Critic Reviews
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San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub
The remake of The Last House on the Left breaks the template, taking the 1972 original into an interesting new direction, with bold camera angles, good actors and a script that heaps on just as much character development as carnage.
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Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
Hinges on humiliation and vengeance, which makes it like most other modern horror titles. Its focus on sexual assault, however, puts it in a different, more primal league.
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New York Post Kyle Smith
A warning: One scene in the middle is almost outrageously cruel and graphic. If you're the type of person who has to be reminded, "It's only a movie," stay away. This is the most depraved and dreadful piece of screen horror since last year's "Funny Games."
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75
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Premiere
The storyline was actually believable, surrounding a family willing to do anything to save one another. A horror film turned feel-good.
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The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen
Adheres sufficiently closely to the original template so as not to offend purists and manages to pack an intensely visceral punch of its own, most effectively in the extended setup.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
The best in the latest crop of slasher remakes. Admittedly, that is faint praise.
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25
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Audiences with a brain cell left have only one choice: Look for the first exit on the right.
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USA Today Claudia Puig
Not only is it plodding and completely predictable, the carnage is rendered slowly and quasi-reverentially, making the whole brutal experience come off like torture porn.
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
This remake is merely vile (and dull).
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New York Daily News Joe Neumaier
One sickening piece of garbage.
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