Crawlspace (1986 film)

Crawlspace
Directed byDavid Schmoeller
Written byDavid Schmoeller
Produced byRoberto Bessi
Starring
CinematographySergio Salvati
Edited byBert Glatstein
Music byPino Donaggio
Production
company
Altar Productions
Distributed byEmpire Pictures
Release date
  • September 26, 1986 (1986-09-26)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million

Crawlspace is a 1986 American horror film written and directed by David Schmoeller, and starring Klaus Kinski, Talia Balsam, Barbara Whinnery, and Tané McClure. Its plot follows Karl Guenther, the crazed son of a Nazi doctor obsessed with trapping young women and slowly torturing them to death in an urban apartment building. The film became infamous due to the on-set conflicts between Schmoeller and Kinski, with claims that producer Roberto Bessi attempted to have Kinski murdered due to his continued hostility towards the crew.