The Last House on the Left

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The Last House on the Left
Credits
Title:	The Last House on the Left
Directed by:	Dennis Iliadis
Written by:	Adam Alleca; Carl Ellsworth
Produced by:	Ray Haboush; Wes Craven; Sean S. Cunningham; Marianne Maddalena; Jonathan Craven; Cody Zweig
Music by:	John Murphy
Cinematography:	Sharone Meir
Edited by:	Peter McNulty
Production
Distributors:	Rogue Pictures Frog Squad
Released:	March 13th, 2009 (US/CAN) June 12th, 2009 (UK)
Rating:	R
Running time:	110 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Gross:	$32,721,635 (US) $45,482,936 (Worldwide)
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The Last House on the Left is an American horror film of the psycho-thriller subgenre. It is a remake of the 1972 film The Last House on the Left, which was directed by Wes Craven. The remake is directed by Dennis Illiadas and written by Adam Alleca and Carl Ellsworth based on Craven's original screenplay. It was produced by Rogue Pictures and released theatrically in the United States and Canada on March 13th, 2009. The film stars Garret Dillahunt, Michael Bowen, Josh Cox, Riki Lindhome, Aaron Paul, Sara Paxton, Monica Potter, Tony Goldwyn, Martha Maclsaac and Spencer Treat Clark. The premise of the film involves a group of deranged escaped convicts who torture and rape two teenage girls in the middle of the woods. One of them dies, but the other, Mari, survives and manages to escape, albeit with serious injuries. The convicts later take refuge in the home of the surviving girl's parents, not realizing who they really are. As Mari's parents learn the truth about their new house guests' identities, they take strong measures to avenge their daughter's rape.

Cast

Actor	Role
Garret Dillahunt	Krug
Michael Bowen	Morton
Josh Cox	Giles
Riki Lindhome	Sadie
Aaron Paul	Francis
Sara Paxton	Mari
Monica Potter	Emma
Tony Goldwyn	John
Martha MacIsaac	Paige
Spencer Treat Clark	Justin
Usha Khan	Maid

Notes & Trivia

• The tagline for this film is "If bad people hurt someone you love, how far would you go to hurt them back?"

• Production on The Last House on the Left began on March 31st, 2008. Principal filming concluded on May 31st, 2008. The movie was shot entirely in Cape Town, South Africa. Shooting wrapped on the same day that principal photography concluded on Final Destination 4 (though the two films are otherwise unrelated).

• The Last House on the Left closed out of theaters on May 14th, 2009. It was in release for nine weeks (63 days) and screened in 2,402 movie theaters.

• The Last House on the Left was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Universal Studios on August 18th, 2009.

The year in film

Other films that were released in 2009 include:

Daybreakers. Drag Me to Hell. Grotesque. Assault of the Sasquatch Bikini Bloodbath Christmas Bikini Girls on Ice Book of Blood Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever Carriers Cheerleader Massacre 2 Children of the Corn CockHammer Daybreakers Dead Air Dead Hooker in a Trunk Descent: Part Two, The Dorian Gray Drag Me to Hell Evil Bong 2: King Bong Feast III: The Happy Finish Final Destination, The Friday the 13th Grotesque Grudge 3, The Halloween II Haunted World of El Superbeasto Haunting in Connecticut, The House of the Devil Human Centipede, The Ju-on: Black Ghost Ju-on: White Ghost Kiss of the Vampire Laid to Rest Last House on the Left, The Legion Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus My Bloody Valentine Night of the Demons Orphan Paranormal Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Undead Satanic Panic Saw VI Sorority Row Stan Helsing Staunton Hill Twilight: New Moon Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead Unborn, The Zombieland Zone of the Dead

Recommendations

Psycho-Thrillers

A Bucket of Blood Abominable Dr. Phibes, The Alphabet Killer, The Anamorph Brain Dead Carnival of Souls Creature With the Blue Hand Demons of the Mind Hannibal Headless Eyes House of Evil

House of Horrors I Saw What You Did Murders in the Rue Morgue My Soul to Take Nightmare Paranoiac Psycho Spiral Strange Door, The Valentine When a Stranger Calls

External Links

• The Last House on the Left at TCM
• The Last House on the Left at AMG
• The Last House on the Left at IMDB
• The Last House on the Left at Wikipedia
• The Last House on the Left at Metacritic
• The Last House on the Left at Horrormovies.org
• The Last House on the Left at Rotten Tomatoes