{"id":72772,"date":"2021-06-12T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72772"},"modified":"2021-06-20T17:52:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T00:52:38","slug":"twitch-of-the-death-nerve-last-house-on-the-left-part-ii-the-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72772","title":{"rendered":"Twitch of the Death Nerve \/ Last House on the Left, Part II, The (1971)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;If you kill for killing&#8217;s sake, you become a monster.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Poster-208x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-72773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Poster-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Poster-709x1024.png 709w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Poster-89x128.png 89w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Poster-768x1109.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Poster-187x270.png 187w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Poster.png 775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nOn a beautiful bay-front property, a wheelchair-bound woman (Isa Miranda) is killed by her husband (Giovanni Nuvoletti), who is promptly murdered by a mysterious assailant. We soon learn that a local real estate agent (Chris Avran) and his lover (Anna Maria Rosati) had plotted with Nuvoletti to kill his wife; meanwhile, a quartet of teenagers come to explore the bay and are killed by Miranda&#8217;s illegitimate son (Claudio Camaso), who has been scheming with Avram to sign over the bay to them but is foiled when Nuvoletti&#8217;s daughter (Claudine Auger) arrives with her husband (Luigi Pistilli), and their own desire for the property complicates the bloody situation even further &#8212; including involving a local entomologist (Leopoldo Trieste) and his tarot card-reading wife (Laura Betti).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Horror Films<\/li>\n<li>Mario Bava Films<\/li>\n<li>Serial Killers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nMario Bava&#8217;s stylish horror film is notable for the being a direct forerunner of &#8220;summer slasher flick&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=69513\"><em>Friday the 13th<\/em> (1980)<\/a> &#8212; especially given the inclusion of an otherwise random subplot about a group of young adults frolicking on the property:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Frolicking.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Frolicking-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-72782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Frolicking-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Frolicking-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Frolicking-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Frolicking-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Frolicking-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Frolicking.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>who are done away with one by one (or, in an infamous shot, two at once): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Two-at-Once.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Two-at-Once-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-72783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Two-at-Once-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Two-at-Once-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Two-at-Once-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Two-at-Once-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Two-at-Once-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Two-at-Once.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Twitch of the Last Death Nerve<\/em> &#8212; also known as <em>A Bay of Blood<\/em> and The <em>Last House on the Left, Part II<\/em> (!!) &#8212; is filled not only with LOTS of gore but plenty of kooky, mysterious, and\/or sinister characters: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Characters.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Characters-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-72787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Characters-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Characters-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Characters-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Characters-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Characters-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Characters.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Duo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Duo-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-72788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Duo-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Duo-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Duo-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Duo-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Duo-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Duo.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Auger.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Auger-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-72789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Auger-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Auger-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Auger-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Auger-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Auger-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bay-of-Blood-Auger.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; who may or may not be responsible for the spate of bloody killings that won&#8217;t stop taking place. Favorite random line: &#8220;You are full of hot dogs and cadillacs, and you have no music in your soul.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Hanging.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Hanging-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-72798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Hanging-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Hanging-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Hanging-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Hanging-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Hanging-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Hanging.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-72776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography3-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-72778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography3-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography3-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography3-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography3.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography4-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-72775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography4-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography4-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography4-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography4-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Twitch-of-the-Last-Death-Nerve-Cinematography4.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though clearly horror film enthusiasts would disagree with me. Listed as a Cult Movie and a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0067656\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/bay-of-blood\/review\/2000006762\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stomptokyo.com\/badmoviereport\/reviews\/B\/bay_of_blood.html\">Stomp Tokyo Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/horror\/twitch-of-the-death-nerve-1971-a-bay-of-blood-carnage-ecology-for-a-crime-antefatto.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2uwfElGKbVQ\">Sick Flicks Video Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If you kill for killing&#8217;s sake, you become a monster.&#8221; Synopsis: On a beautiful bay-front property, a wheelchair-bound woman (Isa Miranda) is killed by her husband (Giovanni Nuvoletti), who is promptly murdered by a mysterious assailant. We soon learn that a local real estate agent (Chris Avran) and his lover (Anna Maria Rosati) had plotted with Nuvoletti to kill his wife; meanwhile, a quartet of teenagers come to explore the bay and are killed by Miranda&#8217;s illegitimate son (Claudio Camaso),&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72772\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72772"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73156,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72772\/revisions\/73156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}