Violated Angels

Violated Angels

1967 · 56 min · ★ 6.2 · Horror, Drama

Based on the factual case of a young man who broke into a nurses' home in Chicago, mutilating and killing several of the inmates, Wakamatsu's film is a precise, sad delineation of a particular aspect of masculine sexual consciousness.

Directed by Kōji Wakamatsu · Written by Kōji Wakamatsu

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