Crawlspace (film)

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Crawlspace
Directed by David Schmoeller
Produced by Roberto Bessi
Written by David Schmoeller
Starring Klaus Kinski
Talia Balsam
Music by Pino Donaggio
Cinematography Sergio Salvati
Editing by Bert Glatstein
Distributed by Empire Pictures
Release date(s) 21 May 1986
Running time 80 min.
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
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Crawlspace is a 1986 horror/thriller film starring Klaus Kinski as a crazed maniac who is obsessed with trapping young women and then slowly torturing them to death. The film is produced by Roberto Bessi, written and directed by David Schmoeller and also stars Talia Balsam.

Tagline: He seduces them in his mind and traps them in his crawlspace.

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Karl Guenther (Klaus Kinski) is a conscientious landlord who looks out for his young and attractive tenants. Jessica (Carole Francis), the rising young soap opera star, Harriet (Barbara Whinnery), a sensuous and vivacious secretary, Sophie (Tane McClure), an accomplished pianist who enjoys wild fantasy sex with her boyfriend, and Lori (Talia Balsam), a young college student who has just moved in: all live in Karl's well kept apartments. The only discord is the "tap, tap, tap" sound at night from the crawlspace above their rooms. Karl tells them it's only rats, but in reality it is Karl spying on them. One by one, the tenants become his victims ...each one put to a gruesome test. Only Lori remains to disclose the diabolical Karl and she enters the crawlspace—she is alone with a madman capable of anything.

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