Director Mario Costa utilized a standard Spaghetti Western aesthetic but relied heavily on Kinski's unhinged performance to differentiate the film from 08/15 (standard) genre entries.
If you were instead referring to the controversial French film La Bête (released in 1975), it deals with themes of repressed sexuality and hereditary curses through a surrealist, erotic lens. The Beast (1970) - IMDb The Beast(1970)
Unlike the "anti-heroes" common in the genre (like Eastwood’s Man with No Name), Laster is portrayed as a predatory "animal" or "beast," lacking any moral compass or redeeming features. Director Mario Costa utilized a standard Spaghetti Western
Contemporary and retrospective reviews often describe the film as "bad" or "pointless" in its plot, yet "fascinating" purely for Kinski's intense, "Klausploitation" performance. Potential Paper Titles yet "fascinating" purely for Kinski's intense
The story revolves around a group of outlaws—including Laster and a rival Mexican gang—vying for the inheritance of a kidnapped Texas woman, Nancy Power.
