Andreas Bethmann is a German film director, producer, and

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. Beginning his career making horror films, Bethmann moved on to

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in the late 1990s, and then to fusions of the two genres, which typically feature prolonged scenes of

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, torture, and gore. His style of filmmaking has been compared to those of

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(who made

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s in several of Bethmann's projects). Along with making films, Bethmann distributes them through the label X-Rated Kultvideo, acts as editor for magazines such as ''X-Rated'' and ''Art of Horror'', and has authored a number of books, including ''Deep Wet Torture Handbook,

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. Chronicles, Jess Franco Chronicles, Deep Red Gore Handbook: Die 100 blutigsten Horrorfilme,

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''.

Partial filmography

Bethmann's films are usually released in multiple versions, such as censored or

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s. While his work is predominantly straight and lesbian-themed, a few of his films have had male on male scenes, examples of these being ''Notgeile Knastjulen zur Unzucht erzogen'' and ''Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bethmann, Andreas Living people German male film actors Horror film directors German magazine editors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors Film distributors (people) German film score composers German male film score composers German pornographic film directors German pornographic film producers German magazine publishers (people) 1970 births Directors of lesbian pornographic films