The Last House on the Beach

The Last House on the Beach (Italian: 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 Last House on the Beach
Directed by	Franco Prosperi
Screenplay by	Romano Migliorini Gianbattista Mussetto[1]
Story by	Ettore Sanzò[1]
Produced by	Pino Buricchi[1]
Starring	Florinda Bolkan Ray Lovelock Flavio Andreini
Cinematography	Cristiano Pogány[1]
Edited by	Francesco Malvestito[1]
Music by	Roberto Pregadio[1]
Production company	Magirus Film[1]
Distributed by	Magirus
Release date	April 20, 1978 (1978-04-20) (Italy)
Running time	85 minutes[1]
Country	Italy[1]
Box office	₤25.4 million

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".^[2]

It was argued that the final scene of the movie inspired the final scene in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof.^[3][4][5]

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.^[1]

Release

The Last House on the Beach was distributed in Italy by Magirus and released on April 20, 1978.^[1] Roberto Curti, author of Italian Crime Filmography 1968-1980 described the film as "performing very poorly in the Italian box office".^[1] It grossed a total of 25.4 million Italian lira on its theatrical release.^[1]

Reception

Roberto Curti stated that the film was one of the sleaziest sexploitation films.^[1] 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."^[1]