Review of The Last House on the Left (1972) by Martin G — 12 May 2010
This is one of the most effective and well done American horror movies of the seventies and it still has the same effect to this day. What Wes Craven did is create a true sense of terror because the story is every parents worst nightmare for their children.
A young girl is kidnapped with her friend on the way to a concert. Then subsequently force-addicted to heroin. Rape is also involved, as well as the death of both girls. The rest is a really original ans suspenseful revenge story that will never probably be matched.
The filming and style is extremely surreal and almost too close to a super-8 home movie, maybe that's why it feels so real to a lot of people. This to me is what people epitomize the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre to be.
This review of The Last House on the Left (1972) was written by Martin G on 12 May 2010.
The Last House on the Left has generally received mixed reviews.
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