Horror Hotel

Starring:Christopher Lee
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Studio: Cheezy Flicks
Product Type: DVD

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A pleasant surprise
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Tower of Terror
Starring: Steve Guttenberg , Kirsten Dunst , Nia Peeples , Michael McShane , and Amzie Strickland
Director: D.J. MacHale
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
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ASIN: B00008L3SY
Release Date: 2003-08-05

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Kirsten Dunst stars as plucky teen niece to Steve Guttenberg in this 1997 telefilm that sets out to provide background for one of Disney/MGM Studios' popular thrill-rides, the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. Guttenberg plays Buzzy, a down-on-his-luck former journalist relegated to concocting stories for a Weekly World News-inspired tabloid. When an elderly woman approaches Buzzy with a compelling ghost story, he's persuaded to investigate. Dunst is Anna, who joins Buzzy in his search to find out the truth about the mysterious 1939 disappearance of five people--including a Shirley Temple-like child star--at the eerily abandoned Hollywood Tower Hotel. There are some scary segments, which may truly frighten sensitive younger viewers. Still, for older kids and adult viewers, Dunst's presence and a fairly fun story makes this an engaging film. (Ages 8 and older) --N.F. Mendoza

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Big-screen stars Steve Guttenberg (THREE MEN AND A LITTLE LADY) and Kirsten Dunst (DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, CRAZY/BEAUTIFUL) encounter a host of haunts in this delightfully spooky mystery! Buzzy Crocker (Guttenberg) is a hard-luck photojournalist whose unexpected encounter with an old woman leads him to investigate an unexplained, decades-old disappearance. It seems that one Halloween night, many years ago, five partygoers vanished in the elevator of the Hollywood Tower Hotel ... and ever since, their ghosts have remained trapped inside the dilapidated old building! In an action-filled story that delivers creepy fun for everyone, Buzzy ultimately teams with his niece (Dunst) to solve the mystery while managing to save their lives and capture the biggest story of the year!

Customer Reviews:

A pleasant surprise.......2007-03-08

I liked this movie. I wasn't expecting much so maybe that helped me suspend reality long enough to enjoy what I was watching. The plot is simple without being simplistic and the ghosts are not too terrifying for younger children (and me either ha ha).
The big thing for me is that the characters were well done and related to each other and that there actually were motivations for their actions. This is a 3 star plot with a 4 star result because of the acting and directing.

Terror Towers.......2007-01-17

A great Sunday Afternoon film which is fast moving with twists and a happy ending, but in this case happy endings!

Tower of Terror.......2007-01-12

We recently visited Disney World and went on the Tower of Terror so our child just had to have this movie. So we couldn't find it in local stores so I orded it and it took only about 3 business days of non stop "has it arrived yet?" but we got it in perfect shape. Ordered on a Thursday and got it on a Monday...not bad shipping time.

Tower of Terror.......2007-01-09

This is a wonderful movie for children. It has a great deal of suspense without going over the line with violence and gore. The child who has this movie watches it over and over.

Awesome!!!!!.......2006-07-12

This movie is m-Azing! it has a little bit of everything going on. its scary yet funny. i especially love how the lobby in the movie of the hotel looks exactly like the lobby at disney world in their ride. its a great movie and its from disney so whats not to love? right?

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A Very Fun and Fast Paced Slasher Flick!
It Came Out 20 Years Too Late
I dont even like him as a wrestler
Time to Kill
At least its not another crappy remake

See No Evil (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Glen Jacobs , Christina Vidal , Samantha Noble , Luke Pegler , and Rachael Taylor (II)
Director: Gregory Dark
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ASIN: B00008YOCK
Release Date: 2006-11-28

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Produced by World Wrestling Entertainment mogul Vince McMahon, See No Evil a standard-issue death-fest designed for maximum gross-out appeal, and in that sense it delivers the goods with crushed heads, multiple eye-gougings, throat-rippings and other grisly fates that gore fans will want to discover for themselves. If your idea of a good time is watching a mangy dog urinate into the vacant eye socket of a corpse, this is just the movie for you! In an attempt to create a new horror icon like Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees, former porno director Gregory Dark and less-than-stellar screenwriter Dan Madigan have dreamed up a routine plot that's hardly original, but deviously addictive to anyone who digs this kind of stuff: Eight troubled and not-very-bright teens, fresh out of a detention center, are given a second chance when they're taken to the decrepit, filthy Blackwell Hotel and told to clean the place up so it can be turned into a homeless shelter. What they don't know is that the hotel hides a secret, axe-wielding resident named Jacob Goodnight (played by WWE superstar Glen "Kane" Jacobs) who's got a knack for plucking the eyeballs from his hapless and ill-fated victims. He's basically an evil kid in the hulking body of a wrestler (call it type-casting, if you will), and See No Evil is more sick than scary as Jacob does his handiwork, which includes the rather hilarious and grimly ironic dispatch of an animal rights activist, to name just one item in the movie's smorgasbord of splatter. At a brisk 85 minutes, the movie's over before you can work up any genuine terror. Still, a sequel seems likely (even if it's straight-to-video), and devoted horror fans will want to check it out.--Jeff Shannon

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Seven feet tall. Four hundred pounds. A rusty steel plate screwed into his skull and razor-sharp fingernails that pluck out his victims' eyes. Reclusive psychopath Jacob Goodnight is holed up in the long-abandoned and rotting Blackwell Hotel, alone with his nightmares until eight petty criminals show up for community service duty along with the cop who put a bullet in Jacob's head four years ago. When one of their own is kidnapped by the killer and her fate uncertain, the remaining lawbreakers must fight this indestructible force of nature who has a violent score to settle.

