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The Last House on the Left

1972

Wes Craven

Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Alexander Hess, Fred Lincoln ...

5.4

4,840

Horror. Thriller Two teenage girls, Mari Collingwood and Phyllis Stone, go to a rock concert. Trying to score some marijuana, they come across Junior Stillo who takes them back to his place. There they are made prisoner by Krug, Weasel Podowski and Sadie, a group of escaped and very dangerous convicts. In the woods, Krug and company humiliate, torture, rape and finally kill the two girls. Krug and company then seek refuge at the nearby home of Mari’s ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Howard Thompson The New York Times	"I walked out, after 50 minutes (with 35 to go) (...) [This is] for anyone interested in paying to see repulsive people and human agony."
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[This is not] simply a good horror movie. It's horrifying, all right, but in ways that have nothing to do with the supernatural (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"It isn’t artistically adroit, but if success in this genre is counted by squirms, it’s a success"
		Keith Phipps AV Club	"Little of the technical finesse that Craven displayed later in his career is in evidence here. In fact, there's little finesse at all (...) It wouldn't work without the violence, but the violence alone doesn't make it work"
		Empire	"Sartorially dated certainly, but still powerful, disturbing and raw (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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