Last House on the Left: Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln, Jeramie Rain, Marc Sheffler, Richard Towers, Cynthia Carr, Ada Washington, Marshall Anker, Martin Kove, Ray Edwards, Victor Hurwitz, Wes Craven, Katherine D'Amato, Sean S. Cunningham, Ulla Isaksson: Amazon.ca: Video

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Future Nightmare creator and Scream weaver Wes Craven's film debut is a primitive little production that rises above its cut-rate production values and hazy, grainy patina via its grimly affecting portrait of human evil infiltrating a middle-class household. The story is adapted from Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring, but the film has more in common with Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs as it charts the descent of a harmless married couple into methodical killers. A quartet of criminals--a distorted version of the nuclear family--kidnaps a pair of teenage girls and proceeds to ravage, rape, torture, and finally brutally murder them in the woods, unwittingly within walking distance of their rural home. The killers take refuge in the girls' own home, but when the parents discover just who they are and what they've done, they plot violent retribution.

Along with George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and Tobe Hooper's Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Craven helped redefine American horror with this debut--all three movies portray modern society crumbling into madness and horror. But, unlike his fellow directors, Craven gives his film an uncomfortable verisimilitude, setting it squarely in the heartland of modern America. While at times it's awkward and inconsistent, with distracting comic interludes, his handling of the brutal horror scenes is unsettling, and the death of the daughter is an unexpectedly quiet and lyrical moment. --Sean Axmaker

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5.0 out of 5 stars "You sick mother...", Jun 1 2002

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This review is from: The Last House on the Left (1972) (DVD)

This film is gross. It's revolting. It's crude. It's one of the coolest flicks I've ever had the pleasure of viewing. Two lil girls go out to a concert and end up getting kidnapped by a gang of escaped convicts who take them into the woods and have a little over-the-top fun with them, taunting them, humiliating them, violating them, and finally killing them. It's too bad the parents find out about it, because they soon plot revenge. MGM finally will be releasing the most complete version of LHOTL on earth. ...

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1.0 out of 5 stars YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING, July 2 2002

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VIN SCOTT "smky777" (staten island, ny USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Last House on the Left (1972) (DVD)

I just wanna know how anyone can think this was good or scary. It was boring, ugly, terribly acted,cheesy, and the list goes on. I am very open minded and a HUGE fan of Wes Craven but c'mon people this is so amateurish it looks like some kid made it as a joke.Sorry but i just dont understand how anyone would think this slop is worth 12 bucks.

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2.0 out of 5 stars The Last House on the Left, May 8 2009

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The Last House on the Left

An original concept, but like many horror movies the delivery falls short. Tries to be disturbing, insightful and raw. In reality though full of bad acting, bad directing and especially bad plot holes/continuity and editing. That said there are still some redeeming horror scenes though sporadic. In the end I only recommend this purchase for people interested in completing their collection of Wes Craven's films. If you're interested in experiencing much better disturbing horror I recommend "the Audition or Irreversible"

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2.0 out of 5 stars like watching someone's home movie
this is one gritty and authentic looking horror movie.it's low budget,and it feels like you're watching someone's home movie. Read more

Published 23 months ago by falcon

3.0 out of 5 stars last house on the left
i was kinda dissapointed because it was boring. i thought with wes craven in it that it would be good. I have all of his movies-freddy kruger, nightmare on elm st. Read more

Published on Jun 21 2009 by Manon Shokoff