Linbeymusol
Wonderful character development!
Lela
The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
Billy Ollie
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
bmoviep
"The Last House on Hell Street" doesn't seem to know why it exist and plays out as if the creators were writing the script as it was being filmed. Some guy marries some woman and the two decided to have their honey moon in the middle of a field. Seriously, they had no plans beyond laying in a field. The couple luckily comes across an abandoned house, where they take refuge. However, it turns out that this house is actually cursed by the guy's mother, who became a ghost after she was murdered by the guy's father. Apparently in this universe, being murdered causes your face to become distorted by cheap color effects. The guy then goes crazy (Jack Nicolson in "The Shining" style) and tries to kill his wife. Luckily for the woman, her husband turns out to be completely incompetent at the art of murder. I guess he did not inherit that skill from his father. Somehow the woman manages to kill her husband, causing the house to re-birth him. I'm not kidding. This house literally grows a womb and gives birth to a dead man. The couple then walk off into the sunset together as if nothing ever happened. This is by far the worst film by Eric Stanze that I've seen. It's boring, makes little sense, and is just plain weird at times. The plot consist almost entirely of the characters trying to find things do, just to transition to the next scene. Luckily even Stanze himself admits this movie is terrible, so it shouldn't be used to judge his films as a whole. Still, "The Last House on Hell Street" manages to be one of the most bizarre films I've seen in awhile. Unfortunately, it does not manage to be entertaining.
TrickTaylor
The first clue to the quality of such a movie as this is found right on the movie box. One can tell that it is shot on video tape rather than film. Bad sign. This isn't porno. I'm not sure exactly what they were going for here, but I'm guessing the budget for this puppy was about $25,000, most of which went to the actress who was willing to bare her breasts. The story is some convoluted mess about a murder, 2 lovers, and a house that possesses one of them. Tortue comes to the girl, and to the watcher, with endless amateur video tricks and shots of trees, lots and lots of trees. One is never really sure what is going on because the characters don't speak. Narration is done by the voice of a slain woman what had died in the house previously.This maybe one of the worst movies I've ever seen, but the sight of the guy crawling out of the vagina made of sticks is one that sticks with you (no pun intended).Chalk this up to one of the number of horrid horror films that are being made for no money, have no production values, and are being released to an unsuspecting public. Too awful even for die hards.
Kelly Mustang
Different is Good I really love indie films, and a friend of mine let me check out Insaniac (another John Specht/Robin Garrels collaboration). Production-wise, it was a little rough around the edges, but the writing and the performances were great, so when I heard that Garrels and Specht collaborated again on this, I had to check it out.Well, Last House was…different. Not that different is a bad thing. I wasn't expecting anything like this though. It doesn't play out like a normal movie. There's a story, but most of the film is filled with bizarre imagery and quirky soundscapes that all felt kinda poetic in a way. I'm a little surprised this got released on DVD since it's a very non-traditional movie that will definitely rub mainstream moviegoers the wrong way. Kudos to Sub Rosa for putting this flick on DVD. If you're looking for a regular, linear storyline, you should probably steer clear of this one, but if you're looking for something strange and unusual, you might want to give this one a try.
dwaltz6969
When you are going to use the words 'Last House' you are treading on sacred ground. LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT and LAST HOUSE ON DEAD END STREET are classics in the shock genre. Both of them cross the lines of good taste on a regular basis. Bearing that in mind this film should be along the same lines. Especially, since it's put out on the Sub Rosa Extreme series of titles. I P*** On Your Corpse I S*** On Your Grave (Or something like that) was at least edgy, gory and put in a little erotic frisson for good measure. This one boasts that it's a unique mix of expressionistic visual poetry and intense grueling horror. I didn't get that from this. It was dull and I used the fast forward a lot. The sad part is that I didn't miss anything by doing that. I'm not sure what they were trying to do but the title needs to be changed to something else. Maybe PANSIES MAKE STUPID MOVIE ON HELL STREET or THIS MOVIES SUCKS REALLY, REALLY BAD maybe even FOR GOD'S SAKE DON'T WATCH THIS MOVIE! Hopefully this was just a learning experience for the cast and crew and they'll come back with something better. Maybe home movies or 70 minutes of static.