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A Very Fun and Fast Paced Slasher Flick!.......2007-06-24

OK! So again because of all the bad reviews I had read I found myself putting a film off untill I could find it for cheap. Well I did find it for extra cheap but as I figured I should have went on my first instinct, wich was to get this the day it came out. Yes "SEE NO EVIL" does have it's flaws but it's not even close to as bad as some of the harsh reviewers made it out to be. I was expecting a mess of a story and a pathetic attempt at a slasher film by one of the richest meatheads that capitalism has to offer in(Vince McMahon) but what I got was a very fun & bloody slasher flick with some creative kills & chills. The actors were a bit annoying but you can't have it all now can ya! I myself would have done the ending(or should I say the pre-ending) differently 'cause let's just face it...the very final scene was great! I did enjoy this film alot, so much so that I hope they get creative eventually and find a way to bring Jacob Goodnight back for a couple of sequels. It is worthy of a franchise if they do things right and bring back director Gregory Dark who in my opinion did a good job with this one. Kane did do better than I expected and as long as his lines stay next to none I do see some potential here for another horror icon.

It Came Out 20 Years Too Late.......2007-06-22

Just like how I said about the Marine, this movie came around 2 decades too late because if this was made around the 1980's back when horror movies were only Friday The 13th, Nightware On Elm Street, and Child's Play then it would stand out better. The movie was sterotypical "monster" going after kids in a confined area. The part of the movie that kept it interesting that alot of horror movies don't do today was that you didn't know who was going to survive since the main hero was one of the first ones killed and you really didn't know who all was going to survive. It was a low budget movie & concidering that, I thought it was a good "old school" slasher type movie that made people like Jason & Freddy famous. It just came out 20 years too late to get more credit than it does now. I recommend for those to like the old school type of horror movies from the 1980's.

I dont even like him as a wrestler.......2007-06-17

Kane does make a good movie villian. The movie started off strong, then the rap music kind of killed it for me. A typical horror movie with a few cool deaths. If you like horror, i'd check it out. Its better then 20 of the dime a dozen cheaply made horror flicks you seen in video stores today.

Time to Kill.......2007-05-28

If you thinking this film has a plot, then you are dead wrong. If you only want to see a whole bunch of people get killed, you picked the right movie. I am not going to commment on the acting or the plot or anything else that does not exist in this movie, I picked it up for 5 dollars from Blockbuster and that is what it is worth. Great title to fill in your spaces on your DVD rack, great killing scenes and that is what matters, enjoy.

At least its not another crappy remake.......2007-05-14

This movie is okay, Violent, Gruesome. Perfect for a slasher movie. Sort of like an 80s horror movie meets the concept of Psycho. For the same reason, i liked the movie Dead Silence, its original, not a remake. This isnt the best of movies. Rating slightly above average, I would still sugget this for any horror/slasher film lover. Its new and fresh in a world of The Hitcher remakes...

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This movie has Miike written all over it.
Wipe that milk mustache off your face!
Yakuza in Twin Peaks
good but not great
decent for low budget

Gozu
Starring: Hideki Sone , Sho Aikawa , Kimika Yoshino , Shohei Hino , and Keiko Tomita
Director: Takashi Miike
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ASIN: B0002Z7RNG
Release Date: 2004-11-23

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From the acclaimed director, Takashi Miike, comes a Yakuza/horror film to shock and amaze audiences everywhere! When Minami is sent to kill his mentor, Ozaki, who is in the midst of a nervous breakdown, he embarks on a journey of unexplained natural phenomenon that only the director of such films as Audition, Dead or Alive and Ichi the Killer can provide in this surreal Lynchian/Cronenberg-like odyssey!

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This movie has Miike written all over it........2007-06-01

The vast majority of the film doesn't make a lick of sense, but it's so funny and jolting that sense would almost be a distraction. Gozu is a fascinating trip which is bizarre, perverse, entertaining, downright hilarious in parts, with some stunning cinematography and in all honesty a very interesting exploration of the intense bonding of brotherhood between the Yakuza that goes beyond loyalty and into self-sacrificial love. Gozu is a completely different film in comparison to Miike's earlier work, while some may call upon the definitive identity the film has as a Miike production in all honesty he has never really made a film like this before. The violence on display is very much toned down with no real shock factor. In Gozu Miike parodies his earlier work (thus the scenes of lactation) and the violence that is present is more restrained and bizarre as opposed to offensive.

It's Miike doing Lynch and Cronenberg and I have to say its an ill-fated entertaining ride. Gozu is simply not supposed to be taken seriously, any film that opens with the paranoid ramblings of a Yakuza claiming Chihuahuas are trained to kill simply has to be taken with a pinch of salt. And yet, despite the often ridiculous locations, characters and plot turns there is still a fascinating subtext to be found that lifts Gozu from the realms of entertainment into a genuinely interesting film.

However tenuous this may seem, Gozu is actually quite an interesting take on homo-eroticism in the yakuza. Without giving too much away, (the film really is best experienced blind) Miike examines themes of masculinity, and the difference of physical and emotional attraction with the bonding of men whose only cause for separation lies within their physical embodiment. This in turn, leads to one of the biggest "what the hell" endings I have seen for a long time. When dissected however, it only further enhances the sexual politics of the story bringing more weight to the question of sexual orientation. This subtext however, takes backseat to just pure unadulterated dirty humor and entertainment as Miike pulls out all the shots to dazzle, perplex and excite the audience into a frenzy of surrealist humor, inventive plot twists and plenty of in-jokes to satisfy his ever growing fan base.
Looking at this jacket of this disc led me to believe that Gozu would deliver a garish horror film, however, there is very little horror on display despite the occasional moments of suspense as Miike relies heavily upon the strains of the cello score rather than a true deep rooted sense of fear. but what we truly get is a film that dives into a surrealist landscape which is much more bizarre than terrifying. However, with tongue firmly in cheek Miike does succeed in living up to its kitsch B-movie feel.

Wipe that milk mustache off your face!.......2007-03-11

At first, "Gozu" begins like one would imagine a Yakuza movie might. An underling, Minami, has been given the unenviable task of disposing his superior and best friend Ozaki, who seems to have gone crazy. When Ozaki mysteriously dies on the road to Nagoya, and later disappears, the warped minds of writer Sakichi Sato and director Takeshi Miike rush in to assault Minami and viewers with a seemingly endless parade of quirky characters and disturbing imagery which would give Freud and Jung fits.

