normalize putting rapist's heads in microwaves and exploding them
Directed by Dennis Iliadis
The Last House on the Left
A bleak, dark crime.
Crime
Thriller
Horror
Drama
2009
1h 53m
When athletic teen Mari Collingwood opts to hang out with her friend Paige in town rather than spend an evening in with her parents vacationing at the family's remote lake house, it marks the beginning of a night no one is going to forget.
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6What people say
I had the same problem with this that I had with I Spit on Your Grave and other similarly exploitative revenge thrillers, which is the fact that we're forced to sit through extra-prolonged rape scenes so that the moment in which the villains are eventually killed is more satisfying. Well, sure, seeing shitty people get their brains splattered across the room in horror flicks is satisfying, to an extent. It doesn't erase the fact that I had to sit through an extra-prolonged and exploitative rape scene. Narratively, it doesn't bring anything to the table, nor is the film even remotely interested in exploring the horror and psychological effects of such a heinous crime. It's there for shock value alone, and it's done in bad taste.
she loves to swim bc she's literally aquamarine
Common questions
What is The Last House on the Left about?+
When a teenager is kidnapped and assaulted by a violent group of fugitives, they unknowingly seek refuge at her parents' secluded lake house, where her mother and father enact a plan for vengeance.
Who directed The Last House on the Left?+
Dennis Iliadis, a Greek filmmaker, directed this 2009 remake of the 1972 Wes Craven original.
