House on the Edge of the Park (1980)
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Alex & Ricky are looking for fun in all the wrong places and find some victims who happen to be having car trouble. Ricky convinces the couple to take him and his buddy to their party in exchange for helping with the car. Ricky likes to rape, pillage and plunder woman, and not in that order so this visit by a few stranded motorists won’t be good for them. Once there, Alex & Ricky decide to kidnap the party-goers (all 5 of them) and have their way with the ladies. This party is gonna get out of control and the victims will wish they never saw these mechanics.
Overall: I enjoyed much of the film for the fact that you knew something was going on but were never quite sure what it was. For anyone that guesses the connection between the 5 party-ers and the lady at the very beginning, good for you…but there isn’t enough plot or dialogue to make that an appropriate jump. I also though that the reactions of the 5 victims was just not quite right, even once we knew the secret – why not kill or torture him to start with – obviously the gun was there. There are also too many times that a "5 on 2" situation should have been taken advantage of, after all Ricky only had a knife and the 5 victims had a gun. I just thought they could have made this film better had they taken more time on the story. A few too many rape scenes I think – not that the movie’s plot didn’t call for them but I do think that the acting was a little too good – the film does get disturbing at times. Interestingly enough Ricky was also a bad guy in a movie that definitely copies a lot of: “Last House on the Left.” Comparison: Last House on the Left meets Blade |
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