After the success of Last House on the Left in 1972, there were a whole series of copycats. Some of which were very good. Here i will tell you about some of them.
The extremely controversial 1978 film I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE is the most infamous of the Last House clones. Perhaps more infamous than Last House. The extremely attractive Jennifer Hill goes to the country to write her novel. She befriends some of the town boys, one of whom is retarded and falls head over heels in love with her. The other boys decide to make Jennifer Matthews (the retard) first sexual experience. They grab her canoe as she sleeps in it and pull her to a field where she is brutally raped, but Matthew wont rape her. She escapes and goes deeper into the woods where she is surrounded and even more brutally raped. But still Matthew refuses to rape her. She stumbles home, only to find the men there waiting for her. Where Matthew finally succombs to what his friends say and rapes her but stops because he feels bad. She is beaten and assailted by the other men. She then recuperates and gets sweet revenge. Hanging, castration, axe, outboard motor, she gets SWEET revenge. A highly recomended flick. You love seeing this beautiful women kill these guys. And believe me, these guys deserve what they get. Buy the widescreen uncut version pictured above at Reel.com
House on the Edge of the Park. Even the title was a ripoff!! But this Last House clone is also very good, because 1. David Hess stars. and 2. Ruggero Deodato directed it. David Hess and John Morghen play Alex and Ricky, two disco guys who go to an upper class snob party. Once there, after Alex strikes out with the girls, he decides to whip out his straight razor and get violent. The rest of the night is raping, beating, cutting, more raping, Ricky falling in love, and the very gruesome demise of Alex. All in all Highly recomended.
I Have not seen Ms. 45 yet but i heard it is very good. Zoe Tamerlis plays Thana, a mute woman who is raped twice in the same day. She kills her second assailant with his .45 and goes on a rampage killing men. It ends with Thana shooting men at a costume party dressed as a Nun. I need to see this film and will have more info soon.
