The College Girl Murders (1967)

Police try to track down a hooded serial killer who murders his victims with a combination of acid and poison gas.

Director:

Alfred Vohrer

Writers:

Herbert Reinecker (screenplay) (as Alex Berg), Edgar Wallace (novel)

Stars:

Joachim Fuchsberger, Uschi Glas, Grit Boettcher

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joachim Fuchsberger	...	Inspektor Higgins
Uschi Glas	...	Ann Portland
Grit Boettcher	...	Betty Falks
Konrad Georg	...	Keyston
Harry Riebauer	...	Mark Denver
Tilly Lauenstein	...	Harriet Foster
Ilse Pagé	...	Sekretärin
Siegfried Rauch	...	Frank Keeney
Claus Holm	...	Glenn Powers
Günter Meisner	...	Greaves
Hans Epskamp	...	Bannister
Heinz Spitzner	...	Harrison
Jan Hendriks	...	Brent
Rudolf Schündler	...	Sergeant Hanfield
Narziß Sokatscheff	...	Cress Bartling (as Narziss Sokatscheff)

Storyline

Police try to track down a hooded serial killer who murders his victims with a combination of acid and poison gas.

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Plot Keywords:

german horror | german cinema | slasher | psychopathic killer | villain | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

11 August 1967 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

The College Girl Murders

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rialto Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Klangfilm Eurocord-Magnetocord)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Although the movie is set in England, most of the cars have their steering wheel on the left.

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Quotes

Sekretärin: [flirtatiously] I've heard that women are killed for one of two reasons. Money, or else uncontrolled passion. And I lean towards passion.

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Connections

Featured in German Grusel - Die Edgar Wallace-Serie (2011)

User Reviews

A garish "color krimi" that's still behind the times

Another garish "color krimi" from director Alfred Vohrer who splits the action between a girl's school and a men's prison this time. Bumbling Scotland Yard Commissioner Sir John and his flirtatious secretary are back from CREATURE WITH THE BLUE HAND (along with the annoying MANNIX- style soundtrack during the "action" sequences) but the Inspector's been replaced by a smarmy, gum-chewing dick up to his ass in dead bodies.

It's impossible to figure out whodunnit in these Edgar Wallace "inheritence thrillers" since surprise revelations come fast and furious at the end when all the suspects are gathered together a la Agatha Christie. There's usually a Mabuse-like mastermind behind it all and all you have to do is pick out the one least likely to be the madman and there you are. Here, the killer's known as "The Red Monk" and runs around in a red Ku Klux Klan sheet with a pointy hood offing his victims with a bull whip. That's not the only murder weapon, of course, and I quite liked a bible that, when opened, shoots poison gas in a girl's face. Sir John makes mention of a previous adventure, "the case of the sinister monk", which I haven't seen. I must say, however, that this one did have at least a modicum of stye but Germany must have lagged behind the "mod revolution" already in full sway by 1967; there's go go boots and bubble hairdo's, yes, but the mini-skirts are almost knee-length and the girls wear two-piece swimsuits instead of bikinis. Everyone else is strictly squaresville.