The Last House on the Left - Movie Review and Synopsis

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Category: Movies. Tags: Dennis Iliadis, Garret Dillahunt, Horror, Monica Potter, Rogue Pictures, Thriller, Tony Goldwyn.

The Last House on the Left After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang led by a prison escapee (Dillahunt) unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging the parents of one of the victims — a mother (Potter) and father (Goldwyn) who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics.

The original Last House was a semi-remake of Ignmar Bergman’s The Virgin Spring, was viewed as commentary on the Vietnam War, and earned comparisons to Straw Dogs. Wes Craven, who seems bent on remaking each classic from his back catalog, has tinkered with the original film’s premise: gone is the urban setting, the rock and roll, and the dual murders, but at least it didn’t wuss out for a PG-13 rating. Can Rogue Pictures replicate the success it had with The Strangers before the studio is bought by Relativity Pictures?

Rated R for sadistic brutal violence including a rape and disturbing images, language, nudity and some drug use.

Director: Dennis Iliadis
Stars: Garret Dillahunt, Monica Potter, Tony Goldwyn
Studio: Rogue Pictures
Release Date: 13 March 2009 (USA)
Genre: Horror | Thriller