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21 May 1986 (USA) moreTagline:
He seduces them in his mind and traps them in his crawlspace. morePlot:
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 synopsisUser Comments:
One Of My Personal Cult Favorites moreCast
(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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Iceland:16 | Finland:(Banned) (1987) | USA:R (certificate #28107) | Australia:R | France:-16 | UK:18Fun Stuff
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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. moreQuotes:
[repeated line; after each failed attempt to kill himself by playing Russian Roulette]Doctor Karl Gunther: So be it.
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Klaus Kinski was one of the great underrated actors of our time. Perhaps because he was too wild, uncompromising and tragically self-destructive to play the Hollywood game. Sure, CRAWLSPACE is low-budget, and he did it for quick cash. But his performance as the tortured, enigmatic, and totally twisted Dr. Gunther corruscates with understated brilliance.
Scenes from this film will always stay with me: Kinski playing Russian roulette with himself after he kills each victim and announcing "So be it!" when fate spares him and he can keep on killing. Kinski's deadpan voiceover as he writes his demented philosophical musings into his madman's diary. Kinski's almost touching monologues to the woman who's tongue he has cut out and whom he keeps in a cage to ward off loneliness. Kinski holding his hand over the gas burner as he waits for a prospective tenant/victim to take the apartment. Kinksi with lipstick and makeup in full SS drag, saluting "Heil Gunter!"
I could go on, but then again I'm a diehard Kinski fan. Even though this movie is low-budget, I think it is well-written, well-acted, and successful on many levels. It's one of my sentimental favorites, which I have seen more than once. Deserves to be redone!!!