Lords of Chaos (film)

Lords of Chaos
British theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jonas Åkerlund
Screenplay by	Dennis Magnusson Jonas Åkerlund
Based on	Lords of Chaos by Michael Moynihan Didrik Søderlind
Produced by	Kwesi Dickson Danny Gabai Jim Czarnecki Erik Gordon Jack Arbuthnott Kō Mori
Starring	Rory Culkin Emory Cohen Jack Kilmer Sky Ferreira
Cinematography	Pär M. Ekberg
Edited by	Rickard Krantz
Music by	Sigur Rós
Production companies	Gunpowder & Sky[1] 20th Century Fox[1] Vice Films[1] Insurgent Media[1] Scott Free Films[1] RSA Films[1] Eleven Arts[1]
Distributed by	Arrow Films (United Kingdom) Gunpowder & Sky (United States) Nordisk Film (Sweden)
Release dates	23 January 2018 (2018-01-23) (Sundance) 8 February 2019 (2019-02-08) (United States) 29 March 2019 (2019-03-29) (United Kingdom) 5 April 2019 (2019-04-05) (Sweden)
Running time	118 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom[2] Sweden[2] United States[2]
Language	English
Box office	$343,402[1]

Lords of Chaos is a 2018 biographical horror thriller film^[3] directed and co-written by Jonas Åkerlund. Adapted from the 1998 book of the same name, the film is a historical fiction account of the early 1990s Norwegian black metal scene told from the perspective of Mayhem co-founder Euronymous. It stars Rory Culkin as Euronymous, Emory Cohen as Varg Vikernes, Jack Kilmer as Dead, and Sky Ferreira as Ann-Marit.

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 23 January 2018. It was released in the United States on 8 February 2019 by Gunpowder & Sky, in the United Kingdom on 29 March 2019 by Arrow Films and in Sweden on 5 April 2019 by Nordisk Film. It received positive reviews from critics, but was met with polarizing reception from audiences within the metal community.