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This movie was very different than the horror movies I am used to. The use of almost happy music in a scene where it seemed out of place was absolutely brilliant. It added to the sick and twisted atmosphere of what was happening. It wasn't the best horror movie I have seen, but I'll give it a solid 7.
Just saw this baby for the first time this morning before I went to work. For some reason, this was just one of those films that I avoided seeing for a long time as I didn't want to be disappointed after all of the wonderful reviews I've heard about it. To tell the truth I'm not a huge Craven fan. I think most of his stuff is over-rated. This however did surprise me, and I think BD nailed it when said that it isn't a gorefest, but just deeply disturbing. Huge contrast between serene images and fun-loving music over brutal rape scenes and murders. Reminds me of Ravenous a bit. Anyway, acting was as expected, pretty unrealistic, but that's horror for you and I pretty much loved every part of this one, I'll buy this one eventually to add to my collection. Try it out.
I found the entire movie fun and feel-good, and I think that’s what made the movie for me. Craven NAILED the 70’s, and I think this is the perfect example of a generational movie. It’s sad more generational movies like this aren’t made in our time.
The brutal kills would have been much more effective if they were shown on screen, but I understand in the time they wouldn’t have been allowed. However, the ideas themselves are a lot more unnerving than “I’ve seen that a hundred times” gore like you get in movies like The Midnight Meat Train.
If not for Alien, I think I would call this the definitive horror film of its decade.
I’m not sure what else to say. It’s just a freaking fun movie that defies almost all the clichés of the typical kidnapping/vengeance movie, as well as keeping characters a lot more interesting than the copy/paste of most horror today.
Forget The Mist of The Decent or whatever typical horror you plan on renting, get this.
i like this movie cause it is a classic. it has inspired alot of other horror films good and bad. remeber this came out two years before The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Yeah it was bad acting but it was his first film which stirred up some much controversy. It was disturbing but good when the kidnappers got what they deserved. I think the remake will be 10x better because there is so much more that can be done with it and great actors can portray the originals.
Remakes of Hills have eyes are better than the originals, so he has proven he can remake a movie.
Strangely filmed, poorly acted, and terribly dubbed, yet somehow still successful in drawing the viewer into the story.
The acting is bad, really bad. Dead-characters-move-bad.
The camera work is also frustrating. single scenes are cut into chunks and spliced between others, presumably to emphasize the immediacy of the events. It goes back and forth like that a lot, cutting between completely different moods and atmospheres and totally confusing me in the process. Girls get raped and then an instant later bumbling cops fall off a chicken truck for laughs. It's confusing because you can't figure out what mood you're supposed to be in.
After all these problems (and some more) I still liked this movie. It has a lot of well laid plans, build up that actually leads to payoff, and some interesting ideas you won't see coming. You might even be shocked a couple of times. I wish I could have been there to see this when it premiered. The audience must have flipped out over a couple disturbing, even by today's standards, moments.
More entertaining than credible. It's no Texas Chainsaw, but I can see why it's considered a classic.
Not as shocking, thrilling or gory as I had expected after all the praise. Wes Craven went on to bigger and (thankfully) better things, and it's just a shame he had to start here to springboard him up to them.
Fantasitic vengence film. I found it hard watching it, I was angery and shocked at the same time. But it's like being on a good roller coaster ride, you know the ride will be dificult emotionally, but you just can't help but go through with it because you've heard about it and it looks scary. And at the end you will never forget the ride ever.
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The brutal scenes are powerful and you are completely disgusted, but when it comes back to them x 10, you feel justice has been served, but doesn't that make you as sick as them?, it left me thinking, "would i do the same?". It really does ask you that question, "when does violence become accepted to you " if you understand what i mean. Like there's so much violence, how can YOU justify brutal vengence?. Never the less, you know when it's a good film when you can't get it out of your head.
But it's a cult classic and I think the remake will be interesting to see as I don't think it'll be easy to remake. You need balls to remake this the same way, it'll really get under peoples skin. It's an honest and brave film.
Brutal but powerful. A little comic bookish at some times but necessary to relieve you from some of the shock you will see. If you want to be shocked and disturbed this is for you. It is also one of the best horror movies out there
BEST... DATE-MOVIE... EVER. Yeah, seriously though, one of the most harrowing films I have ever seen. I think Wes Craven was trying to make the most uncomfortable movie in the history of cinema. For the first hour it doesn't even feel like you're watching a movie. I would liken it more to a snuff film, or a pseudo-documentary about really, really sick people. 'Last House on the Left' is kind of a MUST for fans of horror. You have to see where Craven and Cunningham came from to appreciate what they eventually evolved into. This film is to be appreciated more as a SHOCKER than anything else. I will only see the film again to show it to some wide-eyed film buff who has no idea what they're about to get themselves into. I guess that makes me part of the phenomenon. I just want to shock people with it.
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