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The Last House on the Left

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Mari and her friend look forward to a holiday at the remote Collingwood lake house, but instead an escaped convict (Garret Dillahunt) and his crew kidnap them and later leave them for dead. Mari makes her way back home, where her parents, John (Tony Goldwyn) and Emma (Monica Potter), have unwittingly offered shelter to the thugs. When John and Emma find out what happened to their daughter, they decide to make the strangers rue the day they harmed Mari.
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Excessive and gory, this remake lacks the intellectual punch of the 1972 original.

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Nathan Lee NPR 04/24/2020
Director Dennis Iliadis polishes up Craven's template to a lethal shine. Go to Full Review Joshua Rothkopf Time Out 11/17/2011
2/5
By dismembering Craven's landmark extremities, Iliadis celebrates his source for all the wrong reasons. Go to Full Review Nigel Floyd Time Out 06/12/2009
4/5
Dennis Iliadis's remake retains its ferocious power and provocative themes, and thanks to a focused script that unfolds in real time, it ratchets up the suspense and sucks us into a remorseless cycle of violence and revenge. Go to Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 12/02/2023
2/4
Suffice it to say the film concerns itself more with doing Craven justice than any Swedish poets, medieval or filmic. Go to Full Review Emilie Black Cinema Crazed 09/21/2023
3.5/5
It’s well shot, well edited, the effects are stellar, the performances are solid, but it is a brutal film (for better or for worse) that not all will want to watch. Go to Full Review Trace Thurman Horror Queers Podcast 12/30/2020
4.5/5
While this remake or Craven's 1972 classic is by no means watered down, it takes a different approach to the premise that allows it to stand on its own. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Ari S @RT76826585 Aug 9 The Last House on the Left is a brutal, unsettling film that refuses to make its characters or its audience feel comfortable. Beneath the violence is a bleak examination of grief, rage, and how quickly ordinary people can be pushed toward something darker. It’s disturbing by design, but what lingers most is the emotional ugliness and the sense that revenge may offer justice, but it can never undo what was lost. A harsh, haunting piece of horror that stays with you long after the final scene. See more Russell H @RT85733992 Jun 20 Brutal revenge scenes but could have gone farther. Too much uncomfortable build up See more Andy's E @andrew139 May 22 i dont like movies that any form of assaulting women, rape is a total no no in any type of form, its a crime, people can go to jail for such a thing, so why have such a terrible act in a movie, and the guy who came up with this garbage should be in jail, sexual assault is a crime and should be allowed in movies, men who love this movie much really hate women and love to sexually assault woman, didnt like the original trash and dont like this trash. 0/10 See more Steven F. @SteveGotScored Feb 11 Honestly such a great a brutal remake! See more Gembee H @GemBee Dec 8 For the most part it was a good movie. It became predictable and It started to lose my attention towards the end. Some scenes were very hard to watch especially since these types of graphic scenes are not commonly made in movies. For the most part the acting was good accept there were unnecessary and cheesey lines. See more Rich C. @Cordu0702 Dec 6 Loved this film! A must watch! See more Read all reviews
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Dennis Iliadis

Director

Tony Goldwyn

Dr. John Collingwood

Monica Potter

Emma Collingwood

Garret Dillahunt

Krug

Aaron Paul

Francis

Sara Paxton

Mari

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The Last House on the Left

(L-R) Sara Paxton as Mari, Tony Goldwyn as Dr. John Collingwood and Monica Potter as Emma Collingwood in "The Last House on the Left." Monica Potter as Emma Collingwood in "The Last House on the Left." Monica Potter as Emma Collingwood and Aaron Paul as Francis in "The Last House on the Left." Garret Dillahunt as Krug in "The Last House on the Left." (Center) Director Dennis Iliadis on the set of "The Last House on the Left." Tony Goldwyn as Dr. John Collingwood and Monica Potter as Emma Collingwood in "The Last House on the Left." (L-R) Aaron Paul as Francis, Garret Dillahunt as Krug, Spencer Treat Clark as Justin and Riki Lindhome as Sadie in "The Last House on the Left." Sara Paxton as Mari in "The Last House on the Left." Martha MacIsaac as Paige in "The Last House on the Left." Garret Dillahunt as Krug in "The Last House on the Left." View more photos

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Synopsis Mari and her friend look forward to a holiday at the remote Collingwood lake house, but instead an escaped convict (Garret Dillahunt) and his crew kidnap them and later leave them for dead. Mari makes her way back home, where her parents, John (Tony Goldwyn) and Emma (Monica Potter), have unwittingly offered shelter to the thugs. When John and Emma find out what happened to their daughter, they decide to make the strangers rue the day they harmed Mari.
Director
Dennis Iliadis
Producer
Wes Craven, Marianne Maddalena, Sean S. Cunningham
Screenwriter
Carl Ellsworth, Adam Alleca
Distributor
Universal Studios
Production Co
Craven/Cunningham/Maddalena
Rating
R (Language|Disturbing Images|Some Drug Use|Nudity|Rape|Sadistic Brutal Violence)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 13, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 31, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$32.7M
Runtime
1h 50m
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