Why do half of the characters in a town outside Nagoya seem to make no sense? Who exactly is the pretty young woman Minami finds in his car? And why does he keep seeing a man with a cow head in his dreams? Minami seems to be locked into a nightmarish roller-coaster ride of insanity. I can guarantee you'll never look at milk or soup ladles the same way again.

If you've not seen Miike's films before - as I had not - "Gozu" might not seem to make a lot of sense at all. If you give in to your will to be weird, however, you might recognize the terrifying beauty of Miike's creation.

Yakuza in Twin Peaks.......2007-01-05

If you ever wanted to see what would happen if you threw a David Lynch movie in the blender with a Takashi Miike movie, I'd say this film is most likely what you'd get.

This movie is pretty damn strange but being that I love both directors, I couldn't help but love this strange tale of.... man, I don't even want to spoil it for you but this one goes down as one of the oddest Yakuza movies in existence.

This is a nice DVD package. Picture is good, sound is fine, and there are a good amount of bonus features, like interviews, commentary and other goodies.

Hey, if you like Lynch or Miike films, give this one a shot. One of the better Miike films I've seen.

good but not great.......2006-09-18

I was expecting more from this movie but it left me wanting more...The movie was strange and a little disturbing but there ws nothing scary or horror like about it...I would recommend this film if you're a Takashi Miike fan.

decent for low budget.......2006-08-01

I just like movies that have a little more happening. But with some of the strangest scenes ever, I have to say that I am really split in the middle with this. I didn't like it, but I was almost intrigued enough to watch it again. Everything is just sort of a long build up for the end, and I don't know if it was worth waiting for. I would highly recommend another twisted movie called Oldboy over this.

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I have made my pact with thee O'lucifer,for all eternity
"Classic Horror without the gore"
Horror Hotel
The gift that keeps on giving
SCREAM... when you ring for DOOM SERVICE!

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Starring: Dennis Lotis , Christopher Lee , Patricia Jessel , Tom Naylor , and Betta St. John
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ASIN: B00005NKTH
Release Date: 2001-10-23

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Also known by its alternate title City of the Dead, this 1960 horror thriller makes the most of its low-budget, studio-bound limitations to offer an abundance of eerie atmosphere frequently compared to the chilling horror stories of H.P. Lovecraft. Christopher Lee stars as the seemingly benevolent Professor Driscoll, who sends his eager student Nan (Venetia Stevenson) to the town of Whitewood, Massachussetts to research local legends of witchcraft. In a coincidental parallel to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (which was released the same year), the young heroine is killed off early in the film when she is used as a human sacrifice by a present-day coven of witches led by Lee himself. (Talk about teacher's pet!) As it turns out, the entire town is overrun by monklike zombies who perform gruesome nocturnal rituals in the local graveyards. Nan's bereaved boyfriend struggles to eliminate this monstrous brood--at the cost of his life! Heavy on mood and light on plot, this is vintage horror for die-hard fans--perfect as a Halloween perennial. --Jeff Shannon

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A young college student studying "Old Salem" witchcraft travels to the quiet New England town where, centuries earlier, a witch was burned at the stake. She finds that things are not as quiet as they appear, and soon she is the target of the coven that still exists there, searching for a sacrifice to offer to the devil on "Candlemass Eve." Original British title: "The City of the Dead," American title: "Horror Hotel."

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I have made my pact with thee O'lucifer,for all eternity.......2007-04-10

This film has a beginning very reminiscent of the opening sequence of Mario Bava's La Maschera del Demonio 1960.But since they were made at around the same time,it's probably just some weird unconcious global link between the two.The fascination of condeming witches seemed to be emerging worldwide in filmmakers at the time.The film has a beautiful Lovecraftian atmosphere,although has nothing to do with Lovecraft.
However has anyone noticed the weird near-anagram of Elizabeth SELWYN and Mrs NEWLESS? If you only change ONE letter to NEWLYS or add the extra 'S' for better pronunciation to NEWLYSS (the name is still contained).
Perhaps in the original script this was the original intention and somehow this idea got lost by the people who eventually did the titles.

"Classic Horror without the gore".......2007-02-06

Another wonderful Christopher Lee horror film centered on witchery in New England. Very atmospheric, with a neat chilling musical theme that adds to the suspense. This film was made back in the early days of "Hammer" Studios when Mr. Lee was starting to appear in small budget horror from England. The story was centered on this little town in New England which housed a coven of witches. Back in the seventeen hundreds Elizabeth Selwin was burned at the stake, and she and her followers are re-incarnated into present day. Elizabeth runs a hotel whose customers check in and never check out.

You won't be disappointed if you like a scare particularly on a rainy night. It's filmed in Black and White which adds to the atmosphere. I don't think the film would be as good if it was in color.

It sures beats some of the present day horror in theatres today. Good story and well directed. You won't get bored with this one!

Be careful when it's the witching hour!

John

Horror Hotel.......2007-01-06

I saw this movie back in the early 70's was only about 10 years old.
scared the you know what out of me.Could not sleep for day's after
watching it. Its a very good movie they don't make them like that anymore.

The gift that keeps on giving.......2006-12-10

This came to me as a gift along with Carnival of Souls. I had seen this movie many years ago. It had seemed kind of hokey at the time, but now seeing it, this film seems much better. True, it is low budget, but it is sincere and the acting is pretty good. The ending was kind of a convenient ripoff way to resove the film, but the rest of it was pretty good. Each of the girls though should have taken the first clue when they picked the guy up on the road and he disapeared from the car without opening the door....duh! Christopher Lee is in this before he became an international star. Does he just get better and better or what? Along with Carnival of Souls, this is a can't miss CD for lovers of old classic horror movies.

