The Red Frenzy or The Red Rage (German: Der rote Rausch) is a 1962 West German thriller film directed by Wolfgang Schleif and starring Klaus Kinski, Brigitte Grothum and Marina Petrova. It was shot at the Kalvarienberg Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Theodor Harisch. It was based on a novel by Hans Ulrich Horster.
Josef Stier, convicted for murder four woman whose red necklaces triggered him, escapes from a psychiatric hospital and roams through the countryside. Having lost his memory he is discovered in some marshes by Katrin whose family own a farm. She takes him in and comes to believe that he is her missing husband Martin. He begins to care for Katrin and lives a normal life for a while under the name Martin. However, one day while in the town he sees a wanted poster of himself, causing a breakdown. He is hunted and pursued by the police at the farm, along with a group of angry villagers.