4/10
Standard 70s/80s exploitation film
10 April 2021
A couple are on their way to a party when their car breaks down. They manage to get to a garage where the mechanic and his friend fix the car. Out of gratitude they invite the two men to the party. Once there things unravel pretty quickly between the two men and the other guests, with shocking, violent results.

Directed by Ruggero Deodato, a leader in the field of 70s/80s low-budget films. This film is pretty much par for the course by his standards, and by 70s/80s exploitation film standards, i.e. Clumsy plot, random violence, one-dimensional villains and a fair amount of titillation.

It starts intriguingly enough though, making me think it might amount to more than the B-grade film I figured it was. However, the longer it goes on, the more implausible the plot becomes. You keep thinking, "surely all they have to is (this) and they're safe", but that never happens.

As evidence of its B-grade credentials it stars David Hess, the perennial bad guy in exploitation movies. He was also in "The Last House on the Left", which had a similar plot.
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