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* AssShove: [[spoiler: Happens accidentially to the NaziHunter with a spear in a booby-trapped chair. [[{{Understatement}} Ouch]].]]

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* AssShove: [[spoiler: Happens accidentially accidentally to the NaziHunter with a spear in a booby-trapped chair. [[{{Understatement}} Ouch]].]]



* TragicMonster: Karl, surprisingly. He is deeply ashamed of his Nazi father, and weeps after he is shown a photo of himself in a Nazi uniform, regretful of being a part of it. He feels compelled to kill, because it makes him feel alive, but at the same time tries to kill himself after every murder with his RussianRoulette ritual and the little morality he has left, knowing he won't stop until he is dead.

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* TragicMonster: Karl, surprisingly. He is deeply ashamed of his Nazi father, and weeps after he is shown a photo of himself in a Nazi uniform, regretful of being a part of it. He feels compelled to kill, kill because it makes him feel alive, but at the same time tries to kill himself after every murder with his RussianRoulette ritual and the little morality he has left, knowing he won't stop until he is dead.
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* PeepingTom: Karl uses the crawlspace to spy on his lovely tenants.

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* PeepingTom: ThePeepingTom: Karl uses the crawlspace to spy on his lovely tenants.
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The story consists of Karl Gunther, son of a Nazi soldier, a guy with obvious issues who rents apartments out to beautiful women, peeps on them and kills them by rigging the apartments with traps. He is also being stalked by a Nazi hunter whom he decides to take care of. Then there is a [[TongueTrauma mute]] slave he keeps trapped in a cage whom he talks to. He also is suicidal and plays RussianRoulette with himself.

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The story consists of Karl Gunther, son of a Nazi soldier, a guy with obvious issues who rents apartments out to beautiful women, peeps on them and kills them by rigging the apartments with traps. He is also being stalked by a Nazi hunter NaziHunter whom he decides to take care of. Then there is a [[TongueTrauma mute]] slave he keeps trapped in a cage whom he talks to. He also is suicidal and plays RussianRoulette with himself.
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''Crawlspace'' is a 1986 SlasherMovie directed by David Schmoeller starring Creator/KlausKinski. It is notable for Kinski's usual on-set antics driving his co-stars and director almost insane to such an extent that Schmoeller made a short documentary about his experiences with Kinski titled "Please Kill Mr. Kinski". Despite all the issues, Kinski manages to unsurprisingly be the most memorable part of the otherwise mediocre film.

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''Crawlspace'' is a 1986 SlasherMovie directed by David Schmoeller and starring Creator/KlausKinski. It is notable for Kinski's usual on-set antics driving his co-stars and director almost insane to such an extent that Schmoeller made a short documentary about his experiences with Kinski titled "Please Kill Mr. Kinski". Despite all the issues, Kinski manages to unsurprisingly be the most memorable part of the otherwise mediocre film.
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* GenreSavvy: [[spoiler: Suspecting there's a trap, Lori sticks her tennis shoe in the crawlspace entrance, springing a trap that slices it in two.]]

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Crawlspace is a 1986 SlasherMovie directed by David Schmoeller starring Creator/KlausKinski. It is notable for Kinski's usual on-set antics driving his co-stars and director almost insane to such an extent that Schmoeller made a short documentary about his experiences with Kinski titled "Please Kill Mr. Kinski". Despite all the issues, Kinski manages to unsurprisingly be the most memorable part of the otherwise mediocre film.

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Crawlspace ''Crawlspace'' is a 1986 SlasherMovie directed by David Schmoeller starring Creator/KlausKinski. It is notable for Kinski's usual on-set antics driving his co-stars and director almost insane to such an extent that Schmoeller made a short documentary about his experiences with Kinski titled "Please Kill Mr. Kinski". Despite all the issues, Kinski manages to unsurprisingly be the most memorable part of the otherwise mediocre film.



* LargeHam: [[KlausKinski Guess who?]]

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* LargeHam: [[KlausKinski [[Creator/KlausKinski Guess who?]]


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* RepeatCut: The shot of [[spoiler:Steiner]]'s reaction of having a trap sprung on him is shown three times.


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* VertigoEffect: Used when Lori spots Gunther behind her window at the start of the climax.

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* HeroAntagonist: The NaziHunter Josef Steiner.



* HeroAntagonist: The NaziHunter Josef Steiner.
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* CreatorCameo: Writer/director DavidSchmoeller is the male tenant Karl rejects before Lori happens by.
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* FinalGirl: [[spoiler: Lori and Martha.]]
* GenreSavvy: [[spoiler: Suspecting there's a trap, Lori sticks her tennis shoe in the crawlspace entrance, springing a trap that slices it in two.]]
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* TragicMonster: Karl, surprisingly. He is deeply ashamed of his Nazi father, and weeps after he is shown a photo of himself in a Nazi uniform, regretful of being a part of it. He feels compelled to kill, because it makes him feel alive, but at the same time tries to kill himself after every murder with his RussianRoulette ritual and the little morality he has left, knowing he won't stop until he is dead.
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* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler: Steiner is after Karl because Karl killed Steiner's brother while he was still a doctor.]]
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* PeepingTom: Karl uses the crawlspace to spy on his lovely tenants.
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* ArcWords: "So be it."

