Last House on the Left

Pros: David Hess as "Krug" and Sandra Cassel as "Mari".
Cons: The unconvincing plot twist, and the hype NO movie could live up to.

Seventeen-year-old Mari Collingwood (Sandra Cassel) and her friend Phyllis (Lucy Grantham) are spending Mari's birthday at a Bloodlust concert in the city. Mari's parents (Gaylord St. James and Cynthia Carr) are wary, not sure of Phyllis who, they ...

Pros: This is one nasty horror exploitation flick...
Cons: Definitely pushes the limits of good tastes, alienating some viewers.

FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH. NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. HALLOWEEN. What do all three of these horror franchises have in common? One infamous 1972 film has the answer.

LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT is one of those movies that if you are a real horror fan,...

Pros: Very dark, interesting premise...
Cons: Not well assembled, bad script, bad editing...

My relationship with horror goes back to childhood. It was a fairytale in a deliciously twisted children’s anthology that really got to me—giants with big shoes and scruffy faces invaded my dreams. I was truly and completely terrified and was ...

Pros: gruesome meditation on the evil inherent in all men
Cons: some poor direction, weak comic relief, and a really lame score...and it's probably far too sleazy for mainstream audiences

Last House on the Left: Sean S. Cunningham Films/ Vestron Video
Rating: USA: R/ USA: Unrated/ UK: Banned/ Australia: Banned

Few films have earned the infamous reputation bestowed upon Wes Craven’s (A Nightmare on Elm...

Pros: None. The review has to be a little graphic to explain why.
Cons: unrealized pretensions of being more than just gore, amateurish acting, tedious comic relief, misplaced music

It is a loose remake of Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring (1960), but few people would watch Wes Craven's Last House on the Left (1972) expecting profound philosophical contemplation or evocative symbolism. The...

Pros: You can say you have seen it
Cons: Shock factor movie, with little plot

Long before A Nightmare On Elm Street and Scream, director Wes Craven was involved in a few unpleasant movies. His first ever movie as Director is by far his sickest offering, made in 1971 Last House On The Left is far more shocking and disturbing than ...

Pros: Decent suspense and action sequences, pretty scenery to look at
Cons: LAME ending, uneasy sequences, choppy editing, poor direction and more

How far would you go to protect your family?  Could you kill another human being?What do you get when you cross bits of Kurt Russell's "Breakdown" with shades of "Deliverance" and then add an ending of hellaceous garbage?  You get this ...

Pros: Compelling, forceful plot, great revenge concepts on your soon-to-be-former roomate (Donald), although quick, the character development seems to pay off indirectly
Cons: horrible music, choppy editing, poor attempts at humor, lots of production mistakes, hard to stomach at points

To be perfectly honest, I wasn't even sure how to approach viewing this movie, much less writing a review. Upon stumbling into my newfound Mecca, MovieMax, I was pretty overwhelmed to actually find a copy of Last House on the Left, along with many other...

Pros: Punchy, innovative direction, a soulful score, exemplary Super-16 cinematography, intricate sound editing, naturalistic performances.
Cons: Misfired comic relief, an anti-climactic ending and an inherent lack of finesse.

When I first watched the Last House on the Left I was enthralled. My friend on the other hand couldn’t handle it. Didn’t heed the infamous Hallmark... “It’s Only a Movie!.. It’s Only a Movie... It’s Only a Movie... It’s Only a Movie... It’s Only a...

Pros: Intense depiction of violent activity and superb DVD treatment.
Cons: Amateurish editing, some crappy music, unnecessary humor.

LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT is a Lobster Enterprises/Sean S. Cunningham Films presentation. It is unrated, containing gruesome violence, rape, scenes involving torture and humiliation, language and nudity. It runs, in this reviewed format at least, 84...

Pros: Disturbing, Powerful, Unforgetable. Good acting from the villians, well written villians.
Cons: Poor editing, camera work, and acting at times. Out-of-place comedy scenes that don't work.

Last House on the Left has become an underground classic through the great invention of the Internet - not that I'm a big Al Gore fan.I never really got into the more obscure type of horror cinema untill after this film became one with a huge ...

Pros: Still effective sleazy shocker.
Cons: Very low budget, some awful acting, some inept film-making, and somewhat dated.

This often ostracized, hated and dismissed film created a huge controversy that split audience right down the middle. Critic Roger Ebert who would strongly criticize 1978's I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE praised the film highly. Wes Craven's first film is indeed...

Pros: Makes a definite statement, powerful moments, deeper than meets the eye
Cons: Some bad music, cheesy dialogue

The first time I watched Last House on the Left, I was stunned by the strange contradictions, bizarre story line and chilling coincidences in this tale of rape, torture and ultimately murder. The quality of the actual film is poor. The actors were not...

Pros: Whew,it's only 82 minutes long!
Cons: That it's almost an hour and a hlaf of pure dreck.

Spurred on a recommendation from someone I used to know (mistake #1!), I decided to give Last House on the Left a shot. After all, it was written and directed by Wes Craven, who has done some good work.

I think it's safe to say that...

Pros: Lighting, filming, direction, and story.
Cons: Some of the actors tend to be forgotten.

Last House on the Left is a classic horror film in my eyes and it plays off of itself very well. The killers are crazed, sadistic , and believing in spite of everything else that they are not going to be arrested or killed. Two young innocent women who ...