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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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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By VIN SCOTT
Format: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.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format: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. ...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By The Critic
Format:DVD
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"
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 on Jun 10 2010 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
5.0 out of 5 stars
Un conte folklorique transposé aux États-Unis des 70s!
J'ai bien aimé ce premier long-métrage de Wes Craven. La cinématographie est par moment très belle lors des scènes tournées en... Read more
Published on May 27 2009 by Jean-Pierre Malo
2.0 out of 5 stars
Caught off guard
This movie wasn't what I was expecting. Especially from director Wes Craven. It was very raw and disturbing. I assume the remake has been toned down. Read more
Published on April 22 2009 by V. St Louis
1.0 out of 5 stars
G-A-R-B-A-G-E!!!
First of all, I am a huge fan of distubing, thriller type movies. Unfortunately, this movie (I use the term loosely) was a terrible waste of my time. Read more
Published on Nov 29 2003 by The Dster
1.0 out of 5 stars
UUggh....ZZZ
This is a snoozer. Wes doesn't have many good movies, and this is easily one of his worst. It was so boring and monotonous and it wasn't scary, disturbing, or suspenseful. Read more
Published on Jun 18 2003 by Tom Servo
4.0 out of 5 stars
The last movie you should ever let your kids see!
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! O.K. what kind of movie is this? It does not get any more disturbing then this movie, i just watched it last night. This movie is SICK!!! Read more
Published on Jun 17 2003 by "iriley1979"
4.0 out of 5 stars
The last movie you should ever let your kids see!
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! O.K. what kind of movie is this? It does not get any more disturbing then this movie, i just watched it last night. This movie is SICK!!! Read more
Published on Jun 17 2003 by "iriley1979"
4.0 out of 5 stars
Realism Arrives In Horror Movies.
This 1972 production is one of the first films to present violence in the context of American society, and not in castles or anything. Read more
Published on Jun 11 2003 by Burak Kilic
4.0 out of 5 stars
Realism Arrives In Horror Movies.
This 1972 production is one of the first films to present violence in the context of American society, and not in castles or anything. Read more
Published on Jun 11 2003 by Burak Kilic
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