Hartzuiker) interviews a beggar, who claims that a black monster left the canal to kill the woman. Soon other victims appear dead in the canals and Visser and his partner Vermeer (Serge-Henri Valcke) realize that there is a diver serial killer in Amsterdam. Visser visits a diving club, where he meets Laura (Monique van de Ven) and invites her for a drink. However, her friend and psychologist Martin Ruysdael (Hidde Maas) arrives at the bar and invites her to a play and Laura leaves Visser in the bar. Laura becomes the romantic interest of Visser, while the serial-killer proceeds his crime spree. The mayor presses the chief of police that says that Visser is his best detective for the case. Who might be the killer? “Amsterdamned” (1988) is a great Dutch thriller that has not aged after so many years. The police story is great, with a serial-killer that attacks his victims diving below the several canals in Amsterdam. The scene with speedboats of Detective Eric Visser chasing the serial killer through the several canals in the city is still amazing since was made in a period before CGI. This film is not a masterpiece because of the poor conclusion, which is rushed with an unexpected character. But anyway, it is worthwhile watching this movie. In Brazil, it was released on VHS in the 80’s and was very successful. My vote is eight. Title (Brazil): “Caçada no Canal da Morte” (“Hunting in the Death Canal”) My Blog: https://maniacosporfilme.wordpress.com/ Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/19/25 Full Review babarizam D This movie is ok to kill the time but everything about it is bad. Sense of seriousness is not there and dialogue delivery is flat Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/08/25 Full Review a.l.jude p Comparatively, better suspense movie to English made ones. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review marco b A killer is creatively knocking off tourist in everyone's favourite European city. A lot of this film deals with scuba diving in the canals. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Plays more like a murder mystery than the slasher film it pretends to be. But it's got a fairly unique story, some impressive set-pieces and a pretty charismatic protagonist. Plus the gorgeous locations really go a long way. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/10/20 Full Review Audience Member Extremely likable horror film whose Amsterdam shooting locations impart an uncommonly cozy feeling. Surrounding the kills with creative set pieces and compelling chase scenes will undoubtedly help endear this distinctively Dutch production to all but the most hardcore genre fans. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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