Last House on the Left (DVD, 2002, Widescreen and Full Frame)

Wes Craven's nightmarish odyssey of revenge helped to usher in a new era of graphic horror filmmaking in the early 1970s. Inspired by Ingmar Bergman's THE VIRGIN SPRING (1960), THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT is a parent's worst nightmare come to terrifying life. Beautiful 17-year-olds Mari (Sandra Cassel) and Phyllis (Lucy Grantham) head into the city for a rock concert, but once there, they're kidnapped by three repulsive, sadistic escaped convicts led by Krug Stillo (a menacing David Hess). After the gang drives the girls into the woods, where they rape and murder them, the disheveled crew ends up at the home of none other than Mari's parents, John (Gaylord St. James) and Estelle (Cynthia Carr). When John discovers who has unknowingly walked into his home, he exacts a revenge that makes the convicts' actions seem tame by comparison. Working on a shoestring budget and coaxing naturalistic performances out of his actors (with the exception of two bumbling law enforcement officers), Craven displays the talent that he would later develop on a grand scale with A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and SCREAM. Certainly not for the fainthearted, THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT remains one of the most visceral horror films ever made.
This is manly a thriller not a slasher type movie...
{Mrs Puman}

2 girls out in the city meet the wrong kind of people and end up being kidnapped, raped and murdered. Coincidentally the murderers end up asking for help from one of the girl's parents. Once the parents realize who they are dealing with they take justice into their own hands.

When released in theaters there were warnings about the violence in the movie and has posters that just said "It's only a movie...it's only a movie". Worked great in getting people to the theaters and even had reports of people fainting!

I love horror movies and think Wes Craven is a master of his craft, but Last House on the Left is not a favorite of mine. I was actually disappointed when I watched it. I have no problem with low budget production - actually prefer that in horror films, makes them grittier - and the basic story is fantastic. But the acting leaves a lot to be desired and while the basic story is great once it is fleshed out it loses something and just becomes cheesy.

Still, for real horror fans this is a must see. It is more violent than gory and has some graphic scenes.

Any film can be a regular kind of scary. But this is scary in the sense that it could happen to any body even yourself. A monster movie would be a regular king of scary. But this film is scary in both of those senses. This movie is about two young girls who want to go to a rock concert. They meet a few seemingly nice boys along the way not knowing those boys are sadistic convicts who escaped from a prison. Once the boys got the girls where they want them they. Take them into some woods where they rape torture and kill them. later the boys decide to tay in someones house for the night the boys not knowingly stayed in one of the girls house they murdered. The parents find out and kill the gang of boys.

you can defently tell this is a 70's movie, around the time of the hippies. but who doesn't love Wes Craven and his films. i liked this movie! it is something that could actually happen. you know how your parents were, when you were growing up, "you will get kidnapped and rapped". watching this movie was a trip. and it seems like it's real. this is a very contraversal movie. it does have rape, gore and sexual act's. but very realistic and i really liked it. a good story line, you won't be able to take you eye's off it and you will be speechless at times! this is a wonderful edition to anyone's horror collection! buy it! did this help?

heard about it, Wes Craven is a good guy, Movie is not for casual moviegoers, it has alot of rough scenes, rape scenes, and gruesome revenge scenes by the parnets of one of the girls