Wes Craven’s Last House on the Left Remake Trailer
The trailer for the latest Wes Craven remake has arrived online. This time it is his directorial debut, the 1972 film The Last House on the Left that is getting an update… will it be as controversial as the original? The story is about a gang of psychopaths who kidnap and brutalize a couple of teenagers, before unwittingly staying overnight at the same house as one of the victim’s parents.
I’m interested to see how this movie is received, especially now that the “torture porn” trend is widely considered to be dead. I thought Alexandre Aja’s remake of The Hills Have Eyes was pretty damn intense, but a lot of critics really hated that flick. I suspect this film will also be quite divisive. Accusations of exploitation probably won’t be helped by director Dennis Iliadis’ only previous film, Hardcore, which is about two teenage runaways who become prostitutes and have a lesbian relationship. The trailer is certainly very reminiscent of The Strangers and The Hills Have Eyes 2, especially with the use of an acoustic song in a creepy sort of way. However, the fact that the song happens to be a cover of “Sweet Child O’ Mine” didn’t really sit right with me. Check out the trailer below or watch it in HD over at Apple.com. The Last House on the Left will hit theatres sometime in 2009.
Comments (9)
Good loooooooord. I saw the original when I was a teenager and found it pretty disturbing, but this just looks silly to me. “Sweet Child O’ Mine”… seriously? Plus, the girl survives in this one? Gyah, when is this gonna stop?
Posted by Derek on January 9th, 2009I’m sure “there will be blood” and lots of it. The original was gritty, but a remake…I dunno…could work.
Posted by Tomas on January 9th, 2009I’m sorry, but I think this looks awesome. And I really don’t understand what you mean when you say the sweet child o’ mine cover didn’t sit well with you, I thought the use of it was amazing.
Posted by Drew on January 10th, 2009I can’t wait to see “Let The Right One In” so I can feel like horror is alive again. Hollywood is eating it right now.
Posted by Ryan M. on January 10th, 2009I’m with Drew on this one, This looks awesome. I’ve seen the original aswel and i would have to say seeing that Wes Craven is a producer on this is what i wanna see with remakes. As for the sweet child of mine thing i think it suits it, also does anyone remember how awesome thee hills have eyes 2 trailer was (the actual film is another story). I hope we get some trailer trash discussion about this. Also ‘REED’, just wanted to write this so he sees it when he is scouring the comments and goes ‘whats this discussion about me!
Posted by evan_au on January 10th, 2009I literally can’t stop watching this trailer, I guess I just like the idea, and like I said before, I really dig the music used in this. I haven’t seen the original (although I plan too), but I’ve heard the things said about it and I think it’s a perfect remake opportunity. They can make it alot less exploitive (by that I mean no biting off dicks), but still get in alot of kills and thrills and maybe even pack a good emotional punch. And actually watching the trailer for Hardcore, I think this director can do it. But then again I guess if I want something REALLY serious out of this subject matter I can just watch the original ingmar bergman max von sydow film.
Posted by Drew on January 11th, 2009The trailer is great and the music is awesome would buy it if I could find it can anyone help with who is singing it?
Posted by Allan Wood on January 11th, 2009They’re called Taken By Trees, and I think it’s someone who used to be in the Concretes.
http://www.myspace.com/takenbytreesmusic
Posted by Sean on January 11th, 2009this movie is going to be no doubt one hundred percent bullshit. there is no way something this affected and hollywood could even pretend to reach the original. it’s so dead serious and stupid.
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