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The film was virtually unavailable until [[Barrel Entertainment]] released a double-disc DVD in 2002. In the 1970s, its release was limited to [[grindhouse]] and [[drive-in]] theaters. |
The film was virtually unavailable until [[Barrel Entertainment]] released a double-disc DVD in 2002. In the 1970s, its release was limited to [[grindhouse]] and [[drive-in]] theaters. |
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It is also known as ''The Cuckoo Clocks from Hell'' and ''The Fun House''. The version entitled ''The Cuckoo Clocks Of Hell'' originally ran some 175 minutes in length - though the only remaining print of it in that form is thought to be stored in a New York film lab. |
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==Synopsis== |
==Synopsis== |
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Revision as of 22:09, 27 November 2010
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| Directed by | Roger Watkins |
| Written by | Roger Watkins |
| Produced by | Roger Watkins |
| Starring | Roger Watkins Ken Fisher Bill Schlageter Kathy Curtin |
| Cinematography | Ken Fisher |
| Edited by | Roger Watkins |
| Music by | Harry Manfredini |
| Distributed by | Barrel Entertainment |
Release date | May 1977 |
Running time | 78 min |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
Last House on Dead End Street is a horror film released in 1977 about a disgruntled man, recently released from prison, who takes out his anguish by making snuff films.
Few knew who actually directed the film, until Roger Watkins, who died in March 2007, posted on Internet message boards three decades after it was made saying he was behind it [1]. The film was made in 1973, but was not released until four years later.
Watkins said he was high on amphetamines while making the film. He also said only about $800 was spent making the film, while the remaining $3,000 budgeted was used to buy drugs. [2]
The film was virtually unavailable until Barrel Entertainment released a double-disc DVD in 2002. In the 1970s, its release was limited to grindhouse and drive-in theaters. It is also known as The Cuckoo Clocks from Hell and The Fun House. The version entitled The Cuckoo Clocks Of Hell originally ran some 175 minutes in length - though the only remaining print of it in that form is thought to be stored in a New York film lab.
Synopsis
Terry Hawkins, played by Watkins, has just been released from spending a year in state prison on drug charges. He wants to get into filmmaking, and claims he previously made pornographic films that he was unable to sell.
Hawkins believes audiences want something more, so he decides to make snuff films. Victims are lured to an abandoned building. There they are murdered in elaborate ways for the films, including by decapitation or receiving a power drill to the head. Hawkins is complimented on how realistic his films look.
The narration ultimately informs viewers that the film crew was arrested and sentenced to prison.
External links
Last House on Dead End Street at IMDb
References
- ^ Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat
- ^ Barrel Entertainment insert interview
Notes
1. Insert for "Last House on Dead End Street" DVD. 2002. Barrel Entertainment.
2. http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=3713
3. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076295/taglines
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