Black Metal Veins

NC-17 6.1
2012 1 hr 32 min Documentary

Black Metal Veins unflinchingly documents the dark realities of despair and morbid self annihilation surrounding the lives of five heroin junkies. The addicts' intertwining stories of pain, loss, sadness, and abandonment lead the viewer down the agonizing and hideous path of horrifying psychological and spiritual destruction as the grim disease of heroin addiction infects and decays the bodies and minds of five young people.

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Reviews

Acensbart
2012/08/21

Excellent but underrated film

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Konterr
2012/08/22

Brilliant and touching

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Catangro
2012/08/23

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

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Griff Lees
2012/08/24

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

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