SCREAM... when you ring for DOOM SERVICE!.......2006-11-13

Ah, they don't make tag lines like that anymore. But then, they don't make movies like HORROR HOTEL (aka The City of the Dead) anymore, either. Professor Christopher Lee is teaching witchcraft at the local college, and preppy young co-ed Venetia Stephenson volunteers to take a brief vacation in an isolated New England village - one recommended by Prof. Lee - to do some first hand research for her term paper. Little does she know that in this town witch Elizabeth Selwyn was burned as a witch at the stake 300-years earlier, or that most of the local citizens are, well... really creepy. And they stare at you a lot. And they don't say much.

Unlike its more graphic descendents, HORROR HOTEL relies on atmosphere, deep shadows and gallons of ground fog to set the mood and push the plot. What puts this one over the top are veteran character actors Patricia Jessel and Valentine Dyall as the long-lived couple who agree that "He'll be pleased" (whoever he is... wait, you don't mean the Evil One, do ye...?) when young Miss Stephenson motors to the doorstep of the fog shrouded Raven's Inn.

Movies like this are undemanding and entertaining, suitable for all but the youngest and most impressionable member of the family. Strong recommendation.

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Great film that has it all!!
sleazy zombie cheesefest
Laura Gemser fan
Horror? More like "Horrible"
One of Joe D'Amato's best...........in the Zombie category.

Erotic Nights of the Living Dead
Starring: Laura Gemser , George Eastman , Dirce Funari , Mark Shannon , and Lucia Ramirez
Director: Joe D'Amato
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Great film that has it all!!.......2007-05-13

This film has it all and i mean it all. Porn, gore, horror, what more do you want for entertainment. Great film.

sleazy zombie cheesefest.......2007-02-08

joe damatos erotic nights of the living dead is another one of those italian trashy exploitation zombie flicks that while quite enjoyable is still flawed. the film is about a hotel tycoon who wants to build a new hotel on a carribean island. the island just so happens to be filled with walking corpses who dont want their home to be used for the hotels. as you can probably guess by now, the hotel guy and his group soon fall prey to the zombies. erotic nights isnt all that bad if you enjoy cheesey italian films but everyone else should beware. the film is very cheesy and the acting, special effects, dubbing and overall look of the film is pretty low quality. also the film is pretty boring and dull until the final zombie attack at the end. leading up to that part we have an un-erotic hardcore sex scene and a few cheesy simulated scenes. if your patient through the tedious sex than you will enjoy the films zombie filled climax. a good film for fans of italian horror, just dont expect the best of the genre.

Laura Gemser fan.......2007-01-07

Would have given it a '5' except for the video quality. But Laura Gemser shows her assets and that is why I bought this!

Horror? More like "Horrible".......2006-09-01

Well I am a collector of zombie movies and I do own some real stinkers such as Zombie Lake, Revenge of the Dead, to name a few, but boy this one was a huge disappointement. All of the other reviews are true, it is so bad you will find yoursef hitting the chapter skip button. I knew not to expect much going into it, but I didn't think it would be this horrible. If you are looking for zombies, you will not find satisfactions here. There are a few scenes where you see these ultra lame zombie wannabes, very weak. If you get the unrated edition and want it for the porn you will find a lot, but you will find yourself getting tired of it quick. There are so many porn scenes that it seems they were just trying to add them in, made me lose interest in the movie immedeately as it got old. I would not recommend buying this. Buy something else and steer clear off of this one.

One of Joe D'Amato's best...........in the Zombie category........2006-08-20

First things first......this is a Joe D'Amato (Aristide Massaccesi) Zombie Classic. Any one who is a Joe D'Amato fan knows that in all of his films with an exception of a few the he mixes Sex and Horror together. So don't by his movies if you do not like movies like this.

A hotel developer purchases a cursed tropical island where he plans to build a luxury resort. Arriving on the god-forsaken island he finds opposition in the worm infested, flesh eating, walking corpses as they begin to rise from their graves.

Exotic Laura Gemser (BLACK EMANUELLE, EMANUELLE AND THE CANNIBALS, VIOLENCE IN A WOMAN'S PRISON) plays a sexy and mysterious apparition, who warns of grave danger! Among the rarest of all zombie/cannibal/sex films, this Joe D'Amato masterwork is full of gore, steamy eroticism, and an apocalyptic cannibal-zombie climax flesh feast you won't soon forget!

Joe D'Amato (Aristide Massaccesi) was born on December 15, 1936, in Rome and died in Rome, Italy because of a heart attack. The last film that D'Amato was working on was a movie called PLANKTON (1995). That was supposed to be about a group of young divers become infected with a 'virus' which results in rape and bloody mayhem.

Erotic Nights of the Living Dead (Sexy Night of the Living Dead) originally was supposed to be a strait forward Horror film. But the producer told Joe to put the Sex, Orgasms, threesomes in there to spice it up.

Erotic Nights of the Living Dead is an Erotic Horror film. It even states tat on the back of the box. If you don't like the version with all the Sex, Orgasms, threesomes then just buy the Cut version also by Shriek Show.

If you liked this title then you will like Joe D'Amato's (Aristide Massaccesi)other Zombie Horror Classic, PORNO HOLOCAUST also released by Shriek Show/Media Blasters under their Expliotation label company Expliotation Digital. It is the infamous sleaze/horror 'classic' from Joe D'Amato. That Stars infamous cast of EROTIC NIGHTS OF THE LIVING DEAD; George Eastman, Dirce Funari, Lucia Ramirez and Mark Shannon, join Annj Goren (Unleashed Perversions of Emanuelle, Black Orgasm) in this notorious Italian cult shocker!

In Porno Holocaust, A group of scientists visit a deserted island to search for a native who's reportedly been exposed to nuclear fallout. Unaware that a sex-crazed, cannibalistic, radioactive monster walks among them they are stalked and attacked by the, zombie mutant. This insatiable creature explicitly rapes and then disembowels the females, who die horrible deaths after being inseminated with its radioactive sperm.
This is one of Joe D'Amato's strangest, wildest, and sleaziest films!

