The Last House in the Woods

2006
4.6| 1h25m| en
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A woman escapes a group of bullies seeking to rape her and takes refuge with a seemingly kind couple who have a dark secret hidden in their quiet, secluded house.

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AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,
Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
lastliberal I have no intention in engaging in the game of comparing this movie to those previously made. There is really nothing original in horror, so naturally, any film will have glimpses of others. I am just glad I didn't have to watch a dubbed version.Rino (Daniele Grassetti) and Aurora (Daniela Virgilio) were jumped on the side of the road and she was just about to get raped when Antonio (Gennaro Diana) came buy to stop the action, I mean to save the day.They soon find that there are worse things than rape. Rino ends up tied up in the boy's (Fabiano Malantrucco) room, and she is running for her life through the woods.Soon she is back in the house, and we see why this film was also called Italian Chainsaw.There is lots of blood and gore, and some really icky stuff.
BA_Harrison Prologue: the world's densest family are driving home when they blow a tyre and crash (no seat-belts; no airbags; very dumb); the father is dead, so the mother gets her injured son out of the car and tells him to run down the road with her (he could be suffering from spinal damage for all she knows; what an idiot!); when she spies a car approaching, the mother stands in the road and waves her arms, but fails to get out of the way when it passes (Splat! How thick?); the driver of the car pulls over, walks to the barely-still-alive mother, and bashes her head in with a rock (the son, who is cowering in the woods, shouts out; he's easily as stupid as his parents).After this unparallelled exercise in stupidity, we are introduced to a pair of lovers, Aurora (busty Daniela Virgilio) and Rino (Daniele Grassetti), who attempt to solve issues in their relationship by having car sex in the middle of nowhere. As they redress themselves, post intercourse, a trio of pill-popping thugs turn up, kick Rino to the ground and try to force Aurora to perform fellatio. Fortunately for her, the assault is interrupted when a couple in a passing car stop, and the driver, Antonio (Gennaro Diana) proceeds to send the thugs packing (with the help of his gun, of course).Grateful for his assistance, the shocked couple accompany Antonio to his house, but it turns out to be a case of 'out of the frying pan, and into the fire': Antonio and his wife Clara (Santa De Santis) are the proud parents of a group of deformed cannibals, and Aurora and Rino are destined to become dinner.It is clear from the derivative title alone that Last House In The Woods is intended to recreate the nasty, gritty vibe of 70s and 80s grind house horror, most notably the early work of Wes Craven, Tobe Hooper, and Italy's own Ruggero Deodato; unfortunately, director Gabriele Albanesi tends to stick a little too closely to his source material, and for much of the film, he offers very little new in terms of ideas. Inbred cannibals; vicious rapist thugs; chainsaw mayhem: it's all so familiar. Hell, even Gennaro Diana looks kinda like David Hess's younger brother.However, as Italian horror films seem to be in the habit of doing, the script eventually decides to launch logic out of the window and matters get very crazy, very gory, very quickly, transforming Last House In The Woods from a predictable Hills Have Eyes/Texas Chainsaw clone into a totally bonkers and magnificently vicious gore-fest. In fact, I had so much fun with the typically Italian insanity in the closing moments that I found I could easily forgive the movie's earlier weaknesses.Yucky treats that await those who are patient include limb amputation via chainsaw, bullets to the head, vicious stabbings, and a messy disembowelment (all courtesy of MUFX man Sergio Stivaletti); furthermore, Virgilio gets absolutely drenched in blood, a mutant cannibal has his huge boil burst during a fight (which results in a geyser of pus hitting a guy in the face), and there's even a quadriplegic kid for good measure. It's mad, it's messy, and it's fun, and that's good enough for me! 6.5 out of 10, rounded up to 7 for IMDb.
movieman_kev Poor Aurora can't seem to catch a break, her ex won't leave her alone (perhaps because she keeps doing the horizontal mambo with him, but I digress), then she's almost raped by neadrethal jocks, and to top it off the couple that saves the un-couple turn out to be sadistic maniacs (but they do it all out of parental love...awwww). Aside from some good shots and a pretty nice atmosphere, this film fails to distinguish itself from the myriad of other films of the ilk (Ie. Texas Chainsaw massacre, Hills have eyes, etcetera). As such I can only cautiously recommend it to fans of that particular sub-genre. Not that good, but not that bad either. It's just kinda there.My Grade: C- DVD Extras: Director's Commentary; a 40 minute making of featurette 'Backstage on the last house in the woods', a short film (L'Armadio), theatrical trailer for this movie; and trailers for "Saw 5", "Punisher: War Zone", "Dance of the Dead", "No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker", "the Substitute", "Dark Floors", "Trackman" "Room 205", "Brotherhood of Blood"
Michael O'Keefe Italian director Gabrielle Albanesi is believed to revert back to 1980s Italian horror reminiscent of American drive-in fare. Quarreling young lovers Aurora(Daniela Virgilio)and Rino(Daniele Grassetti)are having 'make up' sex in a remote woody area when a trio of sadistic bullies stop to assault them, beating Rino to a blood mess before trying to rape Aurora. Another car stops with a pistol-packing Antonio(Gennaro Diana)and his wife Clara(Santa De Santis)offering refuge to the young lovers. It is agreed to proceed to the older couple's home, the last house in the woods...deep woods. Upon arriving at the isolated home a dark hidden secret begins unfolding. Knives, a chainsaw and a pair of shark like choppers will give cause for mayhem and the bloody gore to begin. Praying for death may be the quick way out of the woods.

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