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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.

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 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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!!Tropes in this film include:

* AirVentPassageway: The titular crawlspace.
* ArcWords: "So be it."
* AssShove: [[spoiler: Happens accidentally to the NaziHunter with a spear in a booby-trapped chair. [[{{Understatement}} Ouch]].]]
* AxCrazy: Karl. Jury is out on whether Kinski was acting or not....
* BoobyTrap: Karl is ''very'' fond of these.
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: A literal example in Karl's RussianRoulette pistol.]]
* CreatorCameo: Writer/director DavidSchmoeller is the male tenant Karl rejects before Lori happens by.
* DeadlyDoctor
* DeathSeeker: Karl desperately hopes that his Russian Roulette game ends with his death because he won't stop killing otherwise.
* FinalGirl: [[spoiler: Lori and Martha.]]
* HeroAntagonist: The NaziHunter Josef Steiner.
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler: Steiner is after Karl because Karl killed Steiner's brother while he was still a doctor.]]
* LargeHam: [[Creator/KlausKinski Guess who?]]
* ThePeepingTom: Karl uses the crawlspace to spy on his lovely tenants.
* RepeatCut: The shot of [[spoiler:Steiner]]'s reaction of having a trap sprung on him is shown three times.
* TongueTrauma: Karl has cut out the tongue of his slave to avoid her from talking.
* 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.
* VertigoEffect: Used when Lori spots Gunther behind her window at the start of the climax.
* VillainProtagonist: Karl.