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CRITERION! SUPERB! ... quality difference noted, though.
REALLY CREEPY CHEAPY CLASSIC!
Creepy low budget film
A great nightmare...
In the dark...

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Starring: William Abney , Ann Beach , Valentine Dyall , James Dyrenforth , and Nickolas Grace
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Release Date: 2003-01-01

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An ultra-cheap B-horror movie, filmed in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1962, with a really creepy Twilight Zone-style premise and some great shoestring atmosphere. Wandering into a small town after an auto accident, to begin her new job as a church organist, young Mary Henry (Candace Hilligoss) begins to pick up strange vibes: none of the normal people in town seem to be able to see her, and she keeps being accosted by freakish pasty-faced types who seem to be dead on their feet. The nightmarish finale benefits from its one-of-a-kind "found" setting, an empty amusement park rising like a ghostly castle from the prairie landscape. This is much less aggressive and violent film than George Romero's original Night of the Living Dead, but for sheer skin- crawling spookiness, it's in the same class. --David Chute --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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CRITERION! SUPERB! ... quality difference noted, though........2007-04-27

What can I say about this CRITERION release that hasn't already been posted here. I did want to mention a difference in print quality between the "Theatrical Version" and the "Extended Director's Cut". I watch my movies with a front projection setup, on a 10' wide DaLite HCCV screen, so image quality is important.

Don't get me wrong, both versions are EXCELLENT quality, though the "Extended Director's Cut" is a little soft & fuzzy in comparison. It is also somewhat darker and "muddy" with less contrast than the "Theatrical Version" which is bright and crisp. This is apparent if you just compare the opening scene. They are drag racing on a bright, sunny day but in the "Director's Cut" it looks more like a cloudy "about to rain" day, and it's difficult to see anything inside the girls' car. When they pass the CONSTRUCTION sign on the road, in the "Director's Cut" it is quite dark and soft (still totally legible) while in the "Theatrical Version" the words on the sign are bright, perfectly sharp and crisp.

Of course, the first thing I did was to watch the "Extended Director's Cut" and found a *few* of the restored scenes to be integral to the story. I still watch this film from time to time, and it's always CRITERION'S "Theatrical Version" I pop in the 'ole DVD player.

Anyone else noticed this difference in print quality?

REALLY CREEPY CHEAPY CLASSIC!.......2007-04-17

This is an amazing film. If you like horror movies, this is a must see. This film has more creepyness than new films costing 100 times as much to make. Excellent story and eerie mood will keep the bed covers pulled up to your eyes. Watch this in the dark alone!......Spooky! Awesome DVD transfer by Criterion with a load of extra goodies!

Creepy low budget film.......2007-01-25

I saw this film as a kid and recently saw it again. It really holds up. The scene on the bridge sent shivers down my spine and all the carnival stuff holds up well. The musical score by Gene Moore is sufficiently eerie to keep the mood creepy. All praise goes onto Candace Hilligoss who plays Mary Henry in a very intense performance, that is both eerie and surreal. She really makes the film work. The directing by Herk Harvey is very good for a B movie. This movie goes on a little long but it is still worth seeing.

A great nightmare..........2006-11-22

I first saw this film on video when it was "somewhat" restored in the 1980's. Of course, it had the cult reputation of a long unseen film, and seeing it the first time was a bit of a letdown. But when Criterion released it in this deluxe 2 DVD edition, I decided to try again. I am very happy I did. This is a real gem, disquieting, scary, incredibly atmospheric, and haunting (no pun intended). I have always loved horror films that are quiet, that get inside your head, and really play around with your consciousness. Films like that are The Sixth Sense, Kwaidan, Daughters of Darkness, Dreyer's Vampyr, the films of Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, the original Pulse), and this film too. They don't smash you over the head with violence and gore. They end up disturbing you in ways you can't really explain. As some reviewers have noted, Herk Harvey, the director, made only one feature film in his life, and this is it. He was an industrial filmmaker who worked at Centron Corporation in Lawrence, Kansas (where much of this film was shot) all his life. He made over 400 industrial films (those cheesy, "how to" films that get parodied to death on TV). Harvey said he wanted to make a film with "the look of a Bergman film, and the feel of a Cocteau one", and he did. There is much to like about this work. The organ score is exceptionally creepy, the photography is very good considering how low budget the film was, and the Pavillion where we see the souls dancing is one of the best locations I've ever seen for a film. A note to burgeoning filmmakers: to save money, shoot at a place that has been abandoned, but has great atmosphere (Kubrick did this with Full Metal Jacket. Hue City was actually an abandoned gas works outside London). Some of the acting here is rather amateurish, but it doesn't really bother me too much. Candance Hilgegrass is actually good, playing a cold, dispassionate woman. Her performance is rather off putting, but it works rather well here. Some of Harvey's industrial films are included on this set, and they're so incredibly cheesy. You can probably safely skip them. While this film didn't do rather well at first, I'm glad it got rediscovered, and Harkey got the credit he deserved. Make sure you buy the Criterion edition. There are some public domain copies floating around here, and they are more than likely horrible.

In the dark..........2006-08-30

Some brilliant directors only make a few movies. Herk Harvey made over four hundred -- but sadly, he only brought his astounding talents into one non-educational movie.

That one brilliant movie is cult horror flick "Carnival of Souls," a nightmarish tale of a young woman who is lingering on in the world of the living -- and is pursued by the dead. Made for a piddling seventeen thousand dollars, this little gem is as eerie now as it was in the 1960s.

Three young women decide to drag race a car of young men -- and their car goes off a bridge into the river. Only Mary (Candace Hilligoss) staggers out of the water, seemingly undisturbed by the accident. The next day she travels to Utah for her new job as a church organist, but on the trip she keeps seeing a grinning, corpselike man watching her from the road.

