Last house on the beach
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(Considering that they are always the 'last" house, there seems to be a lot of 'em about.
Anyways, this ones a beach house filled with virginal girls who are being looked after by the nunsploitationtastic form of Florinda Bolkan, a woman with a habit. (of being in dodgy exploitation films...ahem!! )
In this one a gang of 3 fugitives turn up and turn the place upside down, slaughtering the maid and keeping the group busy, by way of intimidation and rape/ murder.
Coming after the original 'Last house" this is in many ways a better made film, it is less roughly shot but loses the gritty impact of the original film, it is also not as deliriously sleazy as Deodato's 1980 psychotic classic "House on the edge of the park"
Ray Lovelock from "Living dead at Manchester morgue" turns up here as one of the bad guys that may be sympathetic to the girls plight and offers some hope of salvation.
The rape scenes are discreet and there is no titillating shots during these sequences, instead we get distorted views of the perpetrators which put you solely in the eyes of the victim. These scenes have a grim impact from their direction alone.
As usual we side with the victims, waiting for the final scenes when they get their revenge, and by the end of this i was quite satisfied by the resolution.
A more coherent film than many in this subgenre but one that slightly blunts that nasty edge, still a film i really enjoyed.
Recommended 8/10
