Movie Review- Last House on the Left

So reader(s), if you don't like horror movies with blood, gore, pointless violence and an uncomfortable rape scene, then "The Last House on the Left" is not the movie for you.

This 2009 remake of the 1972 Wes Craven classic is unapologetically the most grotuestly violent, sadistic, and graphic movie I ever seen.

The movie opens with the Collinwood family (Father John (Tony Goldwyn) Mother Emma(Monica Potter) and swimmer Daughter Mari (Sara Paxton)) family preparing to go to vacation spot to spend a part of the summer. The family seems reletively happy though still mourning the loss of the eldest son earlier that year. After arriving at the house Mari visits her friend Paige (Martha MacIssac) who works at a local gas station. There they meet a quick teenager named Justin (Spencer Treat Clark). The two girls go to with Justin to his hotel room after Justin promises them good weed. After a nice smoke session in comes Justin's father Krug (Garrett Dillahunt), Krug's girlfriend Sadie (Riki Lindhome) and Krug's brother Francis (Aaron Paul). Turns out the three are wanted for murder and have no plans on allowing Mari and Paige to jeoparadize their freedom. After Paige's attempt to escape the girls are kidnapped. On the way to a highway, Mari manages to trick the suspects into driving near her home. She causes an accident when she attempts to escape and the crew ends up in the middle of the woods. After another escape attempt by Paige she is murdered. Soon after Mari is raped. She does manage to run away and tries to swim across the lake that leads to her house. She is shot on her way across. The three crooks now rendered car-less, decide to find the nearest house to get out of the approaching storm. They end up at the Collinwood residence. After a tense and awkward meeting the Collinwoods decide to let the crew stay to wait out the storm. After everyone is settled in, the Collinwoods discover a beatened and battered and shot Mari on their front porch. Dr. Collinwood discovers she is raped. Through the help of nice kid Justin, the peices come together and the usually nice quiet Collinwood clan decide to take action.

PROS:
The movie does stir up several emotions. You may get angry, sad, and joyous as i did. I will say i am out of my element with this movie because i am not really a fan of horror or slasher flicks. But as for horror and slasher flicks go, this is high ranking.

CONS:
Where do i start? Ok, fine i'll be nice. Anybody coming into this movie knows what it's about. So why take so long to get to the motherfreakin point? Instead of getting there they give you at least 20 or more minutes of uncomfortable violence mainly agaisnt the 2 young women and a very realistic rape scene that gave me shivers. The pace of the movie is purposefully fast and slow, but that can be uncomfortable during boring scenes.

Recommendation:
Wait til it comes on HBO.

Writers:
Adam Alleca
Carl Ellsworth

Director:
Dennis Lliadis

MAIN CAST:
Tony Goldwyn ("The 6th Day","Bounce")
Monica Potter ("Con Air, "Saw")
Sara Paxton ("Sydney White", "Aquamarine")
Garrett Dillahunt ("No Country for Old Men", "The Assassination of Jesse James by...")
Aaron Paul ("K-Pax", "Mission Impossible III")
Riki Lindhome ("Million Dollar Baby", "Changeling")
Spencer Treat Clark ("Gladiator", "Mystic River")
Martha MacIssac ("Superbad")

Similar Titles:
Last House on the Left (1972), Haunting in Connecticut