Mary tries to distract herself with shopping, dodging her lecherous neighbor, and playing the organ. But she keeps seeing the corpse-man), having strange moments where nobody can see or ear her, and also finds herself drawn to a run-down former carnival pavilion. As the dead close in on her, Mary runs from them... but she can't escape from them forever.

A simple plot, but Herk Harvey handles it with brilliant skill. There's a goofy moment here or there -- at one point Mary turns around to shriek into the camera lens. But most of the time, Harvey keeps the atmosphere piling on, with relatively little dialogue (the most memorable lines are usually shrieked ones like "I don't want to be alone!").

In short, Harvey had the ability to inspire something a lot rarer than fear or shocks -- dread. Mary's confusion, fear and denial are almost palpable as she wanders through the town. By the climax, it has transformed into a sort of nightmarish maze that Mary can just run through, with the dead people just a few steps behind her. And there's that creepy organ music all the time.

The ending is not so much a twist as the inevitable answer to all the bizarre events that came before it -- and it's a brilliant, bittersweet ending. It was also the ending that has inspired creepy horror movies ever since. Suddenly the "invisibility" moments and the dead faces make perfect sense, and we understand what it is that Mary is really running from.

Mary is also not your typical early-sixties heroine -- she's sharp-tongued ("Thank you, but I'm NEVER coming back here") and kind of spinsterish by nature. What's more, she is completely detached from everyone around her, since she is not meant to be in the world of the living. Hilligoss (who only made one other movie) is absolutely amazing here, with her distant attitude and frightened eyes.

If you're willing to shell out for it, the Criterion version of "Carnival of Souls" is the one to get, especially since it includes both versions of the movie, nicely restored (if you don't have much money, try Alpha). When it first came out, five minutes were chopped off, and here the second disc contains those five extra minutes, reinserted. Nothing groundbreaking, but these little moments of utter creepiness add to the atmosphere.

Additionally, Criterion loads it up on fan-friendly extras -- galleries, interviews, company stills, tours of the Kansas town where it was shot, and other little goodies. The documentaries about the making of the film and its history are the highlight of the extra material, and this is mainly for the diehard fan.

Brilliant and creepy, "Carnival of Souls" is a deserving cult classic. It's a shame that Herk Harvey never made another horror flick, but at least we have this one.

Erotic Nights, Vol. 2: Virgins of the Sherwood Forest/Hotel Erotica/Shandra: The Jungle Girl/Death Bed

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Starring: Neville Brand , Mel Ferrer , Carolyn Jones , Marilyn Burns , and William Finley
Director: Tobe Hooper
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Deep in the Texas bayous, amidst the dankest of whorehouses and bars, resides the decrepit Starlight Hotel. Owned and operated by intensely lonely Judd (Neville Brand), the Starlight receives few patrons. Perhaps it's the remote backwoods location. Perhaps it's Judd's violent mood swings. Or perhaps it's the giant flesh-hungry crocodile in the backyard. But one dark steamy night finds the Starlight visited by a runaway prostitute (Roberta Collins), a very strange young couple (Marilyn Burns and William Finley) and their ward (Kyle Richards), a dying father and his daughter (Mel Ferrer and Crystin Sinclaire), and a sex-starved local named Buck (Robert Englund) who really likes to… Directed by Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Poltergeist), Eaten Alive is a raw, sweaty, and bizarre portrayal of madness run amok in rural America.

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great hooper film.......2006-11-30

if you like TCM you will like this film, good effects, creepy story and superb acting. Get this now.

Ignore the people who knock this CLASSICK!.......2006-11-06

No this isn't near as good as The Chainsaw Massacre and nothing Tobe Hooper has done has been, BUT just see this to see NEVILLE BRAND! The man was an underrated actor who plays his underplayed role just right!
This IS a lost classic that deserves to be watched and appreciated for the low budget obviously stretched and all the great "B" actors contained within. IGNORE the idiots who whine about this and that and pop up the popcorn and enjoy a drive-in secind run feature that is more enjoyable now than ever! Can't wait to see the new materials used!!!!

Trying To Choke Down Eaten Alive.......2006-06-07

Initially the movie seemed to have some of Chainsaw Massacre's nonlinear slant and manic energy, but the lack of focus ultimately destroyed everything. The movie's random maniacal edge seemed overly contrived---perpetrated in the absence of any recognizable storyline. And hell, the crocodile just didn't get enough screen-time. Let's face it. The best actor in the entire movie was reprehensibly underplayed.

This whole swamp-laden mess roughly revolves around the picturesque Starlight Hotel, conspicuously built to overlook a croc-supporting deluge. At one point, an estranged family shows up and pays for a room. What follows next is a pointless psychotic diatribe between husband and wife. The wife, by the way, is Sally from Chainsaw Massacre. The husband ends up dead, the little girl ends up running and hiding, and Sally ends up tied to a bed in her underwear---which may have been provocative in some tawdry way were it not for the eyeliner and snot running down her flushed heaving face the entire time.

There's just no central drive or consistent storyline, and too many non-essential characters. At one point you do see a belligerent pre-Freddy-Freddy as he is gobbled wholesale by the expeditious crocodile. Pre-Freddy-Freddy's girlfriend looked to me like the same girl who played the recalcitrant member of the cannibal tribe from The Hills Have Eyes, but don't quote me on that, because I was quite drunk at the time.

Ultimately, the hotel's owner, Judd, deviant/killer/crockmaster/entrepreneur, ends up doing the headlong dash into the croc's gullet, and the mourners in Judd's tumultuous wake are very few and far between. As a villain, Judd translates to a queasy and unsatisfying hybrid between and estranged member of the Leatherface clan and one of the Blacks Widows from Every Which Way But Loose.

I don't know. This movie isn't like trying to sit through Hatred of a Minute or Las Vegas Blood Bath or Michael Bolton concert footage, but it's definitely not one of Tobe Hooper's crowning achievements. Still, you know, give the guy a break.

