Lover of the Monster

Dr. Alex Nijinski (Klaus Kinski) stumbles upon a secret experimental laboratory when he returns to his wife's ancestral homestead. Work in the lab turns the curious doctor into a Jekyll and Hyde split personality, with the evil alter ago going on a killing rampage in the town which is blamed on a pair of tramps.

• Klaus Kinski as Prof. Alex Nijinsky
• Katia Christine A Anijeska Nijinsky
• Ayhan Işık as Dr. Igor Walensky
• Marzia Damon as the farmer's wife
• Erol Taş as the Tramp
• Roberto Messina as the Farmer
• Romano De Gironcoli
• Luigi Bevilacqua
• Bruno Arié as the Inspector
• Osiride Pevarello as Feodor Polanski
• Amedeo Timpani as the Judge
• Pasquale Toscano

Although credited, Carla Mancini, Alessandro Perrella and Stella Calderoni to not appear in the film.[1] Ayhan Işık, Erol Taş and Roberto Messina are not credited in the Italian prints of the film.[1]

After directing the war film La colomba non deve volare, director Sergio Garrone began work on a horror film.[1] After contacting the Italian distributor named Sabatini, he was introduced to the Rome-based Turkish producer Şakir V. Sözen.[1] Sözen had previously produced Farouk Agrama's crime film L'amico del padrino offered the location of a huge villa and proposed casting the Turkish actor Ayhan Işık who had co-starred in Lamico del padrino.[1] According to Garrone, Sözen suggested instead of making one film in six weeks, that they should make two films in eight weeks.[1] This led to the production of both le amanti del mostro and The Hand That Feeds the Dead.[1][4]

Le amanti del mostro was filmed in Istanbul and at Elios Studios in Rome.[1]

Le amanti del mostro was released theatrically in Italy on 28 May 1974 where it was distributed by Morini.[1][2]

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