The Last House on the Beach explained

The Last House on the Beach
Director:Franco Prosperi
Producer:Pino Buricchi
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Screenplay:
  • Romano Migliorini
  • Gianbattista Mussetto
Story:Ettore Sanzò
Starring:
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Music:Roberto Pregadio
Cinematography:Cristiano Pogány
Editing:Francesco Malvestito
Studio:Magirus Film
Distributor:Magirus
Runtime:85 minutes
Country:Italy
Gross:25.4 million

The Last House on the Beach (Italian: La settima donna, also known as Terror and The Seventh Woman) is a 1978 Italian rape and revenge-thriller film directed by Franco Prosperi.

The American title refers to Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left, and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas stated how "combining the nunsploitation subgenre with rape-revenge, the film deviates plot-wise from The Last House on the Left substantially, but arrives at a similar ethical conclusion".[1]

It was argued that the final scene of the movie inspired the final scene in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof.[2] [3] [4]

Cast

Sister Cristina

Aldo

Walter

Nino

Lisa

Production

The Last House on the Beach was Franco Prosperi's second film as a director he made for producer Pino Burichhi.

Release

The Last House on the Beach was distributed in Italy by Magirus and released on April 20, 1978. Roberto Curti, author of Italian Crime Filmography 1968-1980 described the film as "performing very poorly in the Italian box office". It grossed a total of 25.4 million Italian lira on its theatrical release.

Reception

Roberto Curti stated that the film was one of the sleaziest sexploitation films. Curti noted that the plot progression was minimal, and what was left was "a succession of grim, misogynist and exploitative scenes: adolescent nudes, slow motion sodomizations, vicious wounds, assorted killings."

Notes

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas. Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study. 14 June 2011. McFarland, 2011. 978-0-7864-4961-3.
  2. Web site: David Annandale. Death-Proofing the Last House on the Beach. Upcoming Discs. 26 December 2011. November 1, 2008.
  3. Web site: The Last House on the Beach - Review. Fright.com. 26 December 2011.
  4. Web site: Gianluca Macrì. Ray Lovelock: "It's easy when you're Big In Japan". Omero.it. 26 December 2011. Italian. December 2, 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120426015209/http://www.omero.it/rivista.php?itemid=1741&catid=95. 26 April 2012.