The House by the Edge of the Lake

1979 film

The House by the Edge of the Lake

Directed by| Enzo G. Castellari
Screenplay by|

* José María Nunes
* Leila Buongiorno[1]

Story by| José María Nunes[1]
Produced by| Rodolfo Putignani[1]
Starring| Vincent Gardenia
Cinematography| Alejandro Ulloa[1]
Edited by| Gianfranco Amicucci[1]
Music by| Guido & Maurizio De Angelis[1]

Production
companies

* Cinezeta
* Este Films[1]

Distributed by| Alpherat

Release dates

* 28 September 1979 (1979-09-28) (Italy)
* 11 July 1980 (1980-07-11) (Spain)

Running time

| 96 minutes[1]
Countries|

* Italy
* Spain

The House by the Edge of the Lake (Italian: Sensitività) is a horror film directed by Enzo G. Castellari.

The film was re-edited several years after, with the title Kyra, La signora del lago (Kyra, the Lady of the Lake).[2] The director Castellari defined that film as an "awful horror film with a very low cost budget".[3]

## Cast

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* Vincent Gardenia as Old painter
* Leonora Fani as Lilian
* Wolfango Soldati as Edoardo
* Patricia Adriani as Lilith
* Caterina Boratto as Kira
* Massimo Vanni as Manuel

## Production

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Director Enzo G. Castellari explained that the film was developed between his friendship with an aspiring film maker named Jose Sanchez.[1] Castellari met him through his doctor and started teaching him how to write a script and took him on as an assistant.[1] Castellari stated that his script was being finished for a Spanish producer to be shot in Costa Brava which led to Castellari taking charge in directing the film.[1][4] Castellari's recollections are at odds with the film's credits which credit the film to Jose Maria Nunes a writer and director who was active in the film business since the 1950s with Sanchez only being credited as an actor in a small role.[4]

Filming began in August 1978 in Costa Brava but halted shortly after as the money for the film ran out.[4] Castellari did not initially want his named attached to the film, but in order to gain more funds he obliged to having his name attached to the project.[4]

## Release

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The House by the Edge of the Lake was released in Italy on 28 September 1979.[1] It was released in Spain as Diabla on 11 July 1980.[1] Distributor Rodolfo Putignani invested money his company Cinezeta created the Italian title for the film Sensivita, a word that does not exist in Italian.[4] Castellari found that as soon as editing the film, problems with distribution began which led to further interruptions in filming.[4] Castellari stated that "[Distributor Rodolfo]Putignani and his associate Curti finished it their own way. But my name as director stayed."[4]

The film was re-released in 1986 with additional scenes shot by Alfonso Brescia with editing credited to "Jeffrey Bogart".[1] Castellari did not like the re-edit of the film, recalling he was invited to a horror convention where the film was screened and that "after six minutes I walked [out of] the theater, horrified."[5]

## References

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### Footnotes

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Curti 2017, p. 211.
2. ^ Louis Paul. Italian Horror Film Directors. McFarland, 2005.
3. ^ Luca M. Palmerini, Gaetano Mistretta. Spaghetti nightmares. M&P, 1996.
4. ^ a b c d e f g Curti 2017, p. 212.
5. ^ Curti 2017, p. 214.

### Sources

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* Celli, C.; Cottino-Jones, M. C (2007). A New Guide to Italian Cinema. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-60182-6.
* Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476629605.
* Paul, Louis (2005). Italian Horror Film Directors. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-8749-3.

## External links

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* The House by the Edge of the Lake at IMDb

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Films directed by Enzo G. Castellari

* A Few Dollars for Django (1966)
* Renegade Riders (1967)
* Any Gun Can Play (1967)
* Johnny Hamlet (1968)
* One Dollar Too Many (1968)
* Kill Them All and Come Back Alone (1968)
* Eagles Over London (1969)
* Cold Eyes of Fear (1971)
* Hector the Mighty (1972)
* Sting of the West (1973)
* High Crime (1973)
* Street Law (1974)
* Cry, Onion! (1975)
* The Loves and Times of Scaramouche (1976)
* The Big Racket (1976)
* Keoma (1976)
* The Heroin Busters (1977)
* The Inglorious Bastards (1978)
* The House by the Edge of the Lake (1979)
* The Shark Hunter (1979)
* Day of the Cobra (1980)
* Great White (1980)
* 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)
* The New Barbarians (1983)
* Escape from the Bronx (1983)
* Tuareg: The Desert Warrior (1984)
* Light Blast (1985)
* Striker (1987)
* Hammerhead (1987)
* Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
* Jonathan of the Bears (1995)
* The Return of Sandokan (1996)
* Desert of Fire (1997)
* Gioco a incastro (2000)
* Caribbean Basterds (2010)

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