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.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Klaus Kinski | ... | Karl Gunther | |
| Talia Balsam | ... | Lori Bancroft | |
| Barbara Whinnery | ... | Harriet Watkins | |
| Carole Francis | ... | Jessica Marlow (as Carol Francis) | |
| Tane McClure | ... | Sophie Fisher (as Tané) | |
| Sally Brown | ... | Martha White | |
| Jack Heller | ... | Alfred Lassiter (as Jack Hiller) | |
| Abbott Alexander | ... | Hank Storm (as David Abbott) | |
| Kenneth Robert Shippy | ... | Josef Steiner | |
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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. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com
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21 May 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Doctor Karl Gunther: So be it.
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David Schmoeller later made a short film about his problems with Klaus Kinski called Please Kill Mr. Kinski (1999). See more »Goofs
When Josef Steiner knocks at Gunther's door, Gunther is reading while eating candy from an open box on the end table. When he lets Steiner in, the box is now closed. See 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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The movie had a few scenes trimmed for its original UK video release:- The first shot of Martha's dismembered tongue.
- A shot of Dr. Guenther cutting into his finger, then wiping the blood onto a bullet that has 'Guenther' engraved into it.
- All scenes that show Tane's character wearing a bra that has been cut with scissors, including a whole scene of dialogue between her and Hank.
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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.