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3 Springfield, Dundee.
Thursday 1st May, 9pm
LAST HOUSE ON DEAD END STREET
(1977, Dir. Roger Michael Watkins)
Wikipedia.org:
Last House on Dead End Street is a 1977 horror film 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. The film was made in 1973, but wasn't released until four years later.
Watkins has 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. 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 theatres.
IMDB.com comments:
This is a genuine cinematic curiosity and I think that any self-respecting horror fan would be missing out by not checking it. It is truly an original, one-off work. Sure, it is ragged around the edges but that is part of what makes it so gritty and atmospheric. The movie has an almost numbing and ethereal quality and really works. Extremely disturbing and definitely recommended.
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