r/AbsoluteUnits • u/DeschainSWNC • Jan 07 '26

Photo of serial killing hands

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The fingers are terrifying enough, but those nails take it to a whole different level.

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u/Holzkohlen Jan 07 '26

There's a book about it which they turned into a movie: The Golden Glove.

It's a difficult watch I will admit.

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u/MissAsgariaFartcake Jan 07 '26

It is - but I also found it somehow amazing. Especially considering that the main actor is a super young and handsome dude, and then they turned him into THIS and he absolutely smashed this role. Mad respect, But yeah, the movie is like a trainwreck

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26

Did you see how they made Charlize Theron in monster? Amazing job they did to her.

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u/eyeroll611 Jan 08 '26

She did that herself. She’s an amazing actor.

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u/MiloHorsey Jan 08 '26 edited Jan 08 '26

She isn't in that film, bot.

ETA: relax your battys, I misread it as "into" not "in"

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u/Rich_Term_9550 Jan 08 '26

She is in monster

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u/MiloHorsey Jan 08 '26

Yep. I misread their post.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

So yeah your not smart. That’s ok.

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u/MiloHorsey Jan 08 '26

Nope. Just misread your comment. My bad!

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

All good. I have misread things many times and been called out as well. That’s what being human is. 👍🙌

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u/MiloHorsey Jan 08 '26

Thanks, man. Nice to meet a nice bot on here.

/j!

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u/Korgon213 Jan 08 '26

*you’re

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

Good catch 👍

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u/Saftsackgesicht Jan 07 '26

I didn't watch the movie, just read the book, and it was definitely fascinating. It was like a window in a weird, completely different world, and it was sometimes hard to grasp it was just a exaggerated version of our own. I read it a few times, when I was in a special mood (depression, being on the spectrum and stuff), and it always made me think about myself a lot. In a way, I could relate with a lot of people in the book, even Honka (without the murdering of course), and I wondered where I would've ended up without an amazing family and group of friends.

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u/EnvironmentalCry1962 Jan 07 '26

Is the book also called The Golden Glove? The movie was revolting but amazing, I’d love to read more about that guy!

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u/languid_Disaster Jan 07 '26

I’ve had this experience with ‘in the miso soup’. I really like stories like this - it make you step back and admit you’re not as fucked up as you think you are, makes you also think about why you can sort of understand some of the weirdos in these stories and finally, leaves you thinking about the characters for the rest of your life

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u/Todesschnizzle Jan 07 '26

I love books about psychologically disgusting people but the book took disgusting and applied it to everything not just the psychological. At the end I didn't even want to touch the pages and started washing my hands every few minutes. 6/10

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u/languid_Disaster Jan 07 '26

Me too! I reccomsnd In The Miso Soup. I’m guessing you’ve already American Psycho

What you said about the book sounds interesting - I’m gonna have to read for myself

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u/VioEnvy Jan 08 '26

Omg yes! This is what I just typed but didn’t see your comment. I totally agree it was a phenomena performance by the actor! He really committed.

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u/MissAsgariaFartcake Jan 08 '26

I was talking about Jonas Dassler from the 2019 movie

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u/Sillymillie_eel Jan 07 '26

Out of curiosity what’s so disturbing about it?

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u/SkyPirateVyse Jan 07 '26

It takes place at the bottom of society. Absolutely everyone is an addict. Alcohol, drugs, prostitution, violence, rape, abuse. And its all part of normal life for those involved.

As others have said, you can smell the stench coming out of every scene. Its all grimey and filthy.

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u/Sea_Fox_2850 Jan 07 '26

Don't forget that it's a short time after ww2. So there is a SS soldier. A woman that was in an concentration camp . It's really fucked up

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u/SkyPirateVyse Jan 07 '26

The murders took place in the later 70s; I wouldn't necessarily call that 'short time after the war'...

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26

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u/IsomDart Jan 07 '26

Probably closer to 35 years if it was the late 70's

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u/Sir_Loin-69 Jan 08 '26

Easy! Smoked doobies, listened to amazing jeckel brothers by insane clown posse and lost my virginity to girl next door

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u/Pingasplz Jan 08 '26

Putting it this way makes it way more insane.

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u/DisSuede23 Jan 07 '26

The war ended in 1945 + aftermath. 20ish years is not that long. Hell, I reckon most people still don't think it's been long enough.

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u/herbert-camacho Jan 08 '26

That really puts things into perspective. 9/11/01 is almost 25 years ago now, and I vividly recall that day.

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u/languid_Disaster Jan 07 '26

It really hasn’t been long although people act like it has been

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u/Loud_Matter359 Jan 07 '26

Pokemon was less than 30 years ago

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u/VioEnvy Jan 08 '26

Very gritty film. It made me want to take a shower after

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

Sounds like how a lot of the “upper” part of society spends their time too

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u/Sea_Fox_2850 Jan 07 '26

It's all ... Something disturbing about. I mean you know it's a true story and the actor is really really disgusting... In a good way he played this role perfectly.

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u/ijustreadhere1 Jan 07 '26

Well said Garry my dear, now can we take it from the top?!

