Loosely based on the notorious Richard Speck murders, this is the grim tale of a disturbed Vietnam vet returning home via Belfast, who invades a house shared by eight nurses and proceeds to terrorize and murder them.
Acting
Carrière's unhinged vacancy—no villainy, just void
Direction
Héroux traps you in rooms you can't escape
Production
Belfast standing in for Chicago's oppressive heat
Director
Denis Héroux
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released as 'Naked Massacre' in the US to capitalize on slasher fever, then buried when critics called it misogynist trash.
Speck's actual 1966 Chicago murders became a flashpoint for debates about capital punishment and media sensationalism; this film participates in the same exploitation it superficially condemns.
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