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* BoobyTrap


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* BoobyTrap: Karl is ''very'' fond of these.
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* AssShove: [[spoiler: Happens accidentially to the NaziHunter with a spear in a booby-trapped chair. [[{{Understatement}} Ouch]].]]



* Chekhov'sGun: [[spoiler: A literal example in Karl's RussianRoulette pistol.]]

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* Chekhov'sGun: ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: A literal example in Karl's RussianRoulette pistol.]]
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* AirVentPassage: The titular crawlspace.

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* AirVentPassage: AirVentPassageway: The titular crawlspace.
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* AirVentPassage: The titular crawlspace.


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* Chekhov'sGun: [[spoiler: A literal example in Karl's RussianRoulette pistol.]]
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Crawlspace is a 1986 Slasher Film directed by David Schmoeller starring KlausKinski. It is notable for Kinski's usual on-set antics driving his co-stars and director almost insane to such an extent that Schmoeller made a short documentary about his experiences with Kinski titled "Please Kill Mr. Kinski". Despite all the issues, Kinski manages to unsurprisingly be the most memorable part of the otherwise mediocre film.

The story consists of Karl Gunther, son of a Nazi soldier, a guy with [[{{Understatement}} obvious issues]] who rents apartments out to beautiful women, peeps on them and kills them by rigging the apartments with traps. He is also being stalked by a Nazi hunter whom he decides to take care of. Then there is a [[TongueTrauma mute ]] slave he keeps trapped in a cage whom he talks to. He also is suicidal and plays Russian Roulette with himself.

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Crawlspace is a 1986 Slasher Film SlasherMovie directed by David Schmoeller starring KlausKinski.Creator/KlausKinski. It is notable for Kinski's usual on-set antics driving his co-stars and director almost insane to such an extent that Schmoeller made a short documentary about his experiences with Kinski titled "Please Kill Mr. Kinski". Despite all the issues, Kinski manages to unsurprisingly be the most memorable part of the otherwise mediocre film.

The story consists of Karl Gunther, son of a Nazi soldier, a guy with [[{{Understatement}} obvious issues]] issues who rents apartments out to beautiful women, peeps on them and kills them by rigging the apartments with traps. He is also being stalked by a Nazi hunter whom he decides to take care of. Then there is a [[TongueTrauma mute ]] mute]] slave he keeps trapped in a cage whom he talks to. He also is suicidal and plays Russian Roulette RussianRoulette with himself.
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AxCrazy: Karl. Jury is out on whether Kinski was acting or not....
DeathSeeker: Karl desperately hopes that his Russian Roulette game ends with his death because he won't stop killing otherwise.
LargeHam: [[KlausKinski Guess who?]]
HeroAntagonist: The NaziHunter Josef Steiner.
TongueTrauma: Karl has cut out the tongue of his slave to avoid her from talking.
VillainProtagonist: Karl.

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* AxCrazy: Karl. Jury is out on whether Kinski was acting or not....
* DeathSeeker: Karl desperately hopes that his Russian Roulette game ends with his death because he won't stop killing otherwise.
* LargeHam: [[KlausKinski Guess who?]]
* HeroAntagonist: The NaziHunter Josef Steiner.
* TongueTrauma: Karl has cut out the tongue of his slave to avoid her from talking.
* VillainProtagonist: Karl.
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Crawlspace is a 1986 Slasher Film directed by David Schmoeller starring KlausKinski. It is notable for Kinski's usual on-set antics driving his co-stars and director almost insane to such an extent that Schmoeller made a short documentary about his experiences with Kinski titled "Please Kill Mr. Kinski". Despite all the issues, Kinski manages to unsurprisingly be the most memorable part of the otherwise mediocre film.

The story consists of Karl Gunther, son of a Nazi soldier, a guy with [[{{Understatement}} obvious issues]] who rents apartments out to beautiful women, peeps on them and kills them by rigging the apartments with traps. He is also being stalked by a Nazi hunter whom he decides to take care of. Then there is a [[TongueTrauma mute ]] slave he keeps trapped in a cage whom he talks to. He also is suicidal and plays Russian Roulette with himself.

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!!Tropes in this film include:

AxCrazy: Karl. Jury is out on whether Kinski was acting or not....
DeathSeeker: Karl desperately hopes that his Russian Roulette game ends with his death because he won't stop killing otherwise.
LargeHam: [[KlausKinski Guess who?]]
HeroAntagonist: The NaziHunter Josef Steiner.
TongueTrauma: Karl has cut out the tongue of his slave to avoid her from talking.
VillainProtagonist: Karl.

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