The Last House On The Left: Stick With The Remake! Part 1

Going into a theater to see My Bloody Valentine 3D, I was enraptured when I saw a preview for an upcoming remake. No, I’m not talking about Friday the 13th. I already knew that movie was coming, so I was excited way before the trailer came out. It was the trailer for The Last House On The Left that excited me. I remember seeing the original movie when I was 13 years old. It was a graphic, disturbing, shocking experience that director Wes Craven said was a movie that he never wanted to revisit. “Last House was one of the heritage pieces of American horror films when it came out,” says Craven. “It became a fun idea: Let’s get a good director and let’s remake it.” So, does this version of the film live up to Craven’s expectations? Is it a movie that deserves to be seen? Yes, it is.

Enter the Collingwood family: John, his beautiful wife Emma, and their 17-year-old blonde sweetheart, Mari. About a year ago, John and Emma tragically lost their son, Ben. So, in order to patch things up, the Collingwood’s go on vacation, and they arrive at a comfortable lake house where they used to go during the summer. Mari takes the car for the day and goes into town to visit her good friend Paige. When a young man named Justin comes into Paige’s store and offers the teens some good marijuana, Paige, of course, takes the chance. Too bad for them, because Mari and Paige then wind up in the clutches of recently escaped convicts who are extremely dangerous. The maniacs immediately believe that Mari and Paige will go to the police and tell them where they are. Krug, Justin’s father, Sadie, Krug’s girlfriend, and Francis, Krug’s brother, kidnap the two girls and drag them into the woods, where they are raped and tortured. Paige is slain and Mari is left for dead. Later that night, during a terrible rainstorm, the nut jobs take shelter in the home of John and Emma, Mari’s parents! When John and Emma discover their daughter at the door, who has been shot and raped, they plan a merciless revenge. Krug, Sadie and Francis will curse the day that they knocked on the door to The Last House On The Left!