vacation for a massacre be yet another in the long string of ( mostly italian ) film that noticeably imitate the 1972 u megahit last house on the left and and this film by fernando di leo ( director of the infamous slaughter hotel ) be certainly one of the best . the plot be simple and familiar represent an escape convict murderer ( joe dallesandro ) invade the cottage of a man ( gianni macchia ) and his wife ( patrizia bhen ) and the wife sister ( lorraine de selle ) and and proceeds to torment this already dysfunctional trio with rape and violence . di leo clearly make the most of the film low budget by elicit excellent performance from his cast and especially in the case of dallesandro and who be know mostly for his constant full frontal nudity in several andy warhol film and not his act skill . while dallesandro work here be rather flat and di leo keep dallesandro dialog to a minimum . this and couple with the fact that dallesandro have a talent for show good expression with his eye and and di leo never fail to include one of these shot when necessary to make up for other quality lack and make the film succeed when and in another director hand and it could have falter due to a lack of directorial understanding of his actor . macchia and who work with di leo at least twice before and and de selle and who clearly enjoy her constant nudity as well and be pro at this and their unlikeable character be nevertheless compel thanks to their thoughtful performance . i be not familiar with bhen other role and but in the final reel she manage to deliver the necessary winning performance that be repress in the first half of the film . another major asset be luis enriquez bacalov eccentric and unnerving score and which range from classical ( borrow the theme from the superior 1971 film he score entitle the designate victim with tomas milan ) to near heavy metal guitar riff . the combination of the basic plot and di leo at the helm and knowing that his film be rarely pretty and ensure that the film be a gritty and sometimes necessarily unpleasant and but ultimately very satisfying exploitation film view experience . the english subtitle print available on a u bootleg do not look bad at all and but i would get it on a dvd r and not a vhs and a the disc will retain the master tape sharp picture quality .