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starring: Sandra Cassel, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln, Jeramie Raindirected by: Wes Craven
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780792846321
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 079284632X
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: August 01, 2000
Running Time: 82 minutes
Sales Rank: 16130
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: August 30, 1972
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Future Nightmare creator and Scream weaver Wes Craven's film debut is a primitive little production that rises above its cut-rate production values and hazy, grainy patina via its grimly affecting portrait of human evil infiltrating a middle-class household. The story is adapted from Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring, but the film has more in common with Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs as it charts the descent of a harmless married couple into methodical killers. A quartet of criminals--a distorted version of the nuclear family--kidnaps a pair of teenage girls and proceeds to ravage, rape, torture, and finally brutally murder them in the woods, unwittingly within walking distance of their rural home. The killers take refuge in the girls' own home, but when the parents discover just who they are and what they've done, they plot violent retribution.
Along with George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and Tobe Hooper's Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Craven helped redefine American horror with this debut--all three movies portray modern society crumbling into madness and horror. But, unlike his fellow directors, Craven gives his film an uncomfortable verisimilitude, setting it squarely in the heartland of modern America. While at times it's awkward and inconsistent, with distracting comic interludes, his handling of the brutal horror scenes is unsettling, and the death of the daughter is an unexpectedly quiet and lyrical moment. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Is this really a Craven flick?..
...Because it's hard to believe that the same man who brought us Nightmare on Elm Street would produce such absolute trash. Reminiscent in subject and feel to "I Spit On Your Grave", this movie, unfortunately, has neither the depth nor the horror of this aforementioned classic. I didn't find the violence to be all that graphic. It's not directly shown, but rather very strongly implied. The criminals are impossible to take seriously. The only thing criminal about them is their sheer stupidity. The ... Read More
Rating:  - WELL IT AIN'T INNER PSYCHOLOGICAL TERROR, THAT'S FOR SURE!
Before you disagree with my review, READ THE WHOLE THING. Thank you! =)
"The Last House on the Left" is an exploitation movie from the mid-70s, directed by Wes Craven, and is full of violence, sexuality and shocking characters. Between the humiliating scene that occurs to the two girls including where one is forced to wet herself, the murders throughout and the cool backwoods setting that only underlines how much of an exploitation this is, you can imagine that this is NOT a movie to ... Read More
Rating: - Gritty, violent, brutal...This is how it's done!
I think it would be worth mentioning that I'm really not much of a Craven fan, at least to distinguish the fact that I'm not just writing this review to counter act the plethora of negative reviews here. This film of his however, The Last House on the Left, definetly has something to it. Raw, gritty, and primitive, this low budget revenge tale has a feel more disturbingly real than a good percentage of horror/exploitation flicks out there.
Two teen girls head out to see a concert and ... Read More
Rating: - The Lame House on the Left
I know a lot of people who love this movie and swear its the best thing since Suspiria. NOT TRUE!! At least in my humble opinion. I watched it when it came on demand (cable people know) and I am so glad I did not waste my money on this ridiculous movie.
Two idiot girls are chased and raped and everything else by these dumb convicts. Unless I am wrong, and believe me, I tried to give it a fair chance and watched it twice, I just don't see what all the fuss is about. Proven by the fact ... Read More
Rating: - Last House on the Left
The movie was recommended to us and was a huge disappointment. It was definitely a B rated movie. The music DID not fit with the plot or the scenes. We ended up selling it to the person who recommended it.
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