Last House On The Left remake

[George Bellefontaine]

I never saw the original Wes Craven version but the remake has plenty of violence and bloodshed. Bunch of baddies do nasty things ( including an awfully graphic rape scene ) to the daughter of a doctor and his wife who exact "bloody" revenge. The final scene will cause you to look at your microwave oven differently the next time you use it.

I'm not saying yes or no on this one because many may like it. But for me, it's one of those movies that after I see it I just want to take a bath.

[Alaric]

I saw the original about a bazillion years ago and barely remember it. I'm on the fence about the remake. Wes Craven's horror movies were usually more about suspense with the occasional "shocker" scene. I'm also reluctant to encourage the trend of "do-overs" in Hollyweird. The movie biz seems to be bereft of creativity. Is it possible all the good movies have already been made?
After re-reading your review , George , I think I'll skip the film and go straight to the shower. :B

[George Bellefontaine]

Craven was one of the producers of this remake so I would guess it is close to the original. But you maybe correct in going straight to the shower, Lee.

[ShadowZA]

The only reason that I watched this was because the movie was shot in the Helderberg Nature Reserve, at the foot of the mountains just outside the town which I grew up in (Somerset-West which is 30 minutes east of Cape Town). A friend and I used to go running in those pine woods. I read that the house was built from scratch as part of the set so that it matched the American style (which is quite different to the brick & plastered houses over here).

The type of graphic violence depicted in this movie is not the sort of stuff that I go for. Gave me a stomach cramp. Nevertheless I was curious to give this an ogle. I guess I prefer the classic type horror movie with frights & scares ... the heart attack inducing ones that have one jolting involuntarily.

You're right George, I'll be extra careful not to be head-hunted by the microwave. :twisted:

[George Bellefontaine]

You're right George, I'll be extra careful not to be head-hunted by the microwave. :twisted:

Yes, be very careful...

You know, I would never have guessed this movie was filmed in South Africa. You have some beautiful country there.

[ShadowZA]

... You have some beautiful country there.

Thanks, George. It's spring over here now. Time for me to get out of this computer chair and put some of that country into these veins. :T