temptedblaze Review of The Last House on the Left

The Last House on the Left (2009)

Never Would Have Thought I would Rate a R*** Revenge 10/10

[10/10 · 9 December 2023]

I watched the original and then this one, back to back. First time for both. The remake is far superior, which doesn't happen a ton, especially in horror. Everything that I disliked about the original was fixed in the retelling. The characters were flushed out and it makes you feel for them a lot more. It didn't feel clumsy like the first one, and they dropped that ridiculous police subplot. Even the graphic assault scene felt so much more raw and authentic. You really root for the anti-heroes after that, and the villains all got extremely satisfying deaths afterwards. I can't think of anything that I would change about it. I never would have thought I would rate a movie of this subject matter so highly, but it really is a masterpiece.