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Rino and Aurora
have recently broken up but Rino is
determined to win Aurora's heart back. Unfortunately
he doesn't really get a chance to do so before the
young ex-couple are ambushed by three thugs who are
up to no good. Luckily for them, a family passes by
just in the nick of time and saves them both from
getting raped and killed. What they don't know is that
they might not have been so lucky after all...
Well this sure was a mixed bag. When the movie was over
I didn't know whether to clap my hands like a madman
or boo it like a football hooligan on steroids. In the
end I came to the conclusion that I should do neither.
The Last House In The Woods is a love letter to Italian
cult classics and I really loved that about this movie
but at the same time it's also rather amateurish and
campy. The plot is really corny and ludicrous and the
actors aren't fooling anyone. On the other hands, these
are a few of the things that made some of the old
Italian classics so great - they were flawed just for
the sake of being flawed more or less and the guys
behind The Last House In The Woods seemed to have had
just that goal when they made this movie.
The story revolves around a young couple, Aurora and
Rino, who get kidnapped by a demented family with a
cannibalistic son. Meanwhile, three thugs are really
keen on getting laid and after having been interrupted
in the middle of raping Aurora by the man of the house,
they decide to break into the demented family's house
and continue where they left off. Unfortunately they
have no idea just how fucked up this family is. It's
all really campy and the explanation we get in the end
is so far-fetched that not even a crazy cat-lady would
buy it, but man is it ever so entertaining.
The blood splatters everywhere as it's everyone against
everyone in this movie. There's just no stopping this
hysterical massacre. Everything about this film, from
the cheesy zooming to the over-the-top story-line,
reeked of late 70's Italian horror flicks and in the
end I felt very nostalgic and left with a feeling that
I has just watched an awesome homage. Then I started
to reflect on what I had just saw and I realized that
it wasn't all that great after all. Our main character,
Aurora, is a complete slut and not a likeable girl at
all. Nor is her clingy boyfriend Rino who sported some
serious stalker-signals. Then we have the fucked up
family who is just way too fucked up. I hated the fact
that they had three sons who were demented, they should
have just left it at one son as it felt like they were
trying to rip off The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (there's
a reason to why this was named "The Italian Chainsaw
Massacre" in Japan).
The storyline itself is also rather poorly written and
I didn't really enjoy the fact that several scenes felt
out of place. I'm telling you, the movie was just all
over the place, it was too busy. Ultimately, I thought
that The Last House In The Woods was a great homage
to Italian cult classics but as a modern-day horror
flick, it's just too amateurish. It reeks of low budget
and it has several flaws that should have been obvious
even for the editor. If you want to see a gory fast-paced
horror flick though, you may want to give this one a
shot, it's pretty damn entertaining.
A severed foot, an arm chopped off, some intestines,
a slashed throat, and a whole lot more. Pretty gory.
This was by far the best thing about the movie. I loved
the fast-paced electronic music which reeked of old
D'amato and Argento flicks. Great stuff.
Hugely entertaining and insanely gory Italian horror
flick which unfortunately is filled with rookie mistakes.
The story isn't very good, nor is the acting, nor is
the editing. It's a campy horror flick but if you're
looking for a non-stop gore fest that celebrates classic
Italian horror flicks, then don't miss this one.
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