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Mood:
- BleakDisturbingRoughSuspensefulScary
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- Serial KillerSlasherViolence SpreeChaos and MayhemMurderPsychopathCrimesDanger more...
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Genres:
- HorrorThrillerIndependentCrime
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- 20th Century70s
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The Last House on the Left, 1972
English
USA
Profile of The Last House on the Left
The Last House on the Left can be described as disturbing, bleak, and scary. The plot revolves around a violence spree, chaos and mayhem, and a slasher. The main genres are independent, thriller, and horror. In terms of style, The Last House on the Left is gory. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place in the 20th century. The Last House on the Left is inspired by a film.
Summary of The Last House on the Left
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.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 30 August 1972 |
| Runtime: | 84 min |
Cast and Crew
as Krug Stillo
as Phyllis Stone
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