Lover of the Monster

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Lover of the Monster
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Film poster
Directed bySergio Garrone
Screenplay bySergio Garrone[1]
Produced by
  • Amedeo Mellone
  • Şakir V. Sözen[2]
Starring
CinematographyEmore Galeassi[1]
Edited byCesare Bianchini[1]
Music by
  • Elio Maestosi
  • Stefano Liberati[1]
Production
company
Cinequipe[2]
Distributed byMorini
Release date
  • 28 May 1974 (1974-05-28) (Italy)
Running time
87 minutes[2]
Countries
  • Italy
  • Turkey[2]

Lover of the Monster (Italian: Le amanti del mostro, lit. 'Lovers of the Monster') is a 1974 gothic horror film directed by Sergio Garrone and starring Klaus Kinski.[3]

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, and to not appear in the film.[2] Ayhan Işık, Erol Taş and are not credited in the Italian prints of the film.[2]

Production[]

After directing the war film , director Sergio Garrone began work on a horror film.[2] After contacting the Italian distributor named Sabatini, he was introduced to the Rome-based Turkish producer Şakir V. Sözen.[2] Sözen had previously produced 's crime film offered the location of a huge villa and proposed casting the Turkish actor Ayhan Işık who had co-starred in Lamico del padrino.[2] According to Garrone, Sözen suggested instead of making one film in six weeks, that they should make two films in eight weeks.[2] This led to the production of both le amanti del mostro and The Hand That Feeds the Dead.[2][4]

Le amanti del mostro was filmed in Istanbul and at Elios Studios in Rome.[2]

Release[]

Le amanti del mostro was released theatrically in Italy on 28 May 1974 where it was distributed by Morini.[2][1]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Curti 2017, p. 106.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Curti 2017, p. 107.
  3. ^ Curti 2013, p. 60.
  4. ^ Curti 2017, p. 108.

References[]

  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
  • Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970–1979. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476629605.

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