Comments on: The Rough Guide To The Last House On The Left

By: JD

JD — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:14:31 +0000

I thought remakes have the same name

By: Kurt

Kurt — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:26:02 +0000

@Swarez:”Interesting note to Kurt, Baltasar Kormakur wrote a treatment for the remake and he was in talks to direct, even borrowed my copy of The Virgin Spring for the job”

That is pretty bloody awesome, I’d have loved to see an art house take on things (a la Funny Games), and I do dig Kormakur’s particular style. Not meant to be I guess. Anyone seen the remake? Part of the original Appeal of Last House on the Left is its verite vibe. I can’t imagine that that survives the ‘glossing up’ treatment the 2009 version is getting. One of the curious things about the 1972 oringial is that the blood looks pretty damn real, and not like fake movie blood. It looks more casual, mundane, and twice as horrific in the way the original two victims go down.

By: Drew

Drew — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:57:33 +0000

Did Craven really start in porn? That’s crazy. I watched the behind the scenes for last house and he said he regreted filming the lesbian scene. I wonder how he feels about his porn days.

By: Trent Ames

Trent Ames — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:23:33 +0000

No it’s not good lol but It’s something that I watched just because of its connection. Chaos is literally a complete rip-off. It was originally a Last House remake but the director thought it was strong enough on its own. Check out the poster, it’s the last house poster down to the tagline of It’s Only a Movie.

By: Wintle

Wintle — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:46:25 +0000

I haven’t seen Chaos, Trent, though I’m familiar with its connection to The Last House On The Left. I didn’t include it because if I did I felt I would have to include other Last House knock-offs. Is Chaos any good?

By: Trent Ames

Trent Ames — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:48:46 +0000

Wintle…have you seen chaos?

By: swarez

swarez — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:41:28 +0000

Not so surreal since Craven started out in porn.
There were some sex scenes filmed, well maybe more nudity rather than sex scenes but were never used, images from those scenes were used in the promotional material for the film overseas.

Interesting note to Kurt, Baltasar Kormakur wrote a treatment for the remake and he was in talks to direct, even borrowed my copy of The Virgin Spring for the job. I guess his take was too arthouse for the production company.

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:47:48 +0000

It is so surreal to me to think that Wes Craven intended hardcore porn scene in the original, but its deffinetly true. There is the ambigious lesbian scene that was eventually cut never to see the light of day again. I guess his conscience got the best of him.

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:44:10 +0000

The original LHOTL is one of my favorite movies, it’s campy, cheesy and fun at moments. But at others its dark, gritty, and horrifying. Saying that I still think the remake has alot of potential to make this into a REALLY scarey movie. Dark all the way through, no balding police officers over acting to a hilarious extent. Just a really dark story about what someone would do for revenge if they came face to face with the one that hurt there loved one. LHOTL may be another horror remake, but i’m gonna go out on a limb and say this will be nothing like Friday the 13th. This movie dosen’t catter to the audience that those movies do. It’s a timeless tale of revenge that I think can be told over and over and over. I’m very excited for this movie.