Les insatisfaites poupées érotiques du docteur Hitchcock

With the retreat of film censorship in Europe and the US in the late 1960s and early 1970s the makers of exploitation films were left loose on the somewhat unsuspecting cinema goer. Both gore and sex content of such films increased dramatically, while less care was taken to embed the spectacle in a coherent, gripping and believable story. This was particularly obvious in the Italian Giallo, a genre that emerged in those years from the traditional Italian horror film and the German Edgar Wallace thrillers.

Here we have a typical example of the genre: a serial killer is on the loose , we see gruesome and gory (but stylish) killings that do not reveal the identity of the murderer, have some sex thrown in at good measure, and are finally rather disappointed when the murder mystery is solved.

Asylum Erotica is set in a mental hospital for the very rich, on some isolated location in the countryside. The asylum is run by Dr. Keller -- played by Klaus Kinski in one of his many personifications of psychiatrists. The patients are busy having a good time, including the inevitable hanky -panky (come in Rosalba Neri as the resident nymphomaniac), when suddenly corpses are starting to pile up. Apparently, they have been killed with some medieval weapons that are conveniently on open display in the lounge. Why has nobody considered them a safety hazard -- this is a mental hospital , after all? Why aren't they tucked away after the first killing(s)? We shall never know.

Clearly, this isn't a great film, but it is still quite watchable, certainly if you like Eurosleaze. For fans of Kinski and Neri this is a 'must'.

Wow! You ever wonder why you are who you are, and how you got this way? I saw this movie in 1973 when I was 12 years old. Didn't know it at the time, but it was happily inappropriate for a group of impressionable pre-teens. My day camp counselor who was about 17 at the time took us to see this along with a karate flick ("The Hong Kong Cat"). It was classic - the counselor and his girlfriend drinking beer & sitting five rows behind nine raucous and rowdy 12 year olds. Then when the first solo shower scene of one of the inmates comes on, followed by a pretty sizzling interracial lesbian vignette, we were dead silent. "Slaughter Hotel" is a roller coaster ride of wood-inducing soft core action, followed by well, slaughter. There are spots where they try to make sense of the story, but its basically a maniac loose in a hospital where all of the female patients are lusty and attractive. I remember thinking how I could get a job at a place like that? Years later it reminded me of the Richard Speck episode from the sixties, where he killed 8 nurses in Chicago. I got this on VHS from Amazon a few years ago, and it maintains its ability to stimulate. Yeah we were all marked after that movie. We later graduated to hard core flicks on 42nd St in NYC, but I digress..Rent this if you can, and see if doesn't maintain your ah, interest. Klaus Kinski probably removed this from his resume, but I consider this one of the godfathers of there slasher genre.

A psychiatric clinic located in the quiet countryside is run by Doctor Clay : Klaus Kinski , there stays various female patients. This is a hospital with an inferno of femine desires where people die murdered one after another, piling up a number of corpses . As a heinous cloaked murderer is executing a criminal spree by using medieval weapons against the unfortunate victms who he has previously stalked . Who is the killer ? . Carved out today's headlines ! A place where nothing is forbidden ! Where the sick get sicker... Murder by murder ! Victim by victim ! All 8 died !

An Eurosleaze slasher with thrills , chills , high body-count , nudism , ominous stabbing and lots of blood and gore . A crime movie set at a rehabilitation hospital for women suffering mental disorder in which see see the slashing massacre of eight innocent nurses , as they are killed one by one . The psychological clinical has several female patients with disturbing illness as nymphomany , agarophobia , and other lesbian women , that's it displays lots of nudism in charge of beautiful scream girls as Margaret Lee , Monica Strebel, Desideri , Jane Garret , Carla Mancini and special mention for gorgeous Rosalba Neri who played various exploitation movies and here she provides some really erotic naked scenes by playing a nymphomanic patient .

In addition , it displays a strange and mysterious musical score . As well as atmospheric cinematography by Franco Villa , though a perfect remastering being necessary . Shot on location in Castel Fusano, Lacio , Rome , Italy . The motion picture was middlingly directed by Fernando Di Leo . Fernando was an expert writer and director . Firstly , he wrote notorious Spaghetti Westerns as Fistful of dollars , For a Fistful of Dollars more , Ringo , The return of Ringo , Johnny Yuma , 7 Guns for the McGregor , 7 women for the McGregor , Sugar Colt , Johnny Yuma , Joe the Implacable , The Ruthless four . Turning in filmmaking he made all kinds of genres as sex comedies : Loaded guns , Italian Sex , La Seductione and Victims of Lust . Outstanding in Poliziesco subgenre such as : I Boss , The American connection , La Mala Ordinaria , Shoot first die later , Running Guns , Madness , Razza Violenta , Killers vs Killers , among others . Rating : so-so and mediocre Giallo .

While not as violent as other Italian Giallo/slasher movies of the 70's, Slaughter Hotel is worth a look. The movie centers around a series of murders at a mental hospital for women. We learn all about the patients sexual desires before they are killed off with mediaevall weapons. Plenty of nudity and a pretty bloody ending won't disappoint those who like this kind of entertainment either. A pretty decent cast and good photography and sets also help a great deal. Overall, this is a solid movie.

As a giallo this movie is a real disappointment. The plot is virtually non-existent, the suspense is nil, aside from the widescreen compositions the cinematography is unimpressive, and I'm sure the occasionally interesting score was recycled from a better movie. Klaus Kinski obviously phoned in his performance (long-distance with a very bad connection) and Rosalba Neri (aka Sarah Bay) is pretty much wasted.

On the other hand, if you're looking for softcore porn, this movie is a relative masterpiece. The crisp cinematography is superior to just about anything else in that genre, and you have an elegant Italian instrumental score as opposed to the usual, grating wah-wah synthesizer. The plot may be anemic, but it certainly doesn't interfere with any of the action. Even sleepwalking through their respective roles, Neri and Kinski can act circles around your typical softcore sex performer. Kinski, of course, does not actually perform any sex scenes (which is good--we're talking Klaus here, not Natassia). Neri, on the other hand, has done many sex scenes in much better movies, but I'm confident no one will complain about her scenes here, even if they don't exactly show off her considerable acting talent. As in many European movies, Neri's "solo" sex scene really pushes the line between softcore and hardcore, but in the best possible way. Only the ending is terrible regardless. It comes out of nowhere and will appeal only to fans of medieval weaponry and/or the Richard Speck student nurse murders.