20 Depraved Movies Only Truly Sick Individuals Could Enjoy

20. House On The Edge Of The Park (1980)

House On The Edge Of The Park will likely always be known as “that other movie” for more reasons than one. For director Ruggero Deodato, it was the immediate follow-up to his unquestionable masterpiece, Cannibal Holocaust, a film that remains the Italian sleaze-maestro’s legacy. 

Likewise, David Hess’s defining role came eight years earlier in Wes Craven’s Last House On The Left, where he played slime ball antagonist Krug. The paths of each cult figure crossed when Deodato decided to finally cash in on the “house movie” craze nearly a decade later, and the result was perfunctory for both men.

Ruggero immediately sets out his stall with the film’s opening sequence, during which the psychotic Alex (Hess) cuts off a young woman’s car before entering the vehicle and strangling her unconscious as he rapes her. Later, back at the garage where he works, Alex and his mentally-challenged friend Ricky (Giovanni Lombardo Radice) are getting ready to "boogie" after a young couple invites them to a party. Once there, things go left when Alex decides to amuse himself by tormenting the guests.

Any technical faults this unrelenting movie has will soon be wiped from your memory, but the underlining feeling of gut-wrenching savagery will remain for many nightmares to come.