Each of the Von Erich brothers — Kevin, David, Kerry, Mike and Chris — joined the family's wrestling dynasty, and most saw tragic ends Patriarch Fritz Von Erich led five of his sons — Kevin, David, ...
Credits: Directed by Sean Durkin, starring Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harrist Dickinson. Rating/Runtime: Rated R. Contains violence, profanity and drug use. 132 minutes. Where to watch: In ...
Inspired by a true story, “The Iron Claw” recounts the “curse” of the Von Erich brothers — Kevin (Zac Efron), Kerry (Jeremy Allen White), David (Harris Dickinson) and Mike (Stanley Simons) — who ...
Film after film, director Sean Durkin explores the dynamics of dysfunctional families, particularly ones with imposing, controlling or otherwise distrustful father figures. In his 2011 feature debut, ...
"The Iron Claw," an A24 film released late last year, tells the story of the Von Erichs, a family of professional wrestlers who suffered tragic ends under the influence of a dictatorial patriarch and ...
Professional wrestling has a familiar formula: rivals battle inside a ring to settle grudges and win championships. Every wrestler takes a unique approach to the craft, putting their distinct touches ...
TEXAS, USA — Heavy is the poison drip of generational expectation in “The Iron Claw,” a tragedy of cosmic proportions in which family curses are depicted as contagions and the climax is a prolonged ...
The last surviving brother of the famed Von Erich wrestling family set the record straight on the alleged curse that seemingly plagued the family. Kevin Von Erich took viewers through a complete ...
Writer-director Sean Durkin has become perhaps by accident an auteur of wrecked families with such films as “Martha Macy May Marlene” (2011), TV’s “Southcliffe” (2013) and “The Nest” (2020). He ...