People are voting emotionally.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

From director David Schmoeller, who gave us the enjoyably offbeat slasher Tourist Trap, Crawlspace is an equally bizarre horror starring the inimitable Klaus Kinski as Karl Gunther, a mentally unhinged landlord who has developed an addiction to killing, satisfying his urges by luring his tenants into his deadly, booby trapped apartment. When he's not in a murdering mood, Gunther can be found crawling through the air ducts of his building to spy on the women who live there, writing about killing in his diary, playing Russian roulette, or wearing Nazi regalia while watching footage of Hitler (Gunther's father was a Nazi surgeon).For an '80s horror film, Crawlspace is fairly light on the gore and scares, but with its star in full on demented mode, the film cannot fail to entertain: whether it be carefully preparing a chair with a spring-loaded spike in the seat (nasty!), crushing rats with his bare hands, travelling at speed through the air ducts on a wheeled toboggan, smearing his face with make-up, or simply chatting to the tongue-less woman that he keeps caged in his room, Kinski's crazed performance is a delight to behold.6.5 out of 10, rounded up to 7 for IMDb.

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

I think that this is overall a good movie, Klaus Kinski is perfect for the part of Dr. Gunther and the whole Idea of the movie is great. I never want to live alone. I feel that although there have been better 80's horror films, this is at least worth watching because everyone will have a different opinion on this film. I feel that the majority of people will like it even if it scares you or not. The film could have gone into more depth about his life with maybe some flashbacks...but other than that I enjoyed it and I think other people will as well. I watched it twice on IFC and both times I was still was trying to bite my nails.

The film is just limp. You may desire more of an introduction than that when first reading someone's response after seeing a hunk of trash such as "Crawlspace", but it's my only accurate description. It seems to go nowhere and feels like two hours when it is only around 20 minutes long. The ending feels rather hackneyed as if many deaths were cut out in support of time constraints. One thing I felt the film lacked was any kind of real thrills. It's all anti-climactic. The film is simple in it's grotesque nature, but really doesn't shock as it does bore you to tears. Kinski plays the owner of an apartment complex who spies on women through a crawlspace which leads to each room via ventilation shafts. He eyes a particular young college women played by Talia Balsam. The film isn't really that violent so even that can't help give this film any momentum. It's simply a lifeless exercise with Kinski doing all he can with his sicko doctor whose father was a nazi. He loves to kill as he explains, but director Schmoeller never allows us to see much violence. It's sleaze without much sleaziness. The film is just not worth the time unless you're a Kinski die-hard.