The Beast in Heat
Seen it?1977 | 86 min | Horror, Thriller, War
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing, horror fans and history buffs. If you loved Grindhouse, start here.
- The mood
- Scary, intense.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 26 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Italian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1977: an older pace and style.
In a remote village in occupied Europe, the SS pursue their inhuman treatment of captured partisans in efforts to force them to betray their comrades.... while Fraulein Krast, a sadistic biologist, concentrates her efforts on the womenfolk with refined tortures and humiliation, leaving them to the mercy of a sex-crazed half-man, half-beast she has created with experimental injections.... And as advancing Allied forces approach the village, Krast herself becomes a victim of her own fiendish rituals....
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 9K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Luigi Batzella
- Macha MagallDr. Ellen Kratsch
- Gino TuriniDra
- Edilio KimCaptain Hardinghauser
- Xiro PapasLupo
- Salvatore BaccaroThe Beast
- Brigitte SkayIrene (uncredited)
- Alfredo RizzoMoreno (uncredited)
- Benito PacificoPartisan (uncredited)
- Brad HarrisDon Lorenzo (uncredited)
- Giuseppe CastellanoGerman Soldier (uncredited)