The Last House Horrors

Late, late night here. Been up all night like a vampire. Almost time to go to sleep. But before I crash I thought I'd review "The Last House On The Left" since the original was done by Wes Craven, which is a total shock. If you like his other stuff and his newer works then you should see what he did in the beginning. The original is a very disturbing sort of exploitation horror movie. You gotta see the creativity for what it is though. Back then they didn't have super great EFX and so stories were somewhat limited. I liked this idea for what it was. A couple of female friends go to the city in the original and meet up with some drug dealers and then end up taken to a house where they get brutalized and forced into submission, then murdered. The really disturbing part was how the killers in the first movie played with the bloody organs as if transfixed on the blood, pulling out the entrails, and then looked at each other afterwards with a look of guilt or shame and walked off. The second one is equally disturbing, albeit not as graphic in a literal sense. It was just as much hardcore as the predecessor but it's got a more modern horror feel. The subject matter itself is just as disturbing but the extreme side won't be found in this one. That's not a bad thing. I liked it and you have to remember the original is a real exploitation piece that's meant to be over the top. The new one is horror strictly. That doesn't mean they can't be over the top but they use discretion when deciding those things. They both work equally well. Wes Craven also directed this one. It's a new trend to be cool enough to remake your own movie. You wish you were that cool. Me too, lol!
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Guest Commentator BRAINSUCKER says: "I'm busy relishing the way the blood turns black if you stare at it long enough... oh never mind!"