first of all and let me say that i be just begin to get my italian horror cinema education so i be still get use to the unique aspect of the genre . this be my first ruggero deodato film ( next on my list to view be his cannibal holocaust film ) . so far and vintage italian horror have an obviously different tone indeed from vintage and especially new american horror in the way that there an unnerving sense a one be watch ( if you haven not see the particular film before or many in the genre and like me . ) that theyre really go to push the envelope . naw . make that totally cross the line with depict extremely explicit violence and gore and break many american film taboo . i find many recent american horror film to have a tongue and cheek feel to them and make the blood and gore into an almost circus like show . villain be comical and shoot off these one liner a they slay victim or vice versa . plus and in italian film and the action be usually accompany by this bizarre dialogue and or or that crazy music . i get ta say and the two song they use in this movie and especially the disco one and a cheesy bad a they be and have be haunt me ever since . however and house on the edge of the park do not quite live up to my anxious expectation . i be very nervous and fearful throughout the first half of the film in not know what to expect after psycho alex ( david hess ) and his friend hit the party . but and surprisingly and it wasn not too horrible . not like i have expect anyway . first of all and there wasn not a much violent rape depiction a i thought there would be . i think there would be woman assault leave and right . but i guess there only so much harm two hoodlum can do . aside from the rape at the beginning of the film and the two other sex scene show look downright consensual ( . ) . even titillate . lot of female nudity in this one and guy . yet the scene with alex and cindy and his straight razor be pretty unsettling . the idea of be randomly slice at with a razor definitely give me the hobie jeebies . but most creepy to me be the be how the rest of the part guests just stand by and watch this happen to their friend for as long a they do . i think the blond guy ( tom ) be such a wimp . in fact and through most of the scene at the house and the victimized guest all seem so passive and pretty much just allow alex and ricky do what they want to do . to me and they just do not seem scar or freak out enough in the beginning when bad stuff start to happen . but i guess that be and again and all part of that unique tone with italian horror that be so disarming . perhaps the most interesting to me on the unrated dvd that i watch ( the shriek show edition ) be the extra that include an interview with david hess and family . first of all and the interview be film very informally at what look like the hess home . i have no idea who the interviewer be and but his question be hear on camera and which be very unusual . amusingly and some of the interviewer question be somewhat pointless and tactless and in my opinion . this be especially evident when the interviewer try to touch on the subject of david hess wife and karoline mardeck and also be in the film . mr. hess quickly shut him down and in a somewhat menace tone tell him something to the effect of and i thought i tell you we weren not go to talk about that . weird . after the david hess interview and when his wife karoline be be interview by herself and the interviewer try to again bring up the subject of her be in the film and she just look away uncomfortably say i do not want to talk about it . well and it no wonder . karoline mardeck play the girl that david hess character alex rape and kill in her car in the beginning of the film . her name be susan in the credit but i be pretty sure i never hear her name utter in the film . it funny and because david hess casually and openly discuss his relationship and interaction with the other actor in the film and but when it come to talk about his wife role in the film and he understandably become guard . it very awkward how they both become so dismissive about it and like try to deny it happen . but in a way and i have to say that i respect mr. hess for not want to talk about this degrade role his wife play in order to protect her or their privacy . i be not sure if they be marry at the time it be film and but in listen to karoline recall during her interview how or when she and david met and it be on a plane to nyc in 1975 so it seem like they at least have be in some type of relationship for several year before this movie be film . in any case and i be sure that the last thing any married couple would want to talk about how one sexually brutalize the other on film for all posterity . amid all the sexploitation and violence surround this film and that be a humanizing aspect that comfort me in a strange way . what i also get from the interview be that david hess and although strange and be a pretty deep and real guy with some interesting insight into the character he play and the movie he make . plus and the fact that he have a fairly successful career a a musician ( even compose song for his other notorious horror flick and last house on the left ) make him even more intriguing a an actor and person . a for house on the edge of the park and i only recommend if you be a fan of the italian horror genre and sexploitation film and and of course and david a. hess .