House on the Edge of the Park

House on the Edge of the Park (1980)

La casa sperduta nel parco

Anything Could Happen… Everything Did!

A posh couple experience car trouble on their way to a villa party and stop into a local mechanic's shop for assistance, unaware of his shady background. After he and his mentally challenged assistant fix the car, the couple invite them to the party to return the favor, leading to an evening of mayhem.

Date of release
1980-11-06
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (155)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Thriller, Crime, Horror
Director
Ruggero Deodato

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: New York City

House on the Edge of the Park is a 1980 Italian exploitation horror film written by Gianfranco Clerici and Vincenzo Mannino, and directed by Ruggero Deodato. It stars David A. Hess and Giovanni Lombardo Radice as two criminals who infiltrate a posh gathering in a villa and violently turn against the partygoers after they mock them. The film is a loose remake of The Last House on the Left (1972), in which Hess also starred.

Production

The entire film was shot on a low budget, in only three weeks in September 1979, after Deodato had finished production on Cannibal Holocaust. Exteriors were done on location in New York City, while Interiors were completed at Incir De Paolis Studios in Rome, Italy.

Once during an interview about the making of the film, Deodato was asked about his initial thoughts of the script when he first read it. He responded: "I thought it was too violent. I make violent films, but softer ones. But this film was full of violence, and that made me uncomfortable. When I met David Hess, I thought that with my direction I could make him do anything. But when I first read it, I found it quite disturbing."

David A. Hess claimed he had real sex with Annie Belle in their bed scene.

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