As idiotic as the remake.

for a rape revenge movie this sure doesn't spend much time on revenge.

For all of the talk of it's innovation and in spite of it's directors(deserved) reputation, this just isn't a good movie. The violence is pointless, the writing is embarrassing, and it seems to have no real purpose other than to shock the audience, And it's not even good at that.In the end it all adds up to a film that does nothing but leave me baffled at the fact that it was written and directed by the man who would give us Freddy Krueger. Do yourself a favor and walk past this house.

even though this film was filmed on a low budget i still enjoyed the film. there is a deeper meaning to this film than rape, murder, and mayhem. the underlining meaning, to this film, is not placed in well but it shows that craven had more in mind than just trying to gross people out.

Last House on the Left has earned an infamous reputation over the years for its supposed controversial content and brutal violence. I found it to be overhyped and more of an exploitive low budget B-film than shocking coming across as dated. Furthermore, the movie contained a lot of cheesy dialogue and awful acting. Not that it is a masterpiece by any means but I prefer the remake over the original. A few of the scenes in the movie do work and are startling and dismaying to some extent. The

Still disturbing as hell. Doesn't stand up next to The Virgin Spring, though.

This is one of the most ridiculous movies I have ever seen. Even if you expect grindhouse pulp, you probably aren't prepared for what this movie will deliver. A hilariously inappropriate soundtrack accompanies this mixture of A Clockwok Orange, Home Alone, and the Andy Griffith show with a little Texas Chainsaw Massacre and a whole lot of nudity. Mix exaggerated slapstick with graphic rape and torture and you get this bizarre little gem of grindhouse. It disturbs and confuses.

A truly realistic portrayal of sadistic violence.

"This tells the tale of two over-confident girls that get raped, humiliated, mutilated and killed by a gang of disturbed criminals and the girl's parents who take their bloody revenge on them. Much tamer by today's standards but caused fainting and walk-outs when it first came out, this has the feel of a gritty, trashy Herschel Lewis film featuring silly music, slapstick cops, unflinching humiliation, and death by chainsaw and oral sex."

Lacking somewhat in entertainment value and without any cinematic value whatsoever, except for being the grandaddy of home invasion exploitation (Hey, that rhymes!), sort of like a Straw Dogs for the even less classy. I will give Craven kudos for looking at The Virgin Spring and thinking "Daaa-yuhm, that would make a sweet fucking horror film!". Too bad he didn't watch Smiles of a Summer Night as well.

I liked it despite permanently forgetting how many villains there should be in it.

It feels too humorous to be actually scary or disturbing, but it's still fun and I love how Craven uses music and odd electronic sounds. In some places the film is even poetic, somehow.

The destruction of a family. "The Last House on the Left" is a visceral horror movie by Wes Craven in his directorial debut. The low budget camera work makes it almost look like it is shot on a video camera, which makes us, the audience, feel as if we are part of this terrible group of people, watching with perverted interest.

Its very important in terms of exploitation cinema and censorship, especially in the UK, but on another viewing this is painful to sit through rather than horrifying. The tonal shifts are the most guilty aspect, creating a mess which feels far more ramshackle than its acclaim suggests. What makes it even worse is that one or two moments, heightened by David Hess' score, do work powerfully and disturbingly, swamped in a woeful film that cannot get the structure right let alone other aspects.

Poetic drowning death, electronic sounds. But this is not disturbing.

Scene one reminded me of Tales from the Dark Side episodes only the acting was much more painful to watch, the writing plain mortifying, and I have no idea what was happening with the sound. Then of course there's the music, which had obviously no relation whatsoever to what was happening in the film. After this point every scene just keeps sliding further and further into a dubious sinkhole with no hope for retaliation after the bitter and alas so long awaited for wretched ending.

58.750

"Back in 1972, Wes Craven's feature-film debut The Last House on the Left pushed more than a few puritanical buttons." - Ed Gonzalez