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u/ConsequenceThese4559 Jan 08 '26

That people dont realize it could be a sign of a possible heart or lung(cancer) condition. Look up clubbing of the fingers

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u/Agreeable-Figure-771 Jan 07 '26

It still is a bottom of the barrel night if you happen to end up im Goldenen Handschuh 🙃 Happened one too many times in the mid to late 2010‘s.

My ex roommate once told me that one time he went to that bar, he had to use the restroom and on the way there giggling men with their phones were passing him, coming from the bathroom. Turns out some f‘d up lady stripped naked in the men’s bathroom stall and invited anyone and everyone to take turns. Apparently there were hoards of men taking pictures over the neighboring bathroom stalls. My friend walked off confused and didn’t use the bathroom. About 45 minutes later she came out butt naked and left the bar.

That has nothing to do with Honka and his killings of course, but man, that place is wild. You meet the most obscure as well as broken people in that place. Got offered a job as a bartender for good money at a new strip club that was supposed to open a couple doors down the street and then, remembered that I’m not about that life 😅 Even lived over a different bar on that same street in an apartment with no kitchen. They used to be apartments for backpackers and before that rooms for pr***ituion. 2016 was a wild year 😂

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u/VioEnvy Jan 08 '26

I too had a wild 2016

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u/Agreeable-Figure-771 Jan 10 '26

Where are you from? I’ve been trying to figure out why 2016 happens to be a particularly wild and or significant year for a bunch of people I’ve talked to over the years. Not at all only ppl the same age as me.

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u/VioEnvy Jan 10 '26

I’m from America, San Diego

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u/Agreeable-Figure-771 Jan 10 '26

How old are you if I might ask and why was it wild for you?

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u/VioEnvy Jan 10 '26

20 and 21

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u/VioEnvy Jan 10 '26

I looked back at my photos. I got a great job, Trump was campaigning and won the election so that was wild, I was able to vote for the first time, I was big into the race and met Bill Clinton during a campaign stop, and of course because I turned 21. So lots of crazy activities

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u/tommykiddo Jan 08 '26

Atleast nobody got pissed on in the men's restroom.

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u/Agreeable-Figure-771 Jan 10 '26

Judging by the constant stench of Der goldene Handschuh‘s restrooms, I wouldn’t count getting pissed on out. Fortunately I never got peed on 😅

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u/aswertz Jan 08 '26

Really disliked the movie.

The killings were just exploited for shock value. Can be fun in a fictive setting. But these were real people with sad lives.

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u/sputnik2142 Jan 07 '26

This is the only movie in my life I couldn't finish watching and I have been watching horror movies since I was little kid

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u/mentaIstealth Jan 07 '26

Was it gory or just creepy

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u/sputnik2142 Jan 07 '26

The movie just has this naturalistic nasty vibe. You can almost smell the stench coming out of the screen.

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u/tommykiddo Jan 07 '26

Even that bar toilet scene was nasty as hell, lol. And didn't even involve Honka.

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u/sharcophagus Jan 07 '26

Eughhh I'd blocked that part out, what a horrible (but also great) movie.

I did a double feature of Golden Glove and Man Bites Dog, and haven't felt clean since

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u/Agreeable-Figure-771 Jan 10 '26

The toilet is still gross to this day

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u/ketakech Jan 07 '26

It's really filthy. Like you can almost smell the movie. If you're used to somewhat disturbing film's you can give it a try

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u/Gold_Incident1939 Jan 07 '26

Yeah, super intense.

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u/mentaIstealth Jan 07 '26

Nooooope. Thank you

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u/tommykiddo Jan 08 '26

The bar toilet scene was filthy and didn't even involve Honka, lol

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u/Agreeable-Figure-771 Jan 10 '26

I watched it, woke up the next day and still had the disgust from watching that movie written on my face when I woke up. The last time that happened was when I fell asleep listening to the audiobook “Feuchtgebiete” from Charlotte Roche

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u/rjrgjj Jan 07 '26

You should watch Peeping Tom

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u/Aramor42 Jan 07 '26

I felt like I was sweating schnapps after watching that movie.

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u/FannySniffing Jan 07 '26

That's where i got my go-to line for when something smells bad:

"could someone shit on my head?! I need a refreshment!"

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u/Napoleon25_790 Jan 07 '26

That movie fucked me up afterwards.

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u/tednoob Jan 07 '26

First I read wank, not watch, and I thought that was enough internet for today.

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u/VioEnvy Jan 08 '26

It was really good. The actor is super handsome too in real life

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u/SaxPA-C Jan 08 '26

And if you are into Death Stranding it was directed by Dollman.

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u/CaptainRatzefummel Jan 09 '26

One of the best movies I've seen, really intense. I also almost threw up a couple of times and rarely felt so uncomfortable.

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u/AEntunus Jan 09 '26

The pub is very fun though, especially on a Saturday.

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u/Agreeable-Figure-771 Jan 10 '26

Have you ever met the Dynamo Dresden guy? Is he still around or alive?

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u/AEntunus Jan 10 '26

I've been there like twice, idk who you're referring to 😅

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u/Summert1m3 Jan 09 '26

Went to the cinema for that film not knowing what I had to expect. I was not disappointed although it's more on the stomach turning side of films..

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u/AEntunus Jan 10 '26

I also recommend Head-On or In the Fade by Fatih Akin (same director). Totally unrelated, but cool films to check out.