Review of The Last House on the Left (1972) by Jason D — 18 Mar 2009
The Last House on the Left is the demented and VERY disturbing directorial debut from Wes Craven about a pair of young women heading off to a concert. As they try to get weed, they are kidnapped, raped, beaten, and eventually murdered (one of them at least) by a vicious gang of psychos (lead by none other than the despicable and always scary David Hess).
As luck would have it for the gang, they wind up at the house of one of the girls' parents who catch wind of what they have done to their daughter. The movie takes a 180 degree turn and the horror continues now as the parents turn into bloodthirsty savages and start murdering the gang one by one in extreme and horrendous ways.
The sheer brutality of this film scared many a people in its day, and while it has dated quite a bit, the Last House on the Left still manages to pack an enormous punch and winds up being one of the most notorious films ever made, especially from Craven who also used this similar formula of showing the evil in both good and bad people in his other early entry, The Hills Have Eyes.
Powerful film with plenty of intense and frightening moments. A pure classic.
This review of The Last House on the Left (1972) was written by Jason D on 18 Mar 2009.
The Last House on the Left has generally received mixed reviews.
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