Michael Daniels What this movie actually does is to pose the very controversial question as to whether a person's evil nature (in this case a Nazi war criminal) can be transmitted to their offspring. The answer to this question as far as the makers of the film are concerned, is given clear resolution, and of course this makes it far more disturbing than the usual serial killer fare. For some, this movie is probably too evocative of a past era which I am sure they would wish to forget.

GL84 Responding to a vacant apartment ad, a woman moves in and meets her tenants who suddenly start to disappear around the building, and when he is finally uncovered resorts to torture to keep his secret the remaining tenants are forced to stay alive to survive the experiments.There's really only a few good things about this film. Among the greatest here is undoubtedly the main villain of the film as there's little doubt that Kinski does a great job in here at being creepy. There's something a little off about him from the start with a hint of mystery thrown in, and it works marvelously to build suspense. All the little traits throughout here, from the captive in the apartment to the constant tapping with the knife, his voyeuristic tendencies and the gun-gags alone in his basement, are nicely used to make him a little off. The film's best is the end with a really creepy and protracted chase through the apartment, starting from the lower floors, up into the attic, through the crawlspaces that are hidden throughout the building and finally concluding inside a secret room filled with leftover artifacts and other things stored away. There's a nice flow to it, never really slowing down and with some surprises along the way add to the creepiness of it and makes the movie end on a really high note. It's got a nice sleazy tone from the start that's all well and fine, but these aren't enough to save this as there are a couple of problems with the film. The film's biggest problem is that it's incredibly slow since hardly anything happens and most of the film's time is spent with listening to voice-over ramblings of his diary. The rest of the time is spent spying on the tenants that aren't uneventful since most of it is simply unleashing rats into the room or making strange tapping noises through the air ducts. It's not scary in the slightest, and really only serves as an excuse for voyeurism. Add to the fact that it also plays out in such a slow pace makes it all the more hard to digest since there's such a long time between events and it simply takes that much time to get to it. What hurts the film all the more so is that its attempts at being chilling all fall flat by being incredibly uninvolving. The main thing here is being built around the constant use of putting a gun to his head and attempting to take his life, which is handled the wrong way. It's a foregone conclusion that he's needed to end the film, but by always using that to build suspense it pads out the movie. The film also seems a bit odd when it concerns it's horror set-pieces at the end. Even the film's best chances at suspense, the find-the-bodies sequence, is easily spotted and doesn't register at all, and the fact that those deaths all occur off-screen is even more of a disappointment seeing as how there were no deaths or gore until that point anyway. It really only serves the fact that there's a psycho wandering around, and that isn't all that creepy as it could've been. There's a lot of ways it could've been better, and they're all pretty easily spotted as such, and is what hurts this the most.Rated R: Graphic Language, Violence, Nudity and a sex scene.

gavin6942 A retired doctor (Klaus Kinski), who is also the son of a Nazi surgeon, rents out apartments to young women so he can crawl through the air ducts and spy on them. Of course, with Nazi blood running through his veins, spying is not all he has in mind."Crawlspace" is, unfortunately, not a very well known film. Sure, slashers in the 1980s were common enough, and being a Charles Band production, you might have your doubts. But this was during his Empire years, when he was producing such greats as "Re-Animator". And this is no typical slasher: the focus is on the subversive nature of the killer, not on the body count (which is actually rather low). Band's influence can be seen in only one real way: the re-use of sets from the movie "Troll", which helped keep the budget low.As horror historian and ambassador Jon Kitley says, "Despite the unique storyline, it is really Kinski that makes this movie memorable." Kitley says he was "amazed at the sheer talent" of Kinski. This is absolutely true: while the film could have starred anyone, Kinski's look, voice and mannerisms really give him the rich, creepy feeling the character of Dr. Gunther needs. All else is background to his presence, making him something of an anti-hero.Director David Schmoeller really gets in there with angles, and shows us just how tight those crawlspaces are that Gunther worms his way into. It's not quite claustrophobic, but pushes the boundaries of where we think a man can hide. Schmoeller, along with Ken Hall, went on to write the screenplay for and direct "Puppet Master". Frankly, I think this is the better film.I was somewhat confused by the Friedrich Nietzsche photograph on the office wall, the Nazi film and the Nazi hat. I understand the Nazi ideals and beliefs somehow came from Gunther's father, who fled Germany to raiuse the family in Argentina. But to lump Nietzsche in with the Nazis is just misguided, at best.If you can find a copy of this, pick it up. Rent it, or buy it. Netflix has it available for you, but I really think this is one of those films any horror buff should have in their personal collection. I am not sure what is on the DVD as far as special features, but if any film is worthy of some great features, this would be the one.

monkey-man This movie is good/bad and there are two reasons why this movie is good and the two reasons are:1.The main character in this movie is called Docter Karl Gunther (Klaus Kinski) and i think that he is so dam freaky because every thing he does in this movie is so strange.2.All of the ways people die in this movie are great and the best way someone dies is how a man is sitting in a seat and he accidentally presses a button and a big metal spike comes out and kills him.Over all if u like good suspense horror movies u should watch this movie and my rating for this movie is six out of 10.