Kinderfänger (series)

***Kinderfänger*** is a 2020 live-action horror web television series released by Crypt TV. It is written by Aaron Burgess and Matt Golad, directed by Bridger Nielson, and released by Crypt TV. It stars Angel Theory, Alexander Neher, Aiden Burkett, and Dmitrious Bistrevsky.

The series consists of ten episodes that aired weekly on Crypt TV's Facebook Watch page and website. The series premiered on October 30th, 2020 with "Nightmare at West End", and concluded on January 1st, 2021 with "Small Beginnings".

## Plot

The series follows a deaf woman named Olivia, who is a music teacher in her town. When another student of her's goes missing, she goes out to search for him, only to learn that he has been taken by an ancient evil force known as The Kinderfänger, who can control the minds of children through the song he plays from his pipe. Desperate to save her students, Olivia discovers she may hold the key to defeating the monster, who is assembling an army of troubled souls.

## Production

The series was announced on October 12th, 2020, and confirmed that Walking Dead alum Angel Theory was cast as the lead.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Angel Theory as Olivia Walker, a deaf music teacher who communicates through spoken language and ASL. Olivia is able to hear the song of The Kinderfänger, despite being an adult, and seeks to defeat him so she can rescue her students. When she was a child, Olivia was sexually abused by her grandfather, until one day she stabbed him and slit his throat with a box cutter. Her mother, enraged by what Olivia had done, covered up the murder and continued to deny the abuse Olivia had suffered. Olivia manages to kill the Kinderfänger in Episode 9, but accidentally impaled herself on the pipe she used to stab him with. In the season finale, Olivia goes back to her mother's house and, in a confrontation with her mother, rips out her hearing aids and berates her mother for not having her back and tormenting her. She grabs her mother's rosary and chokes her with it before passing out on the floor. Olivia's rage and sorrow, combined with the strange tar that has entered her body, causes the Kinderfänger to possess her, and she becomes the Kinderfänger's new host.
	+ Aliyah Harris as Young Olivia
* Alexander Neher as Wallace Brown, a man who seeks to stop The Kinderfänger. When Wallace was eight, his brother Avery was abducted by The Kinderfänger, and killed and ate their parents. Wallace was broken by the experience, and sought to find The Kinderfänger in order to avenge his family.
* Aiden Burkett as Marcus Jones, a deaf twelve year old boy who is one of Olivia's students. Marcus lives in an abusive household and confides in Olivia about his abuse before he is abducted by The Kinderfänger.
* Dmitrious Bistrevsky as The Kinderfänger or "The Piper", a malevolent entity that is abducting and controlling the children of Olivia's town. The monster plays a special flute that can control the minds of any children who hear it, and is picking off the neglected children in the town to feed on their sorrows. He is stabbed to death by Olivia, who drives his pipe through his heart, but she is impaled on the pipe as well and some of his essence goes inside her. After Olivia kills her mother, her rage and sorrow combined with the tar in her body allows The Kinderfänger possesses her and take over her body.

### Supporting Cast

* Andi Chapman as Constance Walker, Olivia's middle-aged mother with whom she lives with and cares for. Constance is verbally and emotionally abusive to Olivia, using the fact that she helped to pay for Olivia's hearing aids to keep her in debt to her. It is revealed that Constance treats Olivia this way because Olivia murdered Constance's father for sexually abusing her, after Constance failed to do anything about the abuse because she believed Olivia was lying.
* Summer Kenyon as Ana, a little girl who went missing in the 1940s.
* Lonzo Liggins as Grandpa Walker, who sexually abused Olivia after her mother let him move in with her. Olivia later killed him by stabbing him to death with a box cutter.
* Joni Mann as Tracy, Olivia's friend who works with her at the music studio.
* Jagger Woolstenhulme as Darren Campbell, a young boy who was hypnotized by The Kinderfänger. In Episode 3, he kills his parents.
* Eduardo Barboza
* David Essuman
* Jace Jepperson

## Crew

 Cinematography
 Composer

## Gallery

### Trailer

KINDERFANGER SERIES TRAILER (2020) - Crypt TV

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Crypt Monsters. "KINDERFANGER Episode 1 | Nightmare at West End | By Crypt Monsters." Facebook Watch, Crypt Monsters; October 30th, 2020.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Crypt Monsters. "KINDERFANGER Episode 10 |Small Beginnings | By Crypt Monsters." Facebook Watch, Crypt Monsters; January 1st, 2021.
3. ↑ Merrett, Robyn. "The Haunting of Bly Manor and 11 More Horror Series to Binge (If You Dare)." People; October 12th, 2020.
4. ↑ Merrett, Robyn. "The Haunting of Bly Manor and 11 More Horror Series to Binge (If You Dare)." People; October 12th, 2020.
5. ↑ https://sea.ign.com/news/165074/kinderfanger-exclusive-poster-reveal-for-crypt-tv-and-facebook-watch-horror-series
6. ↑ Crypt Monsters. "KINDERFANGER Episode 2 | Old Wounds | By Crypt Monsters." Facebook Watch, Crypt Monsters; November 6th, 2020.
7. ↑ Crypt Monsters. "KINDERFANGER Episode 3 | When The Dying Starts | By Crypt Monsters." Facebook Watch, Crypt Monsters; November 13th, 2020.
8. ↑ Crypt Monsters. "KINDERFANGER Episode 4 | Gone Boy | By Crypt Monsters." Facebook Watch, Crypt Monsters; November 20th, 2020.
9. ↑ Crypt Monsters. "KINDERFANGER Episode 5 | Gone Boy | By Crypt Monsters." Facebook Watch, Crypt Monsters; November 27th, 2020.
10. ↑ Crypt Monsters. "KINDERFANGER Episode 6 | Paper Trails | By Crypt Monsters." Facebook Watch, Crypt Monsters; December 4th, 2020.
11. ↑ Crypt Monsters. "KINDERFANGER Episode 7 | Box Cutter | By Crypt Monsters." Facebook Watch, Crypt Monsters; December 11th, 2020.
12. ↑ Crypt Monsters. "KINDERFANGER Episode 8 | The Labyrinth | By Crypt Monsters." Facebook Watch, Crypt Monsters; December 11th, 2020.
13. ↑ Crypt Monsters. "KINDERFANGER Episode 9 |Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down | By Crypt Monsters." Facebook Watch, Crypt Monsters; December 25th, 2020.