Directed by:
Agustí VillarongaScreenplay:
Agustí VillarongaCinematography:
Jaume PeracaulaComposer:
Javier NavarretePlots(1)
Klaus (Gunter Meisner) is an ex-Nazi, a doctor whose war-time post in a concentration camp enabled him to commit the most appalling sex crimes against boys. After the war, living incognito in Spain, he again gives in to his depraved desires, until shame and despair drive him to an unsuccessful suicide attempt... Now confined to his room and kept alive on an iron lung, he is ministered to by his resentful wife Griselda (Marisa Paredes) and her daughter Rena (Gisela Echevarria). Into this environment comes Angelo (David Sust), a strange, handsome young man who offers his services as a nurse. Against Griselda's judgement, Klaus insists that the visitor be allowed to take the post. A perverse relationship develops between Angelo and Klaus, becoming ever more macabre as Angelo reveals he has found diaries detailing his employer's war-time activities. Words turn to deeds, Klaus's shame turns once again to desire, and a new spate of child killings begin... (Cult Epics)
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A good Spanish horror drama, but I didn’t notice any extra dose of supernatural physical or psychological terror. Yeah, it’s not a Saturday morning cartoon, but nor is it something that stands out much from all other similar films with hints of exploitation. What it does stand out for is the quality, which is gratifying. It also has a properly tense or even scary scene here and there. Thumbs up :)
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