Italy, 1971
86m (Greece), 89m (USA), 97m (West Germany), 2470 metres
35mm film, Techniscope, Eastmancolor, 2.35:1
Italian
An Italian horror film directed by Fernando Di Leo.
Plot Summary
A masked killer is stalking the inmates of a psychiatric home for wealthy disturbed women.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Fernando Di Leo
© [not given on screen]
Cineproduzioni Daunia 70 presents
Production Manager: Armando Novelli
Production Supervisor: Alberto Longo
Story and Screenplay by: Fernando Di Leo, Nino Latino
Assistant Director: Franco Lo Cascio
Director of Photography: Franco Villa
Cameraman: Claudio Morabito
Assistant Cameramen: Antonio De Castel Largo, Antonio Minutolo
Film Editor: Amedeo Giomini
Negative and Positive: Telecolor
Music by: Silvano Spadaccino
Orchestra Conducted by: Giacomo Simonelli
Publisher: Nazionalmusic Milano
Sound Recording: Raffaele Benedetti, Romano Pampaloni
Sound Recording and Editing: “Via Margutta Studios Rome”
Westrex Sound System
Wardrobe: Marcella Moretti
Make-up: Antonio Mura
Set Decorator [Art Director]: Nicola Tamburo
Set Decorator: Teresa Ferrone
Filmed at: Elios Film
Unit Manager: Francesco Vitulano
Cast
Klaus Kinski (Dr Francis Clay)
Margaret Lee (Cheryl Hume)
Rosalba Neri (Anne Palmieri)
Jane Garret (Mara)
John Karlsen (Professor Osterman)
Gioia Desideri (Ruth)
John Ely (gardener)
Fernando Cerulli
Sandro Rossi
Giulio Baraghini
Ettore Ceri
Antonio Radaelli
Monica Strebel (Nurse Helen)
Carla Mancini
Franco Marletta
Piero Nistri
Daniela Di Bitonto
Enzo Spitaleri
Marco Mariani
Gilberto Galimberti
Rosanna Braida
Alternative Titles
Asylum Erotica – USA
The Beast Kills in Cold Blood
La bestia mata a sangre fría – Spain
Bestia zabija z zimną krwią – Poland
La clinique des ténèbres – France (video)
La clinique sanglante – France (DVD)
Cold Blooded Beast – UK
The Cold Blooded Beast – Australia
Dipsa gia sarka kai aima – Greece
Les insatiables poupées érotiques – Belgium (French)
Les insatisfaites poupées érotiques du docteur Hitchcock – France
Das kaltblütige Tier – West Germany
To kastro tou tromou – Greece (video)
Les poupees anglantes du Dr X
Les poupees du Professeur Hichcock
Das Schloß der blauen Vögel – West Germany
Slaughter Hotel – Norway, USA (re-release/video)
Soğukkanlı Canavar – Turkey
Der Triebmörder – West Germany (video)
Зверь с ледяной кровью – Russia
Зверь с холодной кровью – Russia
Зверь убивает хладнокровно – Russia
Отель резни – Russia
References
Periodicals
- Cineinforme no.136/137 (October 1971) p.70
- CinemaTV Today no.10007 (18 November 1972) p.32
- Is It Uncut? no.6 pp.38-39 – review
- Little Shoppe of Horrors no.4 (April 1978) p.15
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.40 no.468 (January 1973) p.4
- New Cinema vol.7 (July 1971) pp.18-25 – review
Books
- American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography by Rob Craig p.339
- Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.212-213
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis 356
- House of Psychotic Women by Kier-La Janisse p.399
- The Mammoth Book of Slasher Movies: An A-Z Guide to Over Sixty Years of Blood and Guts by Peter Normanton pp.390-391
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.444 – credits
