Crawlspace

Crawlspace (1986)

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.

Data lansării
1986-05-21
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (115)
Durată
1 h 20 min
Genuri
Horror, Thriller
Regizor
David Schmoeller

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Crawlspace is a 1986 American horror film written and directed by David Schmoeller, and starring Klaus Kinski, Talia Balsam, Barbara Whinnery, and Tané McClure. Its plot follows Karl Guenther, the crazed son of a Nazi doctor obsessed with trapping young women and slowly torturing them to death in an urban apartment building. The film became infamous due to the on-set conflicts between Schmoeller and Kinski, with claims that producer Roberto Bessi attempted to have Kinski murdered due to his continued hostility towards the crew.

Production

In a 2011 interview, director David Schmoeller claims he wrote the first draft of Crawlspace as an anti-Vietnam War tale revolving around a returning vet who decides to recreate a prisoner-of-war camp in his attic. He recounts:

When I turned in the first draft ... [Producer] Charlie Band, of Empire Pictures felt that America was not ready for a Viet Nam story (this was right before Platoon). He suggested we make the protagonist a Nazi! ... I said: "You don't think America is ready for a Viet Nam story – but you DO think they want to see yet another Nazi story?" He said: I'll get you Klaus Kinski. I said: "You get me Klaus Kinski, and I'll make it a Nazi story."...

Schmoeller says that the second draft of the screenplay was written specifically for Kinski, and no other actors were even considered for the part.

Schmoeller says that he was unaware of Kinski's reputation as eccentric and difficult to work with. Prior to filming, the actor allegedly threw a fit over the wardrobe that had been picked out for him, and subsequently went out and bought his own clothes (charging them to the film and keeping them himself afterwards). On set, Kinski clashed severely with other actors and crew members.

The film was prepped in Hollywood at the offices of Empire Pictures. Ron Underwood served as associate producer in Los Angeles, and the production was filmed in Rome at Cinecittà Studios. Principal photography began on November 11, 1985, and was completed by March 1986.

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