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The Last House on the Left
1972
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The Last House on the Left
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11
Negative reviews
8
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4.4
A tough, bitter little sleeper of a movie thats about four times as good as youd expect.
Rogerebert
1.5
For sure, its a violent gangster movie; it doesnt glamorize the lifestyle one bit. (
Austin Chronicle
1.5
Cravens cold, flat style of filming emphasises the fact that the violence dehumanises not only the victims but the aggressors.
Time Out
3.8
Back in 1972, Wes Cravens feature film debut The Last House on the Left pushed more than a few puritanical buttons.
2.0
Last year The Strangers, another horror film about rural besiegement, made $81m worldwide.
Screen Daily
0.5
The party who wrote this sickening tripe and also directed the inept actors is Wes Craven.
The New York Times
3.0
Sartorially dated certainly, but still powerful, disturbing and raw.
3.5
An ugly, disturbing, passionately conceived cult favorite, Last House on the Left is much more complex (albeit crudely made) than its controversial re ..
Tv Guide
1.9
The exceedingly low rent production values subsequently ensure that the more overtly horrific elements within Cravens script often fall completely fla ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.1
a supremely schizophrenic movie, alternating awkward scenes of bad comedy with gruesome and unsettling moments of violence that reach a nasty level of ..
Q Network
4.0
The film, to its credit, details both the initial acts of violation and the revenge that ensues as similarly de humanising and reprehensible.
Bbc
3.1
A depraved exploitation film specifically designed to shock and repulse viewers...also a cultural artifact reflective of and reactive to the time it w ..
Groucho Reviews
3.5
A hugely significant and relevant piece of horror history for a multitude of reasons.
Star Burst Magazine
1.0
indictment of the human capacity for hatred and violence is nothing next to its status as a long lost Keystone Kops feature cut together with the worl ..
Antagony & Ecstasy
4.5
It isnt artistically adroit, but if success in this genre is counted by squirms, its a success.
Chicago Reader
4.5
The film is violent and seedy, an atmosphere made more effective by the use of unknown actors and a semi documentary style... But Craven also introduc ..
Spectrum Culture
0.5
Indelibly scummy, Wes Cravens freshman shocker is less a rip off of The Virgin Spring than a purposefully degraded update, with the medieval barbarism ..
Cine Passion
5.0
A cinematic masterpiece; an astonishing achievement; a landmark of horror that reaches into our deepest fears.
Cinema Phile
0.5
If you enjoy watching women being raped and tortured to the most inappropriate music imaginable, this is for you.
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