In the Italian countryside, a clinic for mentally unstable but wealthy women is terrorised by a maniac with a fetish for medieval weaponry.
Psychiatrist Dr Clay (Klaus Kinski) and his team are clueless as to who is behind these brutal crimes. Is it a member of his staff, or has one of his sexually frustrated patients finally snapped and started to act out their perverse fantasies on their fellow inmates?
Shot in less than two weeks, the film – a mix of decapitation, strangulation, hatchet, arrow and iron-maiden murders with nude massages, lesbianism, female masturbation, and shower and bathing scenes – was released in some markets as Slaughter Hotel.
Featuring some of Italian exploration cinema’s finest beauties – including Rosalba Neri, Gioia Desideri and Monica Strebel – and English beauty Margaret Lee, Cold Blooded Beast (originally titled La Bestia Uccide a Sangue Freddo) is a sleazy delight for anyone with a passing interest in the seedier side of the Giallo genre.
And if you enjoy looking at naked women, this is the film for you.
Dr Francis Clay
Klaus Kinski Cheryl Hume
Margaret Lee Anne Palmieri
Rosalba Neri Mara
Jane Garret Professor Osterman
John Karlsen Cheryl’s Husband
Piero Nistri Ruth
Gioia Desideri Nurse Helen
Monica Strebel Ruth’s Husband
Enzo Spitaleri Gardener
Giangiacomo Elia (as John Ely) Augusto
Fernando Cerulli Inspector
Ettore Geri Policemen
Sandro Rossi
Giulio Baraghini
Antonio Radaelli
Gilberto Galimberti Nurse
Carla Mancini Male Nurses
Franco Marletta
Marco Mariani Patients
Daniela Di Bitonto
Rosanna Braida
Director
Fernando Di Leo
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