House on the Edge of the Park

1984 "Anything Could Happen… Everything Did!"
5.7| 1h31m| NR| en
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A posh couple experience car trouble on their way to a villa party and stop into a local mechanic's shop for assistance, unaware of his shady background. After he and his mentally challenged assistant fix the car, the couple invite them to the party to return the favor, leading to an evening of mayhem.

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ClassyWas Excellent, smart action film.
BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See
Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
kapelusznik18 ****SPOILERS**** Brutal and sadistic movie about these two New York City parking garage workers Alex & Ricky who invite themselves to this party in the wilds of New Jersey and end up terrorizing the persons there. There's a big surprise at the end of the movie that explains why the two low live creeps were so tolerated by those at the party that almost had them all murdered by Alex & friend. And not only that the reason was in plain sight to those of us watching the film without realizing it until the trap was sprung on them with gut crunching and mind boggling results.The movie plays a lot like if not an actual sequel to the movie where David Hess, who played the vicious and mentally impaired Alex, also starred in as a deranged psycho killer eight years earlier called "Last House on the Left". Here the story follows the same script with "Last House on the Left" of what crimes Alex did that ends up catching up with him. The film goes from the big city of New York to suburban New Jersey as were exposed to a number of crimes that bring everyone, victim and victimizers, together in this upscale house in the middle of nowhere where most of the action in the movie plays itself out.****SPOILERS****At first both Alex and his wimpy partner in crime, he faints at the very sight of blood, Ricky have it all their way brutalizing and raping their helpless victims. There's an added attraction or victim to the two psycho's menu when teenager Cindy unexpectedly shows up at the house. Kidnapped and humiliated by a gleeful Alex he later has the frightened girl strip and instead of raping her slices her up with his straight edge razor, the only weapon he used in the movie, like he was playing a game of tic tact tow on her body! It was what seemed like the most brutalized and helpless of the men held hostage Tom that in the end turned the tables on the two hoods. And with the help of everyone whom they tortured and sexually abused he did a number on them that they, while still alive and breathing, will never ever forget!
MovieGuy01 I found Ruggero Deodato's film The House On The Edge Of The Park to be a good film. It is about a man called Alex (David Hess) who is a thug driving around New York City at night when he spots a young woman (Karoline Mardeck) driving alongside him. He follows the woman to a nearby park where he makes her stop the car. Alex gets out of his car, and runs into the young woman's car where he throws her into the back seat and proceeds to savagely rape her before strangling her to death. Later, Alex is with his friend Ricky (Giovanni Lombardo Radice), both of whom work in a local mechanic garage Alex is planning to go a local disco and Ricky is coming along. Suddenly, a large Cadillac pulls into the garage which a young, couple named Tom (Cristian Borromeo) and his girlfriend Lisa (Annie Belle) where they ask for help because their car's motor is making strange sounds. Alex refuses to help them saying that the garage is closed, and continues to refuse assistance even after Tom offers him money. but helps them in the end, making the car run again. Tom tells Alex and Ricky that they are driving to a friend's house in New Jersey for a party, and Alex asks them if he and Ricky could come along, what couple do not no what lies ahead for them. I found this to be a very violent film.
lastliberal This is another one of the video nasties that was banned in Britain. They eventually allowed it in, but only after almost 12 minutes was cut.It certainly started off with a bang. Alex (David Hess) stops a car and rapes the driver. It establishes just what a dirtbag he is.Later, he and a friend manage to worm their way into a party. I could not figure out who would want to invite him. All this ties together at the end, but it was very confusing when it happened.Alex is just a twisted psychopath and takes over the gathering to do his nasty deed. It was more of Alex preening and boasting than any actual action. There was a rape and brutality to a young girl, but mostly it was just aggressive behavior that never really led anywhere.The ending was great and left you with a sense of justice being done.
haildevilman This got re-released in 1985 in my area when the first wave of "X" rated horror films (like Re-Animator and Day Of The Dead) swept the theaters.However, unlike some drek (I'm looking at you "Mutilator.") THIS was worth finding.It's a thriller with horror scenes in it. And David Hess just EATS the scenery with his role. I always enjoy watching him play his style of utter creep. It made the film.The payoff at the end was the only wrong point. They knew all along he was the one who raped that one guy's sister? So they set this up? Allowed the humiliation and pain? Just to get him in the end? Bullcaca! Just have them kill him and his pet geek. No need for the rape angle at all.The pet geek by the way was Giovanni Lombardo "John Morghen" Radice. The same guy that got his head drilled in "Gates Of Hell" and got his wanger lopped in "Cannibal Ferox/Make Them Die Slowly." He has a knack for scene making himself.And Lorraine De Selle, another CF/MTDS veteran was also there. She's better than you think.But Hess owned the film. Thumbs up to him.