31 DAYS OF HORROR -Day 11: THE BEAST IN HEAT (1977)

 

POV of being violated by a sub-human Nazi sexperiment. 

Presumably made to cash in on the success of the infamous Nazisploitation classic ILSA: SHE-WOLF OF THE SS (1974), this 1977 Italian entry into the Nazisploitation sub-genre ups the ante of violence, gore, cruelty, nudity, you name it (as is to be expected of Italian exploitationers of its era), and the end result is a nasty little number indeed.

THE BEAST IN HEAT tells the story of a sadistic Nazi lesbian who conducts genetic engineering experiments to create a male beast that will father a superior race, keeping the creature perpetually dosed-up on stimulants and aphrodisiacs and graphically unleashing the priapic and inexhaustible monster on unfortunate captive virgins. There's a sub-plot about resistance fighters, but no one is here for that. It's all about seeing just how unashamedly sleazy and vile it can get, and believe you me, it gets very vile. Definitely not a date movie and very much benefiting from being an Italian production with all the excessive leeway that grants, while it will leave you wanting to take a shower afterward, at least it's a better movie than ILSA: SHE-WOLF OF THE SS.

Hoo-boy, this fucking movie... 

I finished watching it and I would like to firmly state that I recommend it solely for the most hardened fans of the sleaziest stripe of exploitation cinema. It's Italian-made and from the 1970's, which automatically guarantees considerable excess, and the film does not disappoint in that department. It's loaded from stem to stern with full frontal nudity (male and female), torture, general cruelty, sadistic violence, flagellation, penetration with a firearm (yes, it goes there), electrodes to a lady's privates (in closeup), a lesbian Nazi doctor orchestrating most of this, and the titular genetically-modified monster whose inexhaustible sexual stamina with unfortunate women is graphically demonstrated on several occasions. There's even a bit where, while in the throes of unbridled lust, the monster bloodily tears off a screaming girl's pubic hair and devours it in closeup. 

 

THE BEAST IN HEAT is one of the sleaziest movies I have ever seen, but it's not as unpleasant as stuff like ILSA: SHE-WOLF OF THE SS an BLOODSUCKING FREAKS, thanks to it being competently made and not bearing the look and vibe of a greasy snuff film shot in a random dank basement. That said, you will likely feel quite unclean afterward if you opt to sit through this one. I certainly felt like I needed a hot shower and a thorough scrubbing when it was over.

 

The only thing that prevents it from being a perfect storm of nastiness is two war scenes that slow the proceedings to a dead halt, but it's still over-the-top enough to be worth seeing, should you opt to check it out. And it is absolutely, repeat, NOT a date movie. Hell, I can't even show you images of any of its more scabrous highlights, so take that for what it's worth.

  DVD cover art.