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Last House on the Left (1972) (Checkpoint; Sensormatic; Widescreen)

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Last House on the Left (1972)
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3.6 out of 5.0 stars 11 Ratings (8 Reviews)

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    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jun 10, 2003 | 1 out of 1 found this Last House on the Left (1972) review helpful

    bad action, bad acting, bad story line
    sick low life movie, do not buy this or rent it

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    Not real good

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jan 27, 2001 | 1 out of 1 found this Last House on the Left (1972) review helpful

    I had a hard time sittin through this whole movie. You should watch this movie just to see what that woman does to that guy's little weenie.

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    Class

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jun 6, 2002

    This film is one of the most disurbing ever made. Although its gore is minimal its the raw savagry of the picture that hits you hard. One of the most powerful scenes ever fimed is that of krug's remorse after raping the second girl with the music ...it made it one powerful scenes ever. I have the most uncut version availible(includiong the beggining of the intestin scene) MGM are releasing an even more uncut version (not complete though as some footage can still not be found hope its still out there) book yours at amazon released on 27th of august. The only thing that lets the film down is the unhumourus and badly timed comic momets with the cops. A classic and one of my faves Last house on the left. Read more Less

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    A Great Horror Movie

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Oct 15, 2001

    Wes Craven's THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT is one of the most misunderstood, unfairly maligned and underrated movies of all time. Look at any film buff's list of the ten sickest movies ever and LAST HOUSE will undoubtedly be in there somewhere. Thrown... into the same heap as genuinely vile pieces of cinematic trash as I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE and BLOODSUCKING FREAKS, this brilliant exercise in gritty cinema verite terror is worth re-evaluation. Two girls, while in Manhattan to see a rock concert, are kidnapped by a group of sadistic thugs on their way to Canada. The group's car breaks down and they take the girls into the woods--right across the street from one of the girls' house! In the woods, the girls are humiliated, tortured, raped and finally murdered. The unsuspecting killers then crash at the girls' parents' house. When the parents find out who their guests really are, it's time for bloody retribution. LAST HOUSE is a well made, well acted horror movie, suspensful, disturbing, violent and tragic. David Hess as Krug is one of the screen's most chilling villains, in that he's a completely three dimensional character with an elictrifying personality. The girls are intelligent, feeling human beings as opposed to the slabs-of-meat-characters from say FRIDAY THE 13TH. Craven mixes the horror with wacky comedy to comment upon America's unwillingness to deal with violence straight on. His direction and writing are literate and intense--he knows what he's doing. Mari's (the more virginal of the two girls) rape and subsequent murder are as heartbreaking as they are horrifying. The characters in this movie are all HUMAN, and that's what makes this movie so unsettling. Real people are commiting these horrific acts upon real people. LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT is a movie which condemns violence and cruelty, and deserves more respect than its grindhouse exploitation reputation would suggest. If it is as reprehensible a movie as it is purported to be, then so are critically acclaimed movies such as A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, STRAW DOGS, NATURAL BORN KILLERS and BONNIE AND CLYDE. Just because it wasn't made by Kubrick or Peckinpah doesn't make it any less poingant a statement. Read more Less

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    It ain't that interesting

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Oct 15, 2001

    This movie got good reviews but really it wasn't that good,this movie wasn't as scary, and yes to that one review you can keep your mind clear there was no interesting toture stuff,i could of did alot better.

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    Where's the fully unedited version!

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jul 29, 2001

    David Hess is the most despicable villain in horror history as the maniacal Krug...did you know he improvised the "piss your pants" part! This is one shocking thriller, but I'm waiting for Wes Craven's Director's Cut DVD release...still is disturbing... enough to either keep you interested or make you lose your mind. Read more Less

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    Craven's Masterpiece

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Feb 26, 2001

    This is without doubt Craven’s finest film to date and its unlikely he will ever make a better film. Shot on a shoe string budget Craven and his partner Sean S Cunningham, the man behind Friday the 13th, have created an Ugly, disturbing but brillian...tly made film. The Plot is loosely based upon an earlier film by a man named Ingmar Bergman called “the Virgin Spring”, and that film is in turn based upon an old, Swedish legend about a girl who is on her way to church when a group of shepherds rape and kill her. Her parents soon hear about this and decide to take bloody revenge upon her killers. This is basically what “last house” is about. But once you scrap away the cheap looking surface you will find a film which underneath is a whole lot more complex and much more meaningful. Craven made this film as a metaphor for the recent war in Vietnam, and after the killing spree of infamous killer Charles Manson. The Vietnam symbolism can be seen with the girls parents, happy ordinary Americans, moving into uncharacteristic bouts of extreme violence in order to avenge their daughters death. Also after all the blood shed and carnage the parents have achieved nothing as their daughter is still dead. The film is also a complex study of serial killers. Craven never for once lets the audience sympathise with the serial killers but does open a window of insight into how they have the power to kill. In one particularly, and possibly best in the whole film, scene the serial killers toy with the girls as if playing with a favourite toy but once the game gets out of hand the killers look down upon the carnage with sadden confusion as if their favourite toy has become broken. This film is also a very important one in the genre of horror, if that’s what genre this incredibly complex film can be pigeon holed into. Before it there was only one horror film which dealt with serial killers and that was “Psycho”, which came nearly 12 years before it. If you compare the two films together “Last House on the Left” is by far the scarier and, in my opinion, the best. “Psycho’s” main killer, Norman Bates, lives along in a run down motel which no one ever visits. The killers in “Last House on the Left” don’t live outside of society. These are people who could live just down the road from you, who on the surface seem like nice ordinary people but, without warning, are capable of lashing out in to such acts as torture, rape and murder. This is where the films true element of horror comes from, the people with in it who are out of control but are accepted by society, as Mari’s parents accept the killers into their home, with open arms.To be fair this film does have it’s faults. Krug, played by David Hess and Mari, played by Sandra Cassel turn in excellent performances. Mari’s friend, Phyllis Stone and the other two serial killers turn in average performances. Mari’s parents came straight from doing T.V soaps, and it shows. And the police men, well the less which is said about them the better is all I can say. The sound and picture quality are slightly poor, but which can be forgiven due to the films budget. And the sound track , written by lead actor David Hess, although good in parts, the song “The road leads to no-where” comes to mind, is generally too happy and for that reason unsuitable for the films content. But these are minor quibbles for an otherwise brilliant film which should be seen by all who is interested by the horror genre. But it is rather violent and as the tag line suggests “ To avoid fainting keep repeating, it’s only a movie, only a movie, only a movie”. Read more Less

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    One Wes Craven would rather forget

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Feb 1, 2001

    Video Rental Hell: That's where this movie would've surely be condemned to were it not for the rapid rise of director Wes Craven (Nightmare on Elm Street).For the most part, Craven's first attempt at a film is more or less a curiosity, if nothing el...se. The story revolves around two highschool girls who are looking for drugs and a little fun. They are predictably duped by some perverted criminals and hastily escorted to the woods for a good time. Rape and molestation resume while a zany song plays in the background. When the villains are finished, they handily dispose of their victims and venture onward. As fate would have it, they happen to stumble upon the home of the murdered teenagers, where the parents take their turn at revenge.I've seen this movie as little more than intermediate garbage. The story is weak and it's awfully predictable in most cases.....especially in the "revenge" sequences. Surprisingly, this movie HAS had its share of good reviews....including that of Roger Ebert (no, I'm not kidding either) who considers this as one of his personal favorites. Regardless of who you believe, I would probably advise spending my money elsewhere. Though not nearly as technically bad as a stinker like "Manos: The Hands of Fate"....the story isn't much better. Read more Less

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