HYENA (1997) Joe D'Amato's Final Theatrical Release!
3391DVD
Joe
D'Amato's Final Theatrical Release!
Original
Italian Title: IL LENA [The Hyena]
director: Joe D'amato
(Aristide Massaccesi)
starring: Cinzia Roccaforte · Dvid D'Ingeo · Anna Maria Petrova · Jason
Saucier · Lisa Comshaw · Fonda Rosing
Emy (played by knockout Cinzia Roccaforte) is left at home for the weekend
after her rich husband goes out of town to close an important business
deal. In reality, he's spending time with his mistress; and his wife
is far removed from his mind. However, at that point, Emy becomes victim
to a vicious home invasion. A man named Roy shows up, kills the maid
and violently rapes Emy. Roy claims to be holding her sister hostage
and he's demanding $500,000 for safe return. Since it's Saturday. The
banks are closed the two must stay together for the weekend. This leads
to a strange turn of events.
For
Joe D'Amato, the decade before his death [January 1999, age 62] was
filled with nonstop array of hardcore (XXX) productions. He cranked
out an astonishing 125+ films between 1989-98; most contained only a
breathe of plot which essential served to take the hardcore action from
one scene to the next. Only a handful of his movies from the '90s were
intended for theatrical release (i.e., non-hardcore). His last
horror film was FRANKENSTEIN
2000 (1991) followed by a Margaux Hemmingway thriller A Woman's
Secret. He also helmed some interesting softcore potboilers LABYRINTH
OF LOVE, CHINESE
KAMA SUTRA and HOUSE
OF PLEASURE before turning to the steady diet of XXX fare. Then,
five years later - in 1997 - he dedicated time to making THE
HYENA. It would be his very last release to the theaters.
An
Italian Film in English language; fullscreen format (4:3), uncut (87 minutes),
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT; extras include original
theatrical trailer.
Nudity/Graphic
Violence/Sexual Brutality/Rape/Drugs
Recommended For Adult Audiences Only
