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The Last House on Dead End Street
Hmmmm....what can I say about this strange little film? According to my literature regarding this movie, the original cut (orig. Titled Cuckoo Clocks from hell) had a total running time of over 3hrs!!! However this has not been seen for a number of years and what has now been released is the version cut from this which was made for Drive in Cinema goers in the 70's. L.H.O.D.E.S. runs just over the 70 mins mark and is not only extremely jumpy and makes little sense but becomes increasingly hard to follow. Now whether this is intended as the portrayal of a man descending into madness or whether it is just because basically there are nearly 2 hours of the film still missing so how could it make sense? is anyones guess. My guess is that the film just isn't really that great.
Yes, I like alot of people on here are slaves to the gore and although it comes late - very late into the movie I don't think it really saves it. I am nearly through my Guinea Pig season and if you want unadulterated GORE then go to those movies as this was very much a 'poor mans attempt' at LAst House on The Left without the story to back it up.
The DVD itself proclaims the movie to be fully uncut and it is indeed crammed with extra's which for me saved the overall package but it still does not hide what I was hoping would be a real raw classic. Maybe in subsequent viewings I will change my mind but for me this is no where near the quality of a Last House on the Left, or even Scrapbook or August Underground for that matter.
Overall it's worth a watch if, like me, you have just 'got to see' all of these legendary cult horror movies. Some of the extra's are excellent and the dirty documentary style of the film does make for uneasy viewing...
6/10
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