Boring and Stupid.......2006-05-02

OK. This is the Tobe Hooper movie following "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". The script was co-written by TCM writer Kim Henkel. The movie features a good cover and a good synopsis on the back. So, where does this film go wrong? Where doesn't it? I want to start off that it's obvious that Quentin Tarantino has seen this movie because the opening scene's dialouge was used in "Kill Bill Vo.1". My name is Buck and I'm here to f**k. In the beginning we're introduced to a hooker who refuses to have sex with Buck (a very young pre-Freddy Krueger, Robert Englund) and is kicked out of the whorehouse in which she resides. She ends up at the Starlight Motel, a dark motel hidden in the depths of the Bayou. In a horror movie made in today's times, this would be the part where you would turn the film off. Anyone who has seen a horror mvoie should know that this is not the kind of motel you walk into. The Starlight is kept by Judd (a very creepy Neville Brand) who acts sane and then suddenly the exact opposite and ends up killing the hooker. Oddly enough, living right next to the motel is Judd's alligator, hence the title "Eaten Alive". The movie continues with a few other people who pass through, including a family of 3. The father is killed, the mother is tied to the bed, and the young daughter hides from Judd beneath the house. Then the family of the hooker show. Oh and Buck shows up and Judd shows an odd distaste in him immediately. This movie should've been good and it definitley had the makings for a good horror movies. The 70's was arguably the decade for horror films. Looking at horror movies nowadays there is clear inspiration from 70's horror movies. This movie has a grainy look to it, there's blood galore, and it's pretty disturbing. Brand is one of the best horror film heavies ever, but he's not anywhere near as creepy as the infamous Leatherface. "Eaten Alive" was inspired and a lot of hardcore horror fans will enjoy it. I love horror films and the more graphic they are, the better. This movie just lagged though. In between the scenes when Judd was killing people, it was just really boring. It was cool seeing Robert Englund, who as a kid looked nothing like Freddy Krueger. And the film also stars Marilyn Burns, the actress who escaped in TCM and made a cameo appearance as the Anonymous Woman at the end of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation". I'd recommend another horror film, but if it sounds good to you. Go for it.

GRADE: D

3 1/2 stars - Especially for fans of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre!.......2006-03-13

Eaten Alive is a fun and twisted low-budget horror that fans of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre will enjoy. Three of the original cast and crew take part in this movie, and as you watch, you will often be reminded of TCM. The soundtrack to this film is very similar to TCM, but still original.

There is a fair amount of unnecessary dialogue and adding crocidiles to this storyline seems a bit gimmicky, besides, they look really fake. Expect a small amount of really well done gore effects.

The story here isn't really about the crocodiles at all, it's about the creepy motel manager. He is really strange, but not nearly as creepy as some of the characters in Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Overall Eaten Alive is a better than average horror flick that verges on being really creepy! 3 1/2 STARS

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Starring: Dennis Lotis , Christopher Lee , Patricia Jessel , Tom Naylor , and Betta St. John
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I have made my pact with thee O'lucifer,for all eternity.......2007-04-10

"Classic Horror without the gore".......2007-02-06

Horror Hotel.......2007-01-06

The gift that keeps on giving.......2006-12-10

SCREAM... when you ring for DOOM SERVICE!.......2006-11-13

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Ultimate sleazefest, Minimal gore
Good Sleazy Fun!
A sort-of-giallo classic!
Annoying but some fun
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Starring: Klaus Kinski , Margaret Lee (II) , Rosalba Neri , Jane Garret , and John Karlsen
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Release Date: 2004-05-25

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Ultimate sleazefest, Minimal gore.......2006-10-10

I will start by saying that in the Director's Interview, Di Leo admits outright that he did no research on mental institutions when he decided to make a film based on, well, mental institutions. When asked how he got along with the actresses on set, he replies, "They had good bodies." He also admits that he didn't like the film, but he is glad others do. This is really all you need to know about the film. No, wait... there is more.

Slaughter Hotel's original ad campaign played upon the idea that the film is "Based on a True Story", which means it really wasn't. It was compared to the crimes of Chicago mass-murderer Richard Speck (who actually killed student nurses and not patients), but is technically unrelated.

The premise of the film is to not be grounded in reality. Or that is my interpretation at least. Basically, this is a mental institution running in a castle complete with armored knights. The only patients they admit are young, beautiful women with a problem of running around naked for no apparent reason. The film has about 20 sex scenes, which are repeated in flashbacks as though I would forget, so I guess it is more like 115 times people have sex onscreen. Ugh, there is no mystery here. I think Di Leo forgot he was making a horror film. I guess a couple girls die later leading to a tacked on, lame ending.

The major problems with the flick are many. There is highly inappropriate music resembling The Love Boat. The sound quality is bad with constant thudding and a poor transition between music and background noise. Klaus Kinksi, the lead actor, stands around with nothing to do. Di Leo has no idea what mental stability and instability is.

The scenes in this film are beyond bizarre. My favorite of which is when a Black patient hearing drums says, "This must be from my native country. I must have danced to this when I was a child." Yes folks, that's right, she proceeds to dance like a chicken and finish it off by having lesbian sex with her nurse. The rest of the film is pretty much the same. Nude massages & sponge baths, full-on female masturbation sequences, etc.

I felt like I was watching porn with bad dialogue, but I guess that would be redundant because that's what porn is. Sex, bad dialogue, and some more sex.

Nothing in this film makes sense. There is no linear plot, no mystery, and no one cares. I honesty think this was a wet dream Di Leo had. I was waiting for the flying unicorn to tackle the leprechaun for his pot of gold. And then have sex with it.

Favorite Quote - Doctor says to Female Patient, "Your desire to make love is excessive. Now go take a shower."

Extras: Well, I guess there was a Still Gallery, Trailers, and Interviews. As stated before, it includes educational commentary from the director.

Bottom Line: Ultimate sleazefest with minimal gore and zero intelligence. If you like sleaze, I recommend buying it. You will be happy. If you want a good giallo, then set this on fire, do a dance around it, and hope that God will send you anything from Argento, the Bavas, or anyone else that is Italian.

