The House on the Edge of the Park
When Ruggero Deodato, the director of über-controversial CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, teamed up with David Hess, the notorious -“Krug”- star of Last House on the Left, their maverick talents exploded in the feat of unrelenting sleaze that is HOUSE BY THE EDGE OF THE PARK.
Alex (Hess) is a psychopath and his friend Ricky (Giovanni L Radice) an easily led simpleton. When the unlikely pair are invited to an upscale house party where they are ridiculed by their debauched young hosts, Alex decides that he and his straight edged razor deserve some fun. Together the two streetwise punks take the unprepared partygoers on a journey of violence, debasement and forced sex. And thatÂ’s before events turn really nastyÂ…
DeodatoÂ’s unwavering gritty direction keeps the tension unbearably tight and the psychological nuances of Hess and RadiceÂ’s powerhouse performances deliver uncomfortably challenging scenes so close to the bone that this originally banned Video Nasty remains one of the most contentious pictures in UK censorship history.
Shameless Screen Entertainment will release The House on the Edge of the Park on 31.10.2011