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Director:
Denis Héroux
Writers:
Fred Denger (writer)
Denis Héroux (writer)
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Release Date:
1984 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller more
Plot:
A Vietnam vet terrorizes a house full of nurses. full summary | add synopsis
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Born for Hell?? No, born TO RAISE hell! more

Cast

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Mathieu Carrière ... Cain Adamson
Debra Berger ... Bridget (as Debby Berger)
Christine Boisson ... Christine
Myriam Boyer ... Leila (as Miriam Boyer)
Leonora Fani ... Jenny
Ely Galleani ... Pam (as Ely de Galleani)
Carole Laure ... Amy (as Carol Laure)
Eva Mattes ... Catherine
Andrée Pelletier ... Eileen
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Né pour l'enfer (Canada: French title) (France)
...E la notte si tinse di sangue (Italy)
Die Hinrichtung (West Germany)
Naked Massacre (USA)
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Runtime:
92 min
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Company:
Cinévidéo more

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8 out of 13 people found the following comment useful:-
Born for Hell?? No, born TO RAISE hell!, 3 June 2006
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Author: Coventry from the Draconian Swamp of Unholy Souls

"Naked Massacre" is pretty strong stuff; a disturbing thriller definitely NOT for squeamish or faint-hearted people! It's not that gory or exaggeratedly sleazy, like the two key words of the title lead you to believe, but it's truly intense and filmed in such a sober way that you'll feel VERY uncomfortable. The story is something like Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians", only in this case it's Eight Pretty Nurses. Actually, that's not funny since this movie is inspired by the murders committed by real-life madman Richard Speck in 1966; Chicago. The setting of this notorious case has been moved, very ingeniously I may add, to Ireland in the mid-70's, when there was the post-Vietnam depression as well as the Irish civil war and bombings. On his way home from Vietnam, a young American soldier ends up in Belfast with no money or acquaintances. He's traumatized, has a very nihilistic world perspective and a petrifying hatred for women. It doesn't take long before he breaks into a mansion and starts terrorizing the eight young nurses that live there. "Naked Massacre" is obviously cheap and poorly edited, yet the atmosphere is constantly grim and the murders are genuinely shocking. The girls are physically abused, emotionally tortured and eventually stabbed to death with a BIG knife. There are no morals, comic reliefs or happy endings here, so only people with an iron stomach will be able to sit through this movie without suffering from nightmares afterwards. The acting performances are pretty decent, despite some of the dialogs being extremely inept and cheesy. Highly recommended in case you're searching for a horror/thriller that will really get under your skin.

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