Naked Massacre (1976)

Original title

Born for Hell

Directed by

Denis Héroux

Genre

horror film

Country

West Germany, France, Italy, Canada

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

R

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A troubled American Vietnam War veteran arrives in Belfast and terrorizes a group of international female nursing students in their home. The film follows his increasing violence and their struggle to survive.

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What happens

Born for Hell (German: Die Hinrichtung, lit. "The Execution"; also released as Naked Massacre) is a 1976 horror film directed by Denis Héroux, and starring Mathieu Carrière, Debra Berger, and Christine Boisson. Its plot follows a disturbed American Vietnam War veteran who, after arriving in Belfast, terrorizes a house full of international female nursing students. The film is set against the historical backdrops of the Northern Ireland conflict and the December Raids in North Vietnam. The screenplay is loosely based on the crimes of mass murderer Richard Speck, who murdered eight nursing students in Chicago, Illinois in 1966. The websites Letterboxd and The Grindhouse Database list this movie as belonging to the vetsploitation subgenre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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