The Last House on the Left (2009)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Dennis Iliadis

Writers (WGA):

Adam Alleca (screenplay) and
Carl Ellsworth (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

13 March 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

If bad people hurt someone you love, how far would you go to hurt them back?

Plot:

After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang led by a prison escapee unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging the parents of one of the victims -- a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics. |

Plot Keywords:

Prison Escapee | Revenge | Kidnapping | Strangulation | Groping

Awards:

1 win

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Cast

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

Directed by
Dennis Iliadis

Writing credits (WGA)
Adam Alleca		(screenplay) and
Carl Ellsworth		(screenplay)
Wes Craven		(earlier film)

Produced by
Greig Buckle	....	line producer
Jonathan Craven	....	co-producer
Wes Craven	....	producer
Sean S. Cunningham	....	producer
Ray Haboush	....	executive producer
Marianne Maddalena	....	producer
Bryan Thomas	....	associate producer
Cody Zwieg	....	co-producer

Original Music by
John Murphy

Cinematography by
Sharone Meir

Film Editing by
Peter McNulty

Casting by
Scout Masterson
Nancy Nayor

Production Design by
Johnny Breedt

Art Direction by
Shira Hockman
Cecelia van Straaten

Set Decoration by
Melinda Launspach

Costume Design by
Katherine Jane Bryant

Makeup Department
Talia Barak	....	assistant makeup artist
Gregory Nicotero	....	special makeup effects producer
Kerry Skelton	....	makeup artist
Simone Stubbs	....	makeup artist
Megan Tanner	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Cellin Gluck	....	production supervisor
Andrew Rona	....	executive in charge of production
Marisa Soneman	....	production manager
Beetle Van Graan	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shamiel Soni	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Nick Lauer	....	construction manager
David Wynne-Roberts	....	scenic painter

Sound Department
Rick Ash	....	supervising re-recording engineer
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Kathleen Edwards	....	additional adr assistant
Gary Gegan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sandy Gendler	....	supervising adr & dialogue editor
Jon Johnson	....	supervising sound editor
Miguel Rivera	....	dialogue/adr editor
Steve Schatz	....	sound mixing recordist
Brad Sokol	....	first assistant sound editor
Robert Troy	....	dialogue editor
Ben Wilkins	....	sound editor

Visual Effects by
Davina Bilow	....	digital compositor (as Davina Sanchez)
Madalina Bland	....	roto artist
Daniel Brimer	....	visual effects producer
Michael Dean Connolly	....	visual effects assistant
Brandon Flyte	....	digital compositor
Jamison Scott Goei	....	visual effects supervisor
Chris Hopkins	....	3D visual effects artist
Chris Hopkins	....	digital compositor
Maggie Kraisamutr	....	digital compositor
Mark Maccora	....	digital compositor
Melanie Miller	....	visual effects coordinator: Rez-Illusion
Sookie Park	....	lead compositor
Ahren Thomas	....	digital compositor
Sebastien Betsch	....	digital painter (uncredited)

Stunts
Cordell McQueen	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Trevor Michael Brown	....	camera operator
Richard Rolf	....	Steadicam operator
Lacey Terrell	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Joe Cappelletti	....	adr voice casting
Trixze Smith	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Allison Leach	....	assistant costume designer
Neil McClean	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Travis J. Andersen	....	post-production assistant
Brendan Walsh	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Tyler Barton	....	score recording engineer
Nick Baxter	....	scoring mixer
Dick Bernstein	....	temp music editor
Gustavo Borner	....	scoring mixer
Stephen Coleman	....	orchestrator
Ed Gerrard	....	music supervisor
Brian Richards	....	music editor
Scott Somerville	....	score engineer

Other crew
Billi Bruins	....	production accountant
Carol A. Compton	....	script clearance
Carly Feingold	....	production executive
Peter Grehan	....	set armorer
Alex Heineman	....	production executive
Grant Kilian	....	production assistant
Marie Krige	....	payroll accountant
Brett Levisohn	....	epk director
Alex Matcham	....	production controller
Matt McKinney	....	assistant: producer
Lance Peters	....	key armorer
Blake Reigle	....	assistant: Mr. Cunningham
Simon Rhodes	....	assistant production coordinator
Peggy Robinson	....	production supervisor
Andrew Rona	....	studio executive
Jill L. Smith	....	legal services

Production Companies

• Rogue Pictures (presents)
• Film Afrika Worldwide (South Africa)
• Midnight Entertainment

Distributors

• Golden Village Pictures (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Film Distributors (2009) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Rogue Pictures (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Finnkino (2009) (Finland) (all media)

Special Effects

• Rez-Illusion (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• IndieClear  script clearance
• Pivotal Post  Avid Editing Equipment Provided By

MPAA:

Rated R for sadistic brutal violence including a rape and disturbing images, language, nudity and some drug use.

Runtime:

110 min | 114 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #44897) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | UK:18 | South Korea:18 | Ireland:18 | Finland:K-18 | Netherlands:16 | France:-16 | Germany:18 (nf) | Singapore:M18 | Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/18 | Mexico:C

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Company:

Rogue Pictures

Trivia:

Remake of The Last House on the Left (1972), which was itself a remake of Ingmar Bergman's Jungfrukällan (1960), aka "The Virgin Spring".

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The lamp on the outside of the guest house (8 minutes into the movie) is mounted upside down.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Morton: [telling joke to Giles] So the next week, he's even hornier. And this time, he's got twenty bucks instead of ten. He goes back to the whorehouse, he slaps down the twenty, and tells the madam he needs to get off, but he ain't going to screw no goddamn chicken this time. She says it still ain't much, but she can help. She tells him to go to the room at the top of the stairs. This time there's just a bunch of guys jerking off, but one of the jerk off guys assures him "oh hey, it's cool, it's cool" and he waves him over to this whole toilet they're all looking through...
Krug: Oh, can we stop please? I really gotta take a piss.
Morton: Fuck you.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Jungfrukällan (1960)

Soundtrack:

Catch Me If You Can

what a remake should be

I don't think I have to introduce people to the original Last House, the storyline here is the same. So a remake. They who have seen my reviews know that I'm not into remakes. Friday the 13th missing something, My Bloody Valentine had some I Know What You Did over it. The only remakes that were good so far were The Hills and Halloween. Well, add this one too. It clocks in over more than 90 minutes just like MBV, I watched my watch a lot when watching MBV, I never did watching this gem. This movie doesn't have any CGI, they go for brutality and straight horror. From the first 5 minutes you know what you will get. The first part is the humiliation of the two girls, the second part is the revenge, both coming straight to you, and the score helps too. The score does work here. All actors are believable. After having some rough movies from France I guess Hollywood has his lesson, here they proof that they are capable of making them too (without the help of French directors like The Hills). I was very surprised with this remake. Oh yeah, there is nudity but I doesn't distract you from the storyline as it did with MBV. A must have in your collection.