The Mad Butcher
5.3
“Wait 'til you learn what mixture of meats go into those incredible sausages..!”
After being released from a mental hospital, Otto returns to his old job as a butcher. He tries to adjust to his new life, but after a bitter argument with his wife, he accidentally kills her. Fearing he will be sent back to the hospital, he grinds up her body and sells it as sausages. As friends and relatives start asking questions about her disappearance, they too start ending up in the butcher's display case.
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Cast
18 people
Victor Buono
Otto Lehman
Known for
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Franca Polesello
Berta Hensel
Known for
Il Sorpasso
Navajo Joe
Guido Zurli
Also in
È mezzanotte... butta giù il cadavere
Dag Molin
Benito Bertaccini
Gloria Cardi
Brad Harris
Mike Lawrence
Known for
Hercules
Gene Corso
Dario Michaelis
Inspector Klaus
Known for
Lust of the Vampire
The Mattei Affair
Charles Ross
Karin Field
Hannah Lehman
Also in
The Demons
Sex in the Office
Luca Sportelli
Karl Brunner
Known for
Why
Hot Potato
Guido Zurli Director · Dick Randall Writer Dag Molin Writer
United States release May 1, 1974 · Produced in Italy, Germany, Monaco, Austria · Languages English, German, Italian
Production
HIFI Stereo 70
Production
Neptunia Film
Production
Regina-Film
Production
HIFI Stereo 70 Kg
Production
Regina Films
Production
Italy · Germany · Monaco · Austria
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Lo strangolatore di Vienna
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
English · German · Italian
Release dates
Italy · February 18, 1971
Theatrical
United States · May 1, 1974
Theatrical
Austria
January 1, 1972
France
May 22, 1974
Germany
February 25, 1972 · Theatrical
January 29, 2026 · Physical · DVD
Mexico
September 26, 1974
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