La Bestia Uccide a Sangue Freddo (1971)
Genre: Horror
Duration: 97 minuten
Alternative titles: Asylum Erotica / Slaughter Hotel / The Beast Kills in Cold Blood / Cold Blooded Beast
Country:
Italy
Directed by: Fernando Di Leo
Stars: Klaus Kinski, Margaret Lee and Rosalba Neri
IMDb score:
5,0 (2.050)
Releasedate: 2 August 1971
La Bestia Uccide a Sangue Freddo plot
"A Place Where Nothing Is Forbidden!"
A mental institution for confused and suicidal women turns into a slaughterhouse when a masked killer begins to kill patients with medieval torture devices.
Actors and actresses
Dr. Francis Clay
Anne Palmieri
Mara
Cheryl Hume
Professor Osterman
Ruth
The Gardener (as John Ely)
Nurse Helen
Chaffeur
Policeman
Reviews & comments
Bobbejaantje
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- 2310 messages
- 2096 votes
I think Giallo is already a genre in its own right. But this movie seems even weirder than average to me. It's a mix of giallo and softcore/porn. Lots of nude scenes up to and including female frontal masturbation. However, this way it limps on 2 legs. The expected suspense in such a film does not materialize, regardless of the precarious situations the victims find themselves in. What's the reason? The camera eagerly zooms in on shapely bodies. At times I wondered if I was watching Emanuelle. I've seen a version dubbed in English which also creates a sense of detachment anyway. The camera work in combination with the sound effects gave a trippy, psychedelic effect. Weird angles, zooms… The finale is gruesome but is reeled in at 20 seconds, with really ridiculously exaggerated dramatic close-ups of the killer going down. And then Klaus Kinski is also walking around in the middle of this mess 
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I wouldn't call it a good movie. But it is so grotesque, unbalanced and weird that it is nice to have seen this once again.
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