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A rehabilitation hospital in the Italian countryside which offers treatment for women suffering from various psychological disorders is stalked by a mysterious cloaked killer.A rehabilitation hospital in the Italian countryside which offers treatment for women suffering from various psychological disorders is stalked by a mysterious cloaked killer.A rehabilitation hospital in the Italian countryside which offers treatment for women suffering from various psychological disorders is stalked by a mysterious cloaked killer.
Giangiacomo Elia
- The Gardener
- (as John Ely)
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- TriviaAlthough its pretty well edited, there's a body double used in the really up close and personal scenes of Rosalba Neri's masturbation sequence. In fact you can see Neri has an operation scar visible on her stomach in one scene which is then conspicuously absent from the other lower body on display in the harder material.
- GoofsRuth wakes up, finds a knife-wielding stranger. all in black. standing in her room, poised to kill her. She doesn't scream or even make any sound, just struggles silently as he strangles her to death.
- Quotes
Professor Osterman: [upon a patient being shot through the throat by a crossbow] It's monstrous, incredible! The arrow was shot from outside, according to the nurse.
- Alternate versionsOriginal uncut European version was edited for an "R" rating for its U.S. release.
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Wow....what a totally pointless movie!
"Slaughter Hotel" is quite a perplexing film experience
Not so much because of its brilliance, uniqueness or professionalism but because it's so damn addictive despite being one of the most poorly scripted horror film ever made. This is one giant trashy mess in which story-logic, atmosphere and character drawings have all been skipped in favor of more luscious nudity and sleaze. We're welcomed in a resting home for hot & wealthy ladies, with mental problems going from burnouts to nymphomania. There's a team of strange doctors, unprofessional nurses and even a hunky gardener at these ladies' service to help them get over whatever problems they got. In order to make "Slaughter Hotel" at least somewhat resemble to a giallo, director Fernando DiLeo also introduces a mad-raving murderer, typically dressed in black and using the institution's old-fashioned armory decoration as slashing tools. All put together, this results in extended sequences of females having any form of sex (masturbation, lesbian action or actual sex) before brutally getting killed. The basics of exploitation cinema, maybe, but nonetheless a bad movie with too many tedious moments and totally wasting a great cast. I don't think you're meant to care for the killer's identity as his/her motivations largely remain unexplained at the end. There are a lot of things that don't make the least bit of sense (butt-massages??) and the girls, for some reason, all have extended flashbacks with completely irrelevant contents. I suppose that was done to reach a playtime of 90 minutes. Klaus Kinski looks terrifically vicious with his long blond hair but even his presence can't bring much redemption. The murders are gory (especially the grand finale!) but not the least bit disturbing. "Slaughter Hotel" is worth watching for fans of Italian horror but I'm sure everyone will acknowledge that it's nothing more than a poor man's Sergio Martino, Dario Argento or Mario Bava.
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- Coventry
- Dec 12, 2005
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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