Konterr Brilliant and touching

SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Brian T. Whitlock (GOWBTW) A good deal of living isn't a pain. Only if you see the signs of something that is too good to be true. In "Crawlspace", Klaus Kinship plays Karl Guenther, an apartment owner with a sinister secret. When Lori(Talia Balsam) answers his ad for a apartment for rent, she gets a show of the place, while Karl turned on the stove and sears his palm. She gets the place, and meets the neighbors. Unbeknownst to the others, Karl Guenther is also a voyeur. He spies on the lady tenants, and mentally seduces them. Earlier, Sophie(Tane) was being watched by not only Karl, but her boyfriend Hank (David Abbott). When they get acquainted, Karl watches them perform. When all the ladies have a "Sweet party", Karl devises his plan to crash it. He rigged a compartment for the rat to come in. All but Lori freak out. The big dirty secret of Karl is that he's a doctor; A Nazi doctor. He was responsible for killing 67 people in Argentina. One of the victims is the brother of the man who has tracked him down for 3 years. Following the footsteps of his father, he's sharing the ideology. Karl has added items to his collection. One of them is a woman whose tongue is cut out. The eyes of Sophie's boyfriend who had a standoff against in the second night, and the finger with the ring of from and resident's date. The standoff is tight. More like being in a labyrinth. This movie is like for scientists, history buffs, and what not. It's not for everyone, for horror buffs this is the one. 4 out of 5 stars

Scott LeBrun Meet Karl Gunther (played by legendary eccentric Klaus Kinski). He's the demented son of a notorious Nazi war criminal and a former doctor with his own shady past. He's now the landlord of an apartment building that strictly caters to young females. He regularly spies on the ladies from the buildings' hidden crawlspace area, and kills them as well. He even keeps a woman named Martha (Sally Brown) enclosed in a too-small cage. He keeps a diary of his thoughts and activities, to provide us with some exposition and insight into his character. After he brings in a new tenant, university student Lori Bancroft (played by Talia Balsam, the daughter of actor Martin Balsam), he begins to be visited by a Nazi hunter named Josef Steiner (Kenneth Robert Shippy).Kinskis' performance essentially IS the movie. Overall, this brief bit of nutty mayhem, written and directed by David Schmoeller ("Tourist Trap", "Puppetmaster"), is mildly amusing but quite forgettable. Kinski, of course, is anything but, and he does seem to relish portraying this character (although he did make life miserable for Schmoeller and crew). There are a bunch of rats in this thing, some entertaining makeup effects gags (but not very much blood), excellent production design (by Giovanni Natalucci) and music (by the great Pino Donaggio), and a very nondescript (if attractive) supporting cast, including Tane McClure, the daughter of Doug McClure. Balsam is a reasonably personable heroine, but Shippy is boring and unintimidating in his part. Schmoellers' direction lacks style, and his dialogue, for the most part, ain't so hot. (He does admit that the movie isn't particularly good.)Kinskis' presence and performance raise the rating by a point.Future "Tremors" director Ron Underwood was the associate producer here. Schmoeller has a cameo as a rejected tenant.Six out of 10.

kclipper Little sense can be made from this lackluster from Charles Band and Empire Pictures. Klaus Kinski is completely insane as an ex-Nazi doctor who killed and experimented on people during the Holocaust, and he now spies on women from the ventilation duct (hence, crawlspace) of his apartment building. He likes to: keep a woman locked up in an animal cage with her tongue in a glass jar along with other body parts, play with rats, burn and cut himself, put on make-up while watching old Third Reich footage, experiment with various torture devices, and jot down notes about how much he likes to kill in his journal. Finally, he goes off the deep end, and he starts murdering everyone he comes across in his demented Nazi-like fashion. A cat and mouse chase ensues between Kinski and the lead heroine (a good Talia Balsam in a wasted role) until a somewhat bloody climax.Not much substance is achieved in this, and good production values, decent direction by David Shmoeller and a suspenseful Pino Donaggio soundtrack is wasted on a weak, senseless plot. Kinski's craziness is quite amusing, but he's mostly confused and unresponsive. Gore-hounds and slasher fanatics will be disappointed at the lack of blood, and the thrills are limited. This is unintentionally funny at best.

AngryChair Crazy old landlord, and former Nazi, preys upon the lady tenants of his building via a system of passages.Being directed by David Schmoeller (maker of 1979's excellent Tourist Trap) I expected a better-than-average horror film and was sadly disappointed. While Crawlspace has its moments of creepiness, it doesn't possess hardly any of the tension or suspense that one would hope for. It basically becomes a run of mill killer-psycho movie with little imagination.However, the film is not a complete waste. Klaus Kinski does make for a decent villain, who is one very sick and twisted character. Kinski fans will likely enjoy this movie more than most viewers.Over all, an OK effort that could have been much better.** out of ****