The Last House on the Left (2009) Critic Reviews

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.Read the full review

If the original could be accused of having a real point (even a subtext), the uninspired redo has none whatsoever.Read the full review

The wheels fall off toward the end but, until that point, Illiadis does an excellent job of generating and maintaining an intense sense of dread.Read the full review

Replacing the earlier movie's more depraved sequences with sustained tension and truly unnerving editing, the director proves adept at managing mayhem in cramped spaces.Read the full review

A shockingly mundane disappointment taken on its own and a deeply misguided refraction of the original.Read the full review

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.Read the full review

In the end, like virtually every other remake that has been released recently, it's polished and predictable.Read the full review

This remake is merely vile (and dull).Read the full review

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.Read the full review