The Last House on the Beach

The Last House on the Beach
The Last House on the Beach
Directed by	Franco Prosperi
Screenplay by	Romano Migliorini; Gianbattista Mussetto;
Story by	Ettore Sanzò
Produced by	Pino Buricchi
Starring	Florinda Bolkan; Ray Lovelock; Flavio Andreini;
Cinematography	Cristiano Pogány
Edited by	Francesco Malvestito
Music by	Roberto Pregadio
Production; company	Magirus Film
Distributed by	Magirus
Release date	April 20, 1978 (Italy);
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Italy
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

Florinda Bolkan: Sister Cristina
Ray Lovelock: Aldo
Flavio Andreini: Walter
Stefano Cedrati: Nino
Sherry Buchanan: Lisa

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Curti 2013, p. 254.
^ Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (14 June 2011). Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study. McFarland, 2011. ISBN 978-0-7864-4961-3.
^ David Annandale (November 1, 2008). "Death-Proofing the Last House on the Beach". Upcoming Discs. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
^ "The Last House on the Beach - Review". Fright.com. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
^ 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.

External links

The Last House on the Beach at IMDb

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[FOOTNOTECurti2013254-1] ^ ^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.

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