Das Haus der verlorenen Mädchen (1973)

Das Haus der verlorenen Mädchen: Directed by Eduardo Fuller. With Anne Sparrow, Tony Eades, Clara Keller, Werner Hedman. Olaf and his mother run a boarding house and a white slavery ring. They also smuggle heroin to keep the addict girls happy so they do not try and escape. A young couple move into the house and the evil landlords take a liking to the female.

“Why, in heavenu0026#39;s name, would anyone want to watch a trashy movie about a perverted midget who keeps heroine-addicted girls imprisoned in his attic? Well personally, I had TWO damn good reasons to track this sick movie down! First of all because itu0026#39;s generally known as a unique and ultra-rare exploitation gem, or more particularly, u0026quot;the reigning king of dwarfsploitation cinemau0026quot;, like my fellow reviewer teptime put it so poetically! Secondly, I have a bizarre phobia of u0026quot;little peopleu0026quot; and every film featuring dwarfs, whether horror or another genre, simply scares the hell out of me. So, if I ever need a reason to justify why I watch sick stuff like this, Iu0026#39;ll just claim it was part of my therapy! Hence, despite that the screenplay doesnu0026#39;t really focus on tension or atmosphere, I found this movie to be rather unsettling at times. Olaf, portrayed by the Danish actor Torben Bille, certainly isnu0026#39;t the most freaky-looking dwarf in horror cinema history (his face strangely resemblances that of comedian Jack Black, actually), but he has quite an evil laugh and his dedication towards noisy childrenu0026#39;s toys truly sent cold shivers down my spine. Olaf lives together with his mother and runs a boarding house. As a slightly more profitable profession, they also have an attic full of attractive young girls that serve as prostitutes for a selected group of customers. Olaf keeps the girls calm and willing by injecting heroine up their veins and offering them toys. Their business becomes endangered when a young couple moves into the house and questions the strange sounds coming from the attic. u0026quot;The Sinful Dwarfu0026quot; is an extremely sleazy motion picture, with raw female full frontal nudity in nearly every sequence and a gigantic amount of rapes, beatings and vile torture. Other than that, thereu0026#39;s very little to see here and the pace is too frequently undercut by overlong and dire scenes of Olafu0026#39;s mother and some other granny thinking back about their glorious days as cabaret singers. How this is relevant in any possible way, donu0026#39;t even ask… The young couple, especially the girl, are surprisingly likable characters and their acting skills arenu0026#39;t even that bad. The picture quality is very poor and the sound regularly fell out, but hey, the immeasurable cult-value makes up for pretty much everything. u0026quot;The Sinful Dwarfu0026quot; is an absolute must for collectors, sick puppies and – not to forget – other people with a inexplicable fear for little persons.”