Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Josephina Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Scarecrow-88 Franco Prosperi directs yet another exploitation flick inspired by Craven's notorious Last House on the Left, this time a trio of bank robbing hoods(led by Ray Lovelock, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie)besiege a group of Catholic teenage students and their Nun supervisor, setting off a reign of terror over the course of three nightmarish days. Sister Christina(Florinda Bolkan, Don't Torture a Duckling)tries without fail to rescue her girls from constant harm, sexual molestation and degradation, even suffering depraved persecution herself. The three hoodlums, pretty-boy Aldo(Lovelock)and his unhinged co-horts Walter(Flavio Andeini)and Nino(Stefano Cedrati), often resort to diabolical acts mistreating the girls, and Christina, making extra efforts to humiliate and frighten their weaker prey. The girls watch as Christina's clothes are ripped away by Walter, forced to put on her nun outfit for their amusement. One of the girls, chosen by Walter as a victim of constant abuse, is held down as Nino penetrates her from behind, with their sole purpose being to "pop her cherry." It's even shot in slow motion for extra impact as Aldo holds Christina in a position where she's forced to watch without the ability to turn away. When one of the girls is almost raped by Nino, she stabs him in the leg with a comb, later caught after almost escaping by Aldo, and penetrated with a large sharpened stick by the very one who almost sexually molested her. Aldo spends a great deal of time setting himself up as an innocent among two depraved monsters, but he's even worse than they, with his true self really awakening at the end when the girls revolt out of outrage for their captors' behavior. Thankfully, director Prosperi doesn't actually elaborate the evil actions of the cretins in vivid detail, finding ways to shoot around the explicit acts such as the vaginal violence which leads to the victim's death, or the maid who is bashed across the head by an iron when Walter becomes enraged for no reason whatsoever. The film works off the idea that we will be impacted by who the chosen victims are, teenage girls and their nun. The hoods are your typical scumbags, relishing their activities watching the victims squirm in fear, taking full advantage of them. They are cowards with big weapons who cause harm to those who supposedly pose no threat which always builds up the violent climax where the innocents develop a primal nature, getting even with the ones who caused them such harm. Nothing really special about this umpteenth Italian terror film except the fabulous location on a fine piece of property overlooking a beach with a typically fine performance from Bolkan who plays it completely subtle, using her eyes as a means for communicating with the viewer and has this strength which is credible and admirable. We understand why she snaps(..although, it's not a theatrical snap, but a very quiet one, where she contemplates her actions and can not overcome her hostility after the horrifying murder of one of her girls, who almost got away), and that also relates back to Craven's infamous film where a very mature and sensitive person can become overpowered with the urge to kill, if pushed to the breaking point.

Woodyanders A trio of vicious criminals -- charming, but ruthless leader Aldo (Ray Lovelock in fine wicked form), savage Walter (essayed with frightening intensity by Flavio Andreni), and ferocious Neanderthalic brute Nino (a positively simian portrayal by Stefano Cedrati) -- pull off a bank heist and seek refuge in an isolated seaside villa when their getaway car breaks down. The loathsome threesome terrorize a quintet of teenage Catholic schoolgirls and Sister Cristina (superbly played by Florinda Bolkan), the tough and resolute nun who's in charge of the girls. Naturally, the hoods have their foul way with several of the girls until Sister Cristina renounces her vows and exacts a harsh vengeance on the creeps. Director Franco Prosperi milks plenty of gut-wrenching tension from the grim and compelling story. Said story of course becomes more progressively mean and unpleasant as it unfolds, complete with rape, murder, humiliation, and the inevitable exciting last reel turn the tables revenge by the ladies on their vile and hateful tormentors. The startling outbursts of raw, ugly and strikingly stylized violence pack a really strong punch. This film further benefits from uniformly sound and credible acting from a capable cast: Lovelock excels as the deceptively laid-back and amiable Aldo (Lovelock also sings the cool hard-rocking theme song!), Andreni and Cedrati are genuinely repulsive and unappealing as a pair of extremely base and cruel degenerates, Bolkan does well as Sister Cristina, and Sherry Buchanan, Laura Tanziani, Laura Trotter, Karine Velier, and Annalisa Pesce are all quite fetching and believable as the scared and vulnerable schoolgirls. Roberto Pregadio's funky, syncopated score and Cristiano Pogany's sparkling widescreen cinematography are both up to snuff. A satisfying serving of in-your-face rough and unflinching celluloid sadism.

Michael_Elliott Last House on the Beach (1978) * (out of 4) Yet another Italian rip off of Wes Craven's Last House on the Left, which of course was nothing but a rip of Ingmar Bergman's masterful The Virgin Spring. A nun and her five students are practicing a concert in a house far away from anyone when three thugs, running from the police, break in on them. Soon the thugs are raping, torturing and beating the girls so the nun finally gets fed up and takes her own revenge. I've seen a lot of these rips over the years but this one here is without a doubt the worst of the bunch. If you're looking for a watered down version of the Craven film then this is the movie for you as the violence all takes place off screen and we're often just shown the aftermath. The rape sequences are very tame and often don't even feature any nudity. As with the Bergman film, this movie tries to use religion as an undertone but it never works. The entire film is very lazy but what makes the film unwatchable are all of the characters who are annoying from the start and only get worse. The performances are what you'd expect from a film like this but the direction is quite horrid as Prosper brings no energy, suspense or drama to the film. Florinda Bolkan, a Euro Horror favorite to many, plays the nun and does a decent job with the role.

horrorbargainbin While my copy reads "The Terror", the Italian translation "Last House on the Beach" clearly identifies this as a tribute to (or rip-off of) Craven's early 70's Last House on the Left. Both films involve the revenge victims inflict on their kidnappers and tormentors.I had high hopes for this film as I enjoy the stylistic violence of Italian horror. Wes Craven, however, was more creative with his movie. The Terror may take the torture to extremes, but it's a less powerful film. Craven's cast was also more convincing.The camera work is excellent and the movie is well directed. Still, I was left unmoved at the conclusion and maybe that was because I'd seen it done better before.