La bestia in calore (1977)

Director:

Luigi Batzella

Writers:

Lorenzo Artale (dialogue)
Luigi Batzella (writer)

Release Date:

19 July 1977 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller | War

Tagline:

Your Days Are Numbered

Plot:

This is one of many so called Video Nasties about fictionalized World War 2 Nazi POW camp atrocities...

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Video Nasty | Nudity | SS | Sex

Cast

Macha Magall	...	Dr. Ellen Kratsch
Gino Turini	...	Drago (as John Braun)
Edilio Kim	...	Captain Hardinghauser (as Kim Gatti)
Xiro Papas	...	Lupo (as Xiros Papas)
Salvatore Baccaro	...	The Beast (as Sal Boris)

Also Known As:

Horrifying Experiments of S.S. Last Days (International: English title)
Horrifying Experiments of the S.S. Last Days (USA) (dubbed version)
S.S. Experiment Camp 2 (USA) (video box title)
SS Experiment Part 2 (USA)
SS Hell Camp (USA)
The Beast in Heat

Runtime:

Denmark:86 min | USA:86 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | UK:(Banned) | Norway:18 (uncut) (2009) | Italy:VM18 | Australia:(Banned)

Company:

Eterna Film

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: A sex scene between the prostitute and the German soldier is interrupted by a phone call. When the two separate it is obvious that the soldier's private parts were actually "sheathed" the entire time.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Blitzkrieg: Escape from Stalag 69 (2008)

Seedy and boring...A torturous combination.

Basically here we have just another tasteless, dull, haphazardly and carelessly slapped together Euro-sleazefest cheaply made to capitalize on the drive-in success of the ILSA films. This time, Dr. Helene Krast (Macha Magal), a blonde Nazi torturer, uses her gothic torture chamber to pump secrets out of innocent European villagers during World War II. Oh yeah, there's also a fat, naked, hairy, grunting guy (played by the same "Boris Lugosi" cat who portrayed "Ook" in FRANKENSTEIN'S CASTLE OF FREAKS) who paws, rapes and kills women thrown into his cell.

Endless nudity and violence are mixed with badly incorporated (and dull!) stock war footage, choppy editing and cheap, tasteless sadism. This is available on tape under various titles like S.S. HELL CAMP, THE BEAST IN HEAT and NAZI HOLOCAUST. The version I saw was entitled S.S. EXPERIMENT CAMP 2 (which was the original US video version and is probably missing some of the more explicit scenes). Even if it was heavily cut, I think I'll pass on the 'full' experience of LA BESTIA IN CALORE.

Score: 2 out of 10