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The House on the Edge of the Park

The House on the Edge of the Park
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Ruggero Deodato
Produced by
  • Franco Di Nunzio
  • Franco Palaggi
Written by
Starring
Music by Riz Ortolani
Cinematography Sergio D'Offizi
Edited by Vincenzo Tomassi
Production
company
F.D. Cinematografica
Distributed by United Artists
Release date
  • 5 November 1980 (1980-11-05) (Italy)
  • 22 February 1985 (1985-02-22) (US)
Running time
91 minutes
Country Italy
Language English

The House on the Edge of the Park (Italian: La casa sperduta nel parco) is a 1980 English-language Italian exploitation horror film written by Gianfranco Clerici and Vincenzo Mannino, and directed by Ruggero Deodato. It stars David A. Hess (from Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left, playing a similar character), and Giovanni Lombardo Radice.

Alex is a serial-killer driving around New York City at night when he spots a young woman driving alongside him. He follows her to a nearby park where he ultimately rapes her before strangling her to death. He takes her locket as a trophy to another one of his many killings.

Some time later, Alex and his working-class friend Ricky are closing up the underground garage where they both work, with Alex planning to go to a local disco with Ricky. Before they can leave, a Cadillac pulls in with a young, well-dressed couple (Tom and his girlfriend Lisa) asking for help with their car.

Alex refuses to help them, saying that the garage is closed, but the slow-witted Ricky decides to help and easily fixes the problem. Tom tells Alex and Ricky that they are driving to a friend's house in New Jersey for a party, and Alex asks them if he and Ricky can tag along, to which Tom agrees. Before leaving, Alex stops by his locker, which is filled with various weapons he uses to murder people, and takes a straight-edged razor.

The four arrive at a large villa where they are welcomed by the home's owner Gloria and are introduced to her friends Glenda and Howard. Minutes later it becomes obvious that the rich people - like Alex and Ricky - are looking for easy thrills. Gloria asks Ricky to do a striptease to some disco music and he makes a fool of himself, and is further humiliated by being goaded to drink alcohol with each move. However, Alex stops Ricky before he strips completely naked.

Tom, Howard, and Glenda next play poker with Ricky, while Lisa begins sexually teasing Alex and invites him upstairs to shower with her, only to push him away. As Alex grows more frustrated, he sees that the hosts are cheating at poker with Ricky. Alex pulls out the straight-edge razor, and a fight breaks out between him and Howard. Alex throws Howard outside the back door, beats him viciously, and throws him into the pool. Laughing, Alex urinates on Howard and drags him back inside, tying him to a piano leg and proclaiming that he is running the party now.


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