
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre(2003)
After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.


Greta is a beautiful young woman abused by her brother Franz and left to die in childbirth by her illicit lover, the aristocrat Dr. von Ravensbrück. Bereft with grief, Franz reanimates his dead sister using a formula engraved on an ancient Incan medallion. Greta then returns as an undead avenging angel, reaping revenge on the Ravensbrück family and her manically possessive brother.

Ewa Aulin
Greta von Holstein

Klaus Kinski
Dr. Sturges

Luciano Rossi
Franz

Attilio Dottesio
Inspector Dannick

Carla Mancini
Gertrude - The Maid
Angela Bo
Eva von Ravensbrück
Sergio Doria
Walter von Ravensbrück
Marco Mariani
Simeon

Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Dr. von Ravensbrück - Walter's Father

Fernando Cerulli
Professor Kempte
Death Smiles on a Murderer is a horror film released in 1973 exploring themes of gore, murder, slasher, zombie, killer. Directed by Joe D'Amato, it stars Ewa Aulin, Klaus Kinski, Luciano Rossi. Greta is a beautiful young woman abused by her brother Franz and left to die in childbirth by her illicit lover, the aristocrat Dr. von Ravensbrück. Bereft with grief, Franz reanimates his dead sister using a formula engraved on an ancient Incan medallion. Greta then returns as an undead avenging angel, reaping revenge on the Ravensbrück family and her manically possessive brother.
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