Last House on Dead End Street
The original three-hour-long version of the film, titled "The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell", was screened in 1973, and purportedly caused theater riots in New York City and Chicago. It was claimed that the theater in Chicago was burned down. The following year, the film had a brief release under the title "The Fun House". In 1977, it was released yet again, through Cinematic Releasing Corporation, under its most widely known title, "Last House on Dead End Street", a play on the title of the Wes Craven film "The Last House on the Left" (1972). Both of these later releases of the film were significantly shorter, running 78 minutes, as opposed to the original 175 minutes.
John Murphy (composer)
Since 2000's "Snatch" and "Shooters", Murphy has been mainly based in Los Angeles. His successes include "City by the Sea" and Danny Boyle's box-office success "28 Days Later" and its sequel "28 Weeks Later". He also collaborated with Underworld to score Danny Boyle's science fiction film "Sunshine". In 2006 Murphy composed the score for Michael Mann's "Miami Vice". In 2009, he composed the music for the 2009 remake of the 1972 film "The Last House on the Left", followed by 2010's "Kick-Ass", based on the comic book of the same name. Other excerpts from his scores have been released for advertising, in particular "In the House – In a Heartbeat" from "28 Days Later", and "Adagio in D minor" from "Sunshine".