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  1. Oct 8, 2023 · The Last House on the Left claims to be a true story, which is certainly open to interpretation. Backtracking the origin of Craven's film through Bergman's The Virgin Spring to the original Swedish ballad, it becomes clear that Craven took the ballad, which was based on a local legend, as a decidedly "true" story, despite some of the more ...

  2. The Last House on the Left is a 1972 rape and revenge film written and directed by Wes Craven in his directorial debut, and produced by Sean S. Cunningham. The film stars Sandra Peabody , Lucy Grantham, David Hess , Fred J. Lincoln , Jeramie Rain , and Marc Sheffler.

  3. Dec 30, 2021 · "The Last House on the Left" was inspired by Ingmar Bergman's "The Virgin Spring," with a story about two young women who are kidnapped, raped, and murdered by...

  4. Aug 2, 2022 · Raw in its unrelenting depiction of reality, The Last House on the Left is loosely based on Ingmar Bergman’s classic 1960 film The Virgin Spring, following two teenage girls heading to a rock concert when they are captured by a brutal gang of psychopaths.

  5. Feb 11, 2022 · The story focuses on Mari Collingwood (Sandra Peabody), a teenager on the eve of her birthday who leaves the safety of her parents’ remote house to attend a Blood Lust concert in the bad part of town with her friend, Phyllis (Lucy Grantham).

  6. Jul 17, 2020 · The girls are tortured, raped, and murdered in the woods by the midpoint of the movie. The second half of the film follows the killers as their car breaks down and, by an amazing coincidence, they seek refuge in the house of Mari’s parents.

  7. Sep 5, 2020 · For all the cheap, exploitative shock that The Last House on the Left was and is still derided for, the film presents a fascinating look into the filmmaking roots of its director, Wes Craven, who would go on to become a horror legend.

  8. Mar 11, 2009 · What do I think about the latest story about a girl who goes walking in the woods, is raped and in some versions is killed, and whose attackers then seek shelter in the house of her parents, who realize who they are, and take revenge? Advertisement. Would I still admire the 1972 version today? Can I praise 2009's after savaging 2005's?

  9. Mar 13, 2009 · After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging to the parents of one of the victims: a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics.

  10. Aug 30, 1972 · The Last House on the Left: Directed by Wes Craven. With Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln. Two teenage girls heading to a rock concert for one's birthday try to score marijuana in the city, where they are kidnapped and brutalized by a gang of psychopathic convicts.