Review of The Last House on the Left (1972) by Francisco G — 22 Oct 2012

Still shocking to this date, this is still a fascinating tale of how a random act of senseless violence can generate another act of violence that can quickly get out of control and perpetuate itself forever.

Also interesting to see the way the music is used in such contradictory ways that contribute to make us feel extremely unconfortable given the mixed feelings we're getting: a sappy song during a rape scene, how frickin inovative can this be? It's amazing and for a sound geek like myself, wonderous to witness how it was applied.

But why the flying fuck have Craven used those pathetic segmets of the funny cops? So misplaced... dear god. Also, the editing can be a bit sloppy but for a first movie, Craven has left and undeniable mark, not only on movie history but on our souls.