The House on the Edge of the Park

Two mechanics menace a group of friends in a suburban New Jersey house. House on the Edge of the Park is basically Last House on the Left, mimicking Wes Craven’s in-your-face (and better-paced) Cinéma vérité  dynamic. Here, the camera is an armchair quarterback, sitting dully, lingering, contemplative. Alternately cheap-looking and lush, House on the Edge of the ParkContinue reading “The House on the Edge of the Park”

Baker County, U.S.A.

Two suspender-and-overall yokels watch a hunter get it on with his paramour in the woods. The rustic coitus is interrupted when one of the dim-bulb interlopers falls into a creek trying to sneak a closer look. Welcome to Exploitation Country, Baker County, U.S.A. (aka Trapped). Where do you go after an opener like that? Surprisingly, to theContinue reading “Baker County, U.S.A.”