ThiefHott Too much of everything

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Coventry If you look at the international title of this low-budgeted Italian flick, you automatically expect this to be throwback to the gritty and disturbing rape/revenge exploitation thrillers of the 70's, and particularly of course Wes Craven's "Last House on the Left". If you then watch the film, you'll have to conclude it's much more reminiscent to that other Wes Craven milestone of the 70's; namely "The Hills Have Eyes". But what truly surprised me here actually was that "Last House in the Woods" is one of the goriest, most sickening and distasteful recent horror films I've seen in months! During the first half hour or so, writer/director Gabriele Albanesi apparently still tried to serve some personal style and ambitious structure, but then the whole thing just turns into a non-stop nasty and absurdly over-the-top shlockfest. In the middle of a relationship crisis, young couple Aurora and Rino are assaulted by a trio of drug-addicted thugs on a remote forest road. They're about to gang-rape Aurora when a middle-aged couple drives by and comes to the rescue. At the couple's house, hidden deep in the woods, Aurora soon realizes she's in even deeper trouble as her hosts have the nasty habit of kidnapping people and serve the flesh to their cannibalistic 7-year-old son. If this isn't quite unhinged enough for you yet, there's another duo of freaks loose in the woods – one has a disgusting tumor in his neck and the other a half rotten face – and an outrageously insane climax involving a child that got lost in the woods during the intro of the film. "Last House in the Woods" is badly acted, incoherent and senseless and honestly doesn't feature any aspects that qualify as original or surprising. Still, this is guaranteed fun to watch if only for the gore and unusually high level of depravity. Moreover, in spite of the obviously very restricted budget, the makers nevertheless managed to engage Italy's most prominent and gifted special-effects guy for their film! Sergio Stivaletti is literally a wizard with blood & gore effects. He worked with Italy's greatest horror directors of the 80's and 90's (Dario Argento, Mario Bava and Michele Soavi) and already even directed two excellent but shamefully underrated himself ("The Wax Mask" and "Three Faces of Terror"). Thanks to Stivaletti, "Last House in the Woods" is a real treat for sick puppies like myself, with an overload of slit throats, bitten throats, disembowelment, amputations, chainsaw murders, close range head shots, stabbings … Shall I continue, or will you purchase the DVD already?

chicagopoetry A couple gets attacked by three psychopaths only to be saved by an older couple who are actually the caretakers of a fang toothed cannibal child and two mentally unstable deformed nuts who later get attacked by the same three psychopaths in this cross between Last House On The Left and The Hills Have Eyes, please add the color and lighting effects of Suspiria. The most shocking thing about Last House In The Woods is that it was made in 2006; I actually thought I was watching some legitimate schlock from the 70s that I had somehow overlooked. No spoilers that I could possible reveal here can brace you for how utterly disgusting and horrible this movie is. Vile men raping, vomit splashing, amputations a la chainsaw, puss spurting, intestines spilling out, bad dubbing, you name it. This film has it all. If you are a horror fan you do not want to miss this one. It is the real deal, so bad, so bloody awful, that it is actually good.

Poe-17 Cannibalism and gore with a story ... not. They just didn't get it. Horror has been here before. They brought nothing new. Would have been a whopper a decade back but now is just a rehash already been done. I'm sure they saw their venture as daring and innovative but only because they didn't do their homework. Unless you've only been visiting Disney, there's nothing to shock you here. All plot elements have been explored as far back as the late 60s. That seems to be the mantra nowadays. It's easy to say "There's nothing new to be done" and then something like "The Dark Knight" rolls through and you realize it's about pushing the envelope and creative juice and back in the day when little bitty films (like "Night of the Living Dead") hurled themselves against the mainstream. They originate off the chart, not repeating the already done. Different world, I guess,but aren't there film makers stirring and concocting things outside the box? And how in the world do films that do nothing get the financing? Skip it.

movieman_kev Poor Aurora can't seem to catch a break, her ex won't leave her alone (perhaps because she keeps doing the horizontal mambo with him, but I digress), then she's almost raped by neadrethal jocks, and to top it off the couple that saves the un-couple turn out to be sadistic maniacs (but they do it all out of parental love...awwww). Aside from some good shots and a pretty nice atmosphere, this film fails to distinguish itself from the myriad of other films of the ilk (Ie. Texas Chainsaw massacre, Hills have eyes, etcetera). As such I can only cautiously recommend it to fans of that particular sub-genre. Not that good, but not that bad either. It's just kinda there.My Grade: C- DVD Extras: Director's Commentary; a 40 minute making of featurette 'Backstage on the last house in the woods', a short film (L'Armadio), theatrical trailer for this movie; and trailers for "Saw 5", "Punisher: War Zone", "Dance of the Dead", "No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker", "the Substitute", "Dark Floors", "Trackman" "Room 205", "Brotherhood of Blood"