zardoz-13 Klaus Kinski plays a mysterious attorney named James Webb who dresses like a tenderfoot but conceals firearms in his law books. He rides into Tombstone and finds himself caught in the middle of a war between trigger-happy Mexican brothers improbably named the O'Hara and two American brothers, Peter and Burt Collins, and Peter's pretty Indian wife Sarah. Webb serves as a catalyst to see that the O'Hara brothers are wiped out by Burt Collins and the Indian girl after the O'Haras kill his younger brother Peter and rape Sarah. After she recovers, Sarah wields her bow and arrow and she joins Burt to hit the warpath. Director Carlo Croccolo's Spaghetti western is sadistic, violent, and indulges in gratuitous nudity. One character, Consuelo, is constantly being interrupted when she is undressing, so full frontal nudity is seen. The Kinski character--James Webb--lurks on the periphery, implicating a corrupt town official, Judge Wilson who is in cahoots with the O'Hara clan. The murder of the sheriff as the film unfolds is particularly brutal. The villains bomb his office with a bundle of dynamite, shoot him several times when he rushes out and then impale him with knives and hang his corpse up as a message for everybody to see. This low-budget Italian western contains heroes who don't catch on quickly enough, and many people have to die before they go into action in the final quarter-hour to clean out the villains. Blond leading man Fred Robsahm of "Barbarella" makes a competent enough hero. He bears a vague resemblance to Franco Nero. Croccolo and co-scenarist Luigi Angelo of "Judge Roy Bean" (1971) spring a last minute surprise on Webb when Burt disarms him and takes him into custody for killing Wilson. The color cinematography of "Wipe Out" lenser Franco Villa and the choice of camera setups heightens the action and generates a modicum of atmosphere.

Coventry Man, if I wouldn't be a 100% heterosexual (and if he wouldn't be dead for more than 15 years already), I swear I would instantly send a love-letter to Klaus Kinski to state that he is the greatest and absolute coolest icon of European cult-cinema who ever lived! Kinski was an amazing actor! His on screen charisma has yet to be equaled, his bright blue eyes and grimaces were almost naturally petrifying and somehow he always managed to make even the crappiest movies worthwhile viewing. He appeared in many Spaghetti Westerns, some of which are widely acclaimed masterpieces by now ("The Great Silence", "Bullet for the General"...) and others still are very obscure and nearly impossible to trace down, like "Black Killer". This ultra-low budget gem can hardly be called a masterpiece, but it's nevertheless a tremendously fun and action-packed gunslinger adventure. The title doesn't refer to a cowboy with a dark skin color, but to Mr. Kinski himself, and he doesn't even play the lead role. That's how proud the creators must have been for being able to cast the Klaus Kinski, ha! Klaus plays a mysterious and freaky lawyer, entirely dressed in black and always carrying around books that contain guns instead of knowledge, and he's temporarily hanging around in the little town of Tombstone. The remote town is under the constant siege of terror of the five Mexican O'Hara brothers, who killed no less than NINE Sheriffs in only a couple of weeks time. The local authorities assign lone traveler Burt Collins as the new Sheriff, but the murderous O'Hara clan immediately kill his brother and rape his Indian sister-in-law. Collins teams up with the awkward lawyer to terminate the reign of the O'Hara's once and for all. The plot of "Black Killer" is a little too confusing and convoluted for its own good sometimes, but director Croccolo easily forces you to look past the script's incoherence and focus on the outrageous sequences of explicit violence as well as the awesomely ingenious gimmicks. The lawyer's method of killing people is original, to say the least, and the O'Hara brothers too come up with inventive ways to viciously entertain themselves. The gunfights and executions are quite nasty, and particularly the rape-scene is unsettling to watch, as it seems to last for several whole minutes. Tiziana Dini provides the film with an overload of gratuitous – but welcome – nudity, while the rest of the cast delivers more than adequate acting performances Daniele Patucchi's musical score is very enchanting and the filming locations are overall convincing. There's a very pointless and totally implausible plot-twist near the end, which perfectly summarizes the overall awkwardness of this unconventional Spaghetti Western. In conclusion, "Black Killer" certainly lacks the quality and competence to rank among Italy's best Westerns, but there's more than enough stuff to recommend if you're an open-minded admirer of the genre. And, for the record, Kinski is a cinematic deity!

spider89119 This spaghetti western has a very good music score and a great performance by Klaus Kinski as a strange lawyer who kills with books that have guns inside of them. He's really a natural for the role. His look and mannerisms fit the character perfectly.Not only does this western have Kinski, it also has a family of Mexican thugs named O'Hara! There's definitely nothing like a good old Italian western.This is one of those movies that will have you scratching your head a lot if you try to make perfect sense of everything that happens. It's best not to think about it too hard. Just sit back and enjoy it for what it is. It's got style, action, violence, weirdness, and an interesting though somewhat vague storyline.All in all, it's pretty good stuff for the spaghetti western fan.

bluejuice-1 A dark, gritty and to the bone nihilistic western, that is really fun to watch. By all means one of the cheaper spaghetti's. But it's blessed with many cool scenes of violence, strange dialog and good old sleazzzzz. There's more than one moment of unnecessary nudity here. Don't take it to seriously though cause it's just a fun ride, and nothing more. The white horse Burt Collins rides is said to be the same horse that gets loaded in Cat Ballou. The actor Fred Robsahm is actually from Norway and he's currently residing in a small town called Lillesand. He does a lot of the stunt work in this movie (not just he's own). Kinski is cool as the weird lawyer that has a strange habit of transforming he's law books into deadly weapons. Great soundtrack and some nice cinematography gives the film good atmosphere and it's well worth the watch. Available on DVD from xploitedcinema