Cult classic my ass. Wes Craven's trashy first movie is honestly one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The Last House on the Left may be loved by many, but really, it is just a frenzy of violence and disgust. Craven has better movies. Why is this one of people's favorites?
The Last House on the Left is just gross. It is the supposedly true story of a teenage girl who meets up with a friend. On the way to a rock concert, the meet some seemingly friendly drug dealers. They kidnap the girls and both end up dead (one is raped). The drug dealers, looking for shelter during a storm, end up at the girl's parents' house. The film just gets even more nonsensical from there.
The bad acting and direction are understandable. To call Craven out for those two things is not even fair. It was his first movie. I can't be that hard on this movie. I mean, it was quite a feat to show violence that couldn't be shown in theaters. Then again, it is just unforgivably bad.
The problem I have with this film is that it is just absolutely absurd and distasteful. The rape scene isn't even artistic, it just is exactly what it is. The difference between the brutality of this and the brutality of Irreversible is that it isn't even close to artful. Craven learned from his mistakes, thank god, but this is for some reason famous.
The Last House on the Left is finally being remade. Though the trailer doesn't look any better than the original, I fully support it because this is an example of a film that actually needs to be remade. With A Nightmare on Elm Street, Wes Craven redeemed himself. Of course, this is a first film so I wasn't expecting anything good, but I wasn't expecting anything this bad either! Again, cult classic my ass.
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