Rating: I guess it depends. Either 3/10 or 7/10.

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Good Sleazy Fun!.......2006-07-11

Whoa! This movie is something else. The plot is thin, the acting is worse and the music, laughable. Why then you may ask did I give it 4 stars? It's simple. Most 70's and 80's giallo's fall into 2 categories (so bad it's good and so bad it's awful. {the exceptions being giallo's by Dario Argento, Mario Bava etc.})

Anyway, this movie falls into the so bad it's good categorie. It takes place in an old, weird asylum for women who are either suicidal or mentally ill. Some cloaked killer has entered the building and he starts brutally murdering the patients one by one. I'm not so sure there was much more of a plot than that. Klaus Kinski (Crawlspace) stars as Dr. Francis Clay and of course he brings his signature weirdness to the part.

Yes, the effects are dated (blood looks like red paint) but it doesn't matter. There is also a ton of nudity, including many shots of full frontal, not to mention some pretty graphic masterabtion scenes (especially for 1971). At times you'll think you're watching some kind of cheesy 70's soft core porn film. Definitely not for younger viewers. However, if you're in the mood for a masked killer offing naked women, with medieval weapons, in classic giallo style then this film is for you. It's early 70's, sleazy, cheesy, Eurotrash at it's best.

A sort-of-giallo classic!.......2004-09-09

This film is not on the level of gialli directed by Mario Bava, Lucio Fulci, or Dario Argento. However, it is so loopey and bizarre that it is actually fascinating!

In the beginning of the film, a man and his wife are driving through the countryside in an automobile that looks like a bathtub. We learn that the wife is suffering from some sexual-homicidal malady and is being taken to a sanitarium for treatment. She attempts to strangle her husband, who continues driving at no reduction in speed, while fighting off her attack. As she temporarily recovers her senses, her husband asks, "I can understand your trying to kill me - but why try to kill yourself?" They then arrive at the sanitarium, where he drops her off in the parking lot saying that he is sure that she will have a fast cure. He does not take her inside the building or introduce her to any of the sanitarium staff - just drops her off in the parking lot where she promptly attacks a member of the staff!

The sanitarium is a strange place. It is housed in an old Italian castle with a front door that was designed for very short people. Many characters use this door over the course of the movie and have to bend their heads almost as low as their waists in order to pass through. Once inside - keep in mind that this is a sanitarium for mentally disturbed people - the building is decorated with numerous, functioning, medieval instruments of death and torture. These dangerous instruments are basically laying about, in reach of anyone who chooses to employ them!

Also, the psychotherapy practiced at the sanitarium is somewhat unique. It involves playing croquet, checkers, and having sexual relationships with the staff! Liquor is served to the patients during evening social gatherings - apparently to "loosen them up!"

Into this brew, add a masked maniac - who walks with a swagger that looks as though he is a tenderfoot and just got off the back of a horse - who commits seemingly random, ghastley murders. He uses the asylum's "decorations" as convenient murder weapons. Somehow, the sanitarium "professionals" are not aware that there are any murders being committed at all - no one seems to question the absence of the victims - until the very end of the film! The final scene of the movie is perhaps one of the most violent, gorey episodes ever filmed up to that time.

The film stars Klaus Kinski, who poses rather than acts - and appears to be "grooving" to an overdose of Valium; the gorgeous Margaret Lee, who is the reason for all this mess; John Karlsen, as the pompous, clueless sanitarium Director; and the delectable Rosalba Neri, who bounces off the walls in a must-see, psychadelic shower scene.

The film score is initially charming, but there is a recurrent, lush "Love Boat"-type theme that becomes increasingly annoying with each repetition. The last several repetitions are the equivalent of having an ice-pick plunged into one's brain!

I have seen three separate versions of this film and have never seen a better-looking, more complete version. If you like Italian B-movies, you should not miss this cinematic gem! Warning: this film is not suitable for children, as there is non-stop violence and wall-to-wall nudity: actual "toilet parts" are shown!

Annoying but some fun.......2004-06-10

The quality of the DVD is very good. Clean and clear image, a few audio drop outs and a grainy segment or two within the film, probably from the transfer of footage from other sources. The story is basically about a sick-o running around a womans loony bin killing patients and nurses with an assortment of mediaeval weapons. There is lots of nudity, a couple of explicit female nude scenes. Not a kids film by all means. The plot is good but the way it the movie was edited together is poor. There are jump cuts, continuity errors and dialogue drop out that will annoy most viewers who seek technically well made films. The director did a great job annoying me with the set up for each sex scene. The director used very loud, confusing, claustrophobic music while adding a montage of flashbacks to make the viewer feel uncomfortable before and durring each nude and sex scene and murder scene. The only highlighting factor for the first 3/4 of the movie are all the nude scenes. The rest of the movie is rather dull. The murders in the last 20 minutes are pretty cool. The director did a great job casting. Kinski is good and the two female leads are beautiful. In my opinion the director did a splendid job annoying me with jump cuts, overdone flashback scenes, bad mood music that kept looping over and over again durring the sex scenes and very ugly, I mean butt ugly male leads. The woman are all cute, except for the one with the bad skin complexion and nasty pimple above her eye. If you like sleazy sex, bad effects, crappy mood music, ugly male leads, hot female leads who like to get naked, jump cuts, annoying flashback scenes that drag on and on plus very long sequences that have no plot value at all then this is for you. If you plan on getting this to fill your need for Klaus Kinski then this drudge will do.

Brutal Film.......2002-08-12

From the box cover: A brutally erotic film that centers around the day to day activities of a hospital, Slaughter Hotel (aka: Cold Blooded Beast & Asylum Erotica". Heavy sexual themes persist throughout.
Things start cooking when the nurses start getting explicitly disemboweled by a wide variety of antique weapons that just happen to be laying around.
"What lurks inside the dark corridors of a mind gone mad?"
CAUTION: This film contains nudity, adult sexual themes and graphic violence.

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