Torment of the Flesh

Torment of the Flesh

1965 · 78 min · ★ 5.0 · Crime, Thriller, Horror

A man kills women because he was not loved by his mother and in his puberty he was dismissed by girls as sexually unattractive. And whenever he meets women now, he just cannot control himself.

Directed by Eddy Saller

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