The Last House on the Beach

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| name = The Last House on the Beach

| image = The-Last-House-on-the-Beach.jpg

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| director = Franco Prosperi

| producer = Pino Buricchi{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=254}}

| writer =

| screenplay = {{plainlist|*Romano Migliorini

Gianbattista Mussetto{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=254}}}}

| story = Ettore Sanzò{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=254}}

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| starring = {{plainlist|*Florinda Bolkan

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| music = Roberto Pregadio{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=254}}

| cinematography = Cristiano Pogány{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=254}}

| editing = Francesco Malvestito{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=254}}

| studio = Magirus Film{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=254}}

| distributor = Magirus

| released = {{film date|1978|4|20|Italy}}

| runtime = 85 minutes{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=254}}

| country = Italy{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=254}}

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| gross = ₤25.4 million

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The Last House on the Beach ({{langx|it|La settima donna}}, also known as Terror and The Seventh Woman) is a 1978 Italian rape and revenge-thriller film directed by Franco Prosperi.

The American title refers to Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left, and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas stated how "combining the nunsploitation subgenre with rape-revenge, the film deviates plot-wise from The Last House on the Left substantially, but arrives at a similar ethical conclusion".{{cite book|last=Alexandra Heller-Nicholas|title=Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study|date=14 June 2011|publisher=McFarland, 2011|isbn=978-0-7864-4961-3}}

It was argued that the final scene of the movie inspired the final scene in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof.{{cite web|last=David Annandale|title=Death-Proofing the Last House on the Beach|url=http://upcomingdiscs.com/2008/11/01/death-proofing-the-last-house-on-the-beach/|publisher=Upcoming Discs|access-date=26 December 2011|date=November 1, 2008}}{{cite web|title=The Last House on the Beach - Review|url=http://www.fright.com/edge/LastHouseBeach.htm|publisher=Fright.com|access-date=26 December 2011}}{{cite web|last=Gianluca Macrì|title=Ray Lovelock: "It's easy when you're Big In Japan"|url=http://www.omero.it/rivista.php?itemid=1741&catid=95|publisher=Omero.it|access-date=26 December 2011|language=Italian|date=December 2, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426015209/http://www.omero.it/rivista.php?itemid=1741&catid=95|archive-date=26 April 2012}}

Cast

Florinda Bolkan: Sister Cristina
Ray Lovelock: Aldo
Flavio Andreini: Walter
Stefano Cedrati: Nino
Sherry Buchanan: Lisa

Production

The Last House on the Beach was Franco Prosperi's second film as a director he made for producer Pino Burichhi.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=254}}

Release

The Last House on the Beach was distributed in Italy by Magirus and released on April 20, 1978.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=254}} Roberto Curti, author of Italian Crime Filmography 1968-1980 described the film as "performing very poorly in the Italian box office".{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=254}} It grossed a total of 25.4 million Italian lira on its theatrical release.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=254}}

Reception

Roberto Curti stated that the film was one of the sleaziest sexploitation films.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=254}} Curti noted that the plot progression was minimal, and what was left was "a succession of grim, misogynist and exploitative scenes: adolescent nudes, slow motion sodomizations, vicious wounds, assorted killings."{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=254}}