Lover of the Monster

Lover of the Monster (Template:Langx) is a 1974 gothic horror film directed by Sergio Garrone and starring Klaus Kinski.Template:Sfn

Plot

Dr. Alex Nijinski (Klaus Kinski) stumbles upon a secret experimental laboratory when he returns to his wife's ancestral homestead. Work in the lab turns the curious doctor into a Jekyll and Hyde split personality, with the evil alter ago going on a killing rampage in the town which is blamed on a pair of tramps.

Cast

Although credited, Carla Mancini, Alessandro Perrella and Stella Calderoni do not appear in the film.Template:Sfn Ayhan Işık, Erol Taş and Roberto Messina are not credited in the Italian prints of the film.Template:Sfn

Production

After directing the war film La colomba non deve volare, director Sergio Garrone began work on a horror film.Template:Sfn After contacting the Italian distributor named Sabatini, he was introduced to the Rome-based Turkish producer Şakir V. Sözen.Template:Sfn Sözen had previously produced Farouk Agrama's crime film L'amico del padrino and was offered the location of a huge villa and proposed casting the Turkish actor Ayhan Işık who had co-starred in Lamico del padrino.Template:Sfn According to Garrone, Sözen suggested instead of making one film in six weeks, that they should make two films in eight weeks.Template:Sfn This led to the production of both le amanti del mostro and The Hand That Feeds the Dead.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

Le amanti del mostro was filmed in Istanbul and at Elios Studios in Rome.Template:Sfn

Release

Le amanti del mostro was released theatrically in Italy on 28 May 1974 where it was distributed by Morini.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

External links

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