The Last House on the Beach

The Last House on the Beach
Directed byFranco Prosperi
Screenplay by
  • Romano Migliorini
  • Gianbattista Mussetto[1]
Story byEttore Sanzò[1]
Produced byPino Buricchi[1]
Starring
CinematographyCristiano Pogány[1]
Edited byFrancesco Malvestito[1]
Music byRoberto Pregadio[1]
Production
company
Magirus Film[1]
Distributed byMagirus
Release date
  • April 20, 1978 (1978-04-20) (Italy)
Running time
85 minutes[1]
CountryItaly[1]
Box office₤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".[2]

It was argued that the final scene of the movie inspired the final scene in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof.[3][4][5]

Cast

Production

The Last House on the Beach was Franco Prosperi's second film as a director he made for producer Pino Burichhi.[1]

Release

The Last House on the Beach was distributed in Italy by Magirus and released on April 20, 1978.[1] Roberto Curti, author of Italian Crime Filmography 1968-1980 described the film as "performing very poorly in the Italian box office".[1] It grossed a total of 25.4 million Italian lira on its theatrical release.[1]

Reception

Roberto Curti stated that the film was one of the sleaziest sexploitation films.[1] 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."[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Curti 2013, p. 254.
  2. ^ Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (14 June 2011). Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study. McFarland, 2011. ISBN 978-0-7864-4961-3.
  3. ^ David Annandale (November 1, 2008). "Death-Proofing the Last House on the Beach". Upcoming Discs. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  4. ^ "The Last House on the Beach - Review". Fright.com. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  5. ^ Gianluca Macrì (December 2, 2007). "Ray Lovelock: "It's easy when you're Big In Japan"" (in Italian). Omero.it. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2011.

Bibliography

  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.


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