Slaughter Hotel

Year: 1971

Director: Fernando Dileo

Written by: Fernando Dileo, Nino Latino

Threat: Psychopath

Weapon of Choice: Knife

Based upon: nothing

IMDb page: IMDb link

      Slaughter Hotel

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The tyranist's thoughts
It seems like the Italians got the idea of the slasher long before it ever penetrated the American psyche. Their peculiar brand of slasher is often more complex and sometimes more confusing, but for all of that they've been doing it a lot longer than us. Of course, just as the American slasher prompted the decadent slashers of the '80s, the Italian slashers also prompted their less pretentious variations.
At an insane asylum for attractive and lustful women, there is a killer wandering around knocking off the patients one at a time. Usually while they are naked. Mostly right after they've had sex with someone.
The tagline implies that nothing is forbidden here, but I would contend that a reasonable plot and character development are both forbidden. As most American T&A slashers, they seem to focus more on making sure they get good shots of naked women than they do on anything else. Oddly enough, it still feels a little more highbrow than its American counterparts. Probably the soundtrack.
I didn't really care much for this one. The decadence was nothing new and/or shocking (of course, I'm seeing it 22 years after its release) and it got kind of tedious. I'm not sure I'd really recommend it, but I can't think of anything that makes me want to say, "Stay away," either. You're probably capable of making that choice for yourselves.

Total Skulls: 20

Sequel
Sequel setup
Rips off earlier film
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie
Future celebrity appears
Former celebrity appears
Bad title skull
Bad premise
Bad acting
Bad dialogue
Bad execution
MTV Editing
OTS skullskull
Girl unnecessarily gets naked skull
Wanton sex skull
Death associated with sex skull
Unfulfilled promise of nudity
Characters forget about threat
Secluded location skull
Power is cut
Phone lines are cut
Someone investigates a strange noise skull
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door
Camera is the killer skullskull
Victims cower in front of a window/door
Victim locks self in with killer
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls
Toilet stall scene
Shower/bath scene skullskull
Car stalls or won't start
Cat jumps out
Fake scare skull
Laughable scare
Stupid discovery of corpse
Dream sequence skull
Hallucination/Vision
No one believes only witness
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth
Warning goes unheeded
Music detracts from scene
Death in first five minutes
x years before/later
Flashback sequence skull
Dark and stormy night
Killer doesn't stay dead
Killer wears a mask skull
Killer is in closet
Killer is in car with victim
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes
Unscary villain/monster
Beheading skull
Blood fountain
Blood spatters - camera, wall, etc. skull
Poor death effect skull
Excessive gore
No one dies at all
Virgin survives
Geek/Nerd survives
Little kid lamely survives
Dog/Pet miraculously survives
Unresolved subplots
"It was all a dream" ending
Unbelievably happy ending
Unbelievably crappy ending
What the hell? skull