The Last House on the Left (2010)

- written August 8th, 2010

Summary: While being transported by two detectives in a car, a dangerous criminal is rescued by his brother and his girlfriend, and they brutally kill the detectives. Meanwhile Emma, her husband, Dr. John and their seventeen year-old daughter Mari head on vacation to their house nearby the lake. Mari borrows the family car to meet her friend Paige that is working in a store in the town. They befriend Justin in the store and he offers some marijuana to Paige in the motel where he is held up. While they are smoking in the room, Justin's father, Krug, the escaped criminal, abducts the girls. The leave the motel and out in the woods, Krug stabs Paige and rapes Mari, leaving her for dead. They end up a bit injured and seek a place to stay to get better. Emma and John welcome the strangers until they discover what happened to their daughter. Then the real tensions begins.           Overall: It’s hard to top the original and so once you realize you can’t, what’s the point of the remake??? The film is not as savage, as brutal, as disturbing as the original film. I remember having issues with the plot of the original but after watching this, I admire the original more now. This film is just so tame compared to he first and despite some nice acting going on, there isn’t much to make the film worth your time. If you haven’t seen either film, or just the original film, that’s what I’d recommend. Skip the new film, watch the original and stay up late at night as a parent and refuse to let your kids leave the home!!!           Comparison: Last House on the Left meets Ghost

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