The Last House on the Left

Pros: A solid updating of Craven's exploitation classic.
Cons: The violence makes it a tough sell for mainstream audiences.

With the horror film remake craze in full swing now (we should reach the point where we're getting remakes of remakes in another year or two by my estimation) it seems only natural that Wes Craven's divisive and powerfully disturbing 1972 classic The ...

Pros: a remake which retains the power to disturb and unsettle
Cons: the Hollywood ending

Even though just about every horror movie under the sun is being remade, the fact that Wes Craven's notorious T he Last House on the Left received the Hollywood treatment is surprising.  What's even more surprising is that ...

Pros: It ends
Cons: Grossly violent. A few tremendously disturbing scenes.

Horror films are definitely not my cup of tea. In fact, I don't really like tea either. But, I do enjoy thrillers/suspense films. Sure the scope of thrillers/suspense flicks is pretty large, while horror films are very specific except for the Scream ...

Pros: The family that kills together, stays together.
Cons: Everything else.

Ahoy there be SPOILERS - MAJOR SPOILERS ahead!!! How this movie made it by with an "R" rating is beyond me. First, let me say that I am not a prude about movies (or many, many things for that matter). I had read a review previously on ...

Pros: Uh, the soundtrack? Sara Paxton
Cons: Super violent! Nasty streak of gratuity

Wes Craven, who directed the original "Last House on the Left," famously walked out of a screening of "Reservoir Dogs." As an audience member, he took offense to the sequence where Mr. Blond tortures the cop. The irony is that Craven's own film featured ...

Pros: None.
Cons: Everything: Concept, Violence, Gore, Acting, Plot, Lack of character development.

I am, for those who know me, hardly what one would call a prude. In fact, I have often embarrassed my family by saying - at all the wrong times - "Life is too short for softcore." I have no problem with sex in films, I have little problem with ...

Pros: -Great Acting/ Great Cinematography
Cons: -Disturbing/ Tough to watch, at times/ Furthers the modern trend of torture, instead of terror

This is a tough one to review. Part of me just wants to completely blast this movie. It was sick, it was disturbing, and, by those standards, it got the job done. I don't know if I should reward it for being repulsive, or just try to dismiss it ...

Pros: Follows the original.
Cons: Very disturbing.

  In 1972, horror icon Wes Craven made a name for himself by writing and directing a film called “The Last House on the Left." The film was very controversial and helped launch a new genre of terror and suspense films that pushed the ...

Pros: If you're hurt, bleeding and lost, you're really lucky to find a doctor.
Cons: But if you've raped his daughter, it's the kind of luck called bad.

Two groups commingle in a secluded location: a family (and friend) on vacation and a convict (and girlfriend & family) on the lam. The teenage (17) daughter Mary gets raped and the convict gets lied to (more than once). ...

Pros: Respects the original, it's disturbing, has great acting, moves at a good pace
Cons: Tacked-On Ending, Villians aren't scary enough

Warning: This review will contain several terms that may offend someone, but it is key to the review of the movie, so therefore it must be spoken.The 1972 film, The Last House on the Left, is a cult film that has continued to disturb and shock ...

Pros: High quality, drama, gore and acting.
Cons: None....

I've read that Wes Craven's movie was already a loose remake of an older movie, called Jungfrukällan, so to call this movie a remake of a remake is pretty justified but it completely stands alone in quality because it's actually better than Wes ...