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Crawlspace (1986) -- The mad son of a Nazi war criminal rents rooms to young women, then spies on them from behind the walls.

Overview

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4.7/10   767 votes
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Director:

David Schmoeller

Writer:

David Schmoeller (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

21 May 1986 (USA) more

Genre:

Horror more

Tagline:

He seduces them in his mind and traps them in his crawlspace. more

Plot:

A man who runs an apartment house for women is the demented son of a Nazi surgeon who has the house equipped with secret passageways, hidden rooms and torture and murder devices. full summary | add synopsis

User Comments:

Kinski the Nazi more (36 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Klaus Kinski ... Dr. Karl Gunther

Talia Balsam ... Lori Bancroft

Barbara Whinnery ... Harriet Watkins
Carole Francis ... Jessica Marlow

Tane McClure ... Sophie Fisher (as Tane)
Sally Brown ... Martha White
Jack Heller ... Alfred Lassiter
David Abbott ... Hank Peterson
Kenneth Robert Shippy ... Josef Steiner
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Additional Details

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Ryder Sound Services)

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:(Banned) (1987) | USA:R (certificate #28107) | Australia:R | France:-16 | UK:18


Fun Stuff

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: The heating ducts (or crawlspaces - from whence the picture derives its name) are absolutely immaculate. Not a speck of dust or anything. This is highly unlikely. more

Quotes:

[repeated line; after each failed attempt to kill himself by playing Russian Roulette]
Doctor Karl Gunther: So be it.
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Movie Connections:

Featured in Please Kill Mr. Kinski (1999) more


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Kinski the Nazi, 3 December 2008
Author: Michael_Elliott from Louisville, KY

Crawlspace (1986)

** (out of 4)

Klaus Kinski plays the son of a Nazi who rents out his apartment rooms to pretty women so that he can spy on them and then kill them. This could have been a rather interesting film but absolutely nothing happens here. I mean zero, zilch, absolutely nothing. I'm really not sure what the point of the film was, although it's clear the director was trying to get into the mind of a killer yet we never know what the hell Kinski is thinking or why he's doing what he is. Kinski is quite amusing in this role but it's a wasted opportunity.

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