For the first time, at least to my knowledge, Kinski has a beard that makes him look quite handsome! Following his spectacular escape from Scotland Yard in the original, the now exposed Magician is forced to return to London because somebody is committing murders in his name. One of them is the inevitable but always-fantastic Klaus Kinski, in a for him very familiar Krimi-role, namely that of a sinister and mysterious butler doing all the dirty work. Still, although remarkably less great as the first one, "Neues from Hexer" remains a solid Krimi with a different type of plot and a couple of fascinating new characters. Just because "Der Hexer" was so good and so entertaining, I decided to immediately watch the sequel, although with the knowledge and caution that sequels generally don't surpass the quality-level of the original, and that most of the surprises have been revealed already.
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