Tony Goldwyn, Sara Paxton, Monica Potter

After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang led by a prison escapee unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging the parents of one of the victims -- a mother and father ...( read more  read more... )who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics.

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41% liked it

135 critics

R, 1 hr. 49 min.

Directed by: Dennis Iliadis

Release Date: March 13, 2009

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DVD Release Date: August 18, 2009

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  • November 3, 2009
    Horror film gone wrong. The makers of the film got their education from WalMart. Shaky camera. Rubber props (fire extinguisher). Unrelated violence. I failed to see what crime the bad guys actually did, where as the parents were more evil than satan. Not so bad acting but if I ha...( read more)d watched this expecting a decent horror story I would be massively let down. Bad bad bad!
  • September 28, 2009
    You are kidding me, right? This movie did not get made, and all that money wasn't wasted on this project, right? It was a dream I had, right? Geez I don't know -- I cannot fathom -- what made me sit through this entire thing. Arrrrrrrrgh! Makes Blair Witch look like <...( read more)i>Citizen Kane.
  • September 12, 2009
    Not bad, even though the whole story seems short a little. Interesting, worth the watch!
  • August 25, 2009
    I don't know. I've seen this movie three times now. Wes Craven's 1972 Last House on the Left was an unforgiving, brutal horror picture where everybody suffers. The Virgin Spring, the Swedish Ingmar Bergman film that influenced Craven's film, is one of the best films ever made....( read more)
    So here we have the 2009 remake of the 1972 remake of The Virgin Spring. Get that?
    While this updated version is competently made, it will be forgotten as quickly as it has been released. I just simply don't see what this film has to offer that the other two didn't.
    Wes Craven's 1972 version is unforgiving in its brutality, and its a definite shocker, a horror film if I've ever seen one. Bergman's The Virgin Spring was less about the violence and more about forgiveness.
    This 2009 version is violent, but the violence has been extremely toned down. I refuse to compare the 2009 and 1972 films because such a comparison would involve grading rape scenes, stabbings, beatings, and I'm just not interested in doing that. The 1972 film left me shocked. When the parents began plotting their revenge on those who harmed their daughter, I wanted them to get even.
    I couldn't help but watch this 2009 film passively. The violence disturbed me, yes, but having seen the film in two other incarnations, I knew what was coming and could prepare myself. At the end, I watched as the film got to revel in the parents' revenge. This time, a man gets his head blown off in a microwave. Is that really necessary? This scene seems to be nothing more than a product of its time: coming up with creative ways to kill people onscreen.
    This film just exists. The performances aren't bad. The filmmaking itself isn't bad. But this film itself doesn't do anything the other previous versions don't do better.
  • August 22, 2009
    A adreniline-fuelled, no-holds-barred edge of your seat thriller thats has your pulse-racing and your blood chilling right to the very end. It's definately one of the best horror remakes ever made. A sadistic, disturbing and brilliant film. It shakes you right ot the core and fry...( read more)s your nerves like your woulding belive. Full-on terror and suspense that never lets up. Tony Goldwynn and Monica Potter give riveting and emotionally charged performances. Garret Dillahunt gives a teriffic and sadisticly evil performance. A surprisingly well-crafted and superbly performend film.
  • November 5, 2009
    This was a disturbing movie
  • November 4, 2009
    I found this paticular movie to be quite disturbing. This could be because I am a young woman, and this thing could happen to someone like me. Sure the plot was a tad bit unrealistic, but the main events were fairly realistic.
    A young girl who wants to go out and have fun, ends...( read more) up in the wrong company, and gets herself in a dangerous spot..... The over all story liine wasn't bad, the acting (especially the girl was really realistic). I found it to be more disturbing than scary, and more of a disturbing, messing with your head kind of movie. I really enjoyed it!
  • November 2, 2009
    was a good movie but the origenal was much better
  • November 1, 2009
    Well this was just total garbage and a completely pointless remake. At least the hippie killers in the original were amusing. ALL the characters in this film acted like dumbasses and I couldn't wait for all of them to be killed off, apart from a few decent kills this film was jus...( read more)t plain boring and abysmal.
  • November 1, 2009
    This movie was different but very good. Another Must See!!

Critic Reviews


June 12, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

Nasty but sometimes effective. full review

March 16, 2009
David Edelstein, New York Magazine

Extremely entertaining if you don't mind being morally corrupted at every juncture. full review

March 13, 2009
Kyle Smith, New York Post

The remake is much glossier but also takes place mostly in real time, using long takes, genuinely disturbing violence and stretches with no dialogue to pin you to the story. full review

March 13, 2009
Kurt Loder, MTV

Repulsive and dull, together at last. full review

March 12, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today

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. full review

March 12, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Audiences with a brain cell left have only one choice: Look for the first exit on the right. full review

March 12, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

I'm giving it a 2.5 in the silly star rating system and throwing up my hands. full review

March 11, 2009
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Gone is the original's early campiness, here replaced by eye-of-the-storm calm that portends tragedy, as well as its later over-the-top grindhouse gore, now swapped for taut suspense punctuated by vis... full review

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Comments


  • gerbut20
    October 18, 2009
    It Was A pretty Good Movie,Kept Me Interested
  • mosende7
    September 10, 2009
    how can i watch this movie
  • rachelleqld
    August 15, 2009
    I am desperately after a copy of this movie. Even a burnt copy will do. Willing to swap other movies. If you have this movie, please message me. Any regions okay.
  • NewMoonFANATIC
    April 26, 2009
    OMFG let me just tell you its my favorite movie along with sweeney todd im 13 and i just love gory movies personally i think this movie was awesome. i recommened this movie to everyone the only thing i didnt like was the rape i dont like rapes in any movie its disturbing i cant handle it s i ddint look and i plugged my ears hahaha but it was AMAZING 1 trillion/5 stars :DD
  • storinlove
    April 20, 2009
    I loved the last house on the left!!!! Although I never saw the original....this movie had me talking to the film, and totally in tune with what was going on.If you want to see a movie that keeps you interested....this is the one for you. The rape scene is a bit much, but if you can make it past that....the movie is great?
  • Muktidaya
    April 13, 2009
    i like it!!
  • Muktidaya
    April 13, 2009
    i like it!!
  • sweetheart166
    April 5, 2009
    It's an Okay Movie !
  • drblood
    March 27, 2009
    I didn't hate it but it's neither better or worse than the original. It's just sort of slightly below average and the ending kills it.
  • tonytzalove1993
    March 18, 2009
    is very nice :-*

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