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The Last House on the Left ()

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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.
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Mari Collingwood (as Sandra Cassell)
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Phyllis Stone
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Krug Stillo (as David A. Hess)
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Fred 'Weasel' Podowski (as Fred Lincoln)
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Sadie
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Junior Stillo
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Dr. John Collingwood (as Gaylord St. James)
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Estelle Collingwood
Ada Washington ...
Ada
Marshall Anker ...
Sheriff
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Deputy
Ray Edwards ...
Postman
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Jonathan Craven ...
Boy with Balloon (uncredited)
Anthony J. Forcelli ...
Ice Cream Store Clerk (uncredited)
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Hippie Taunting Deputy (uncredited)

Directed by

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Wes Craven

Written by

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Wes Craven ... (written by)
 
Ulla Isaksson ... (earlier screenplay) (uncredited)

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Sean S. Cunningham ... producer (produced by)
Katherine D'Amato ... associate producer

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David Hess ... (as David Alexander Hess)

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Victor Hurwitz ... director of cinematography

Editing by

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Wes Craven

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Steve Miner ... assistant editor (as Stephen Miner)

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Susan E. Cunningham

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Anne Paul ... makeup artist

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Larry Beinhart ... unit production manager

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Yvonne Hannemann ... assistant director

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Jim Hubbard ... sound
Gary Leibman ... sound mixer

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Troy Roberts ... special effects

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Dick Donovan ... gaffer
Ken Kelsch ... gaffer

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Anne Paul ... wardrobe

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Steve Dwork ... production assistant
David Miner ... title designer
Steve Miner ... production assistant
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Plot Summary

On the eve of her seventeenth birthday, Mari Collingwood tells her parents that she is going to the concert of underground band Bloodlust in New York with her friend Phyllis Stone. She borrows the family's car and heads with her friend to a dangerous neighborhood in the city. Meanwhile, the sadistic and cruel Krug Stillo and Fred 'Weasel' Podowski escape from prison and are back to a hideout with their partners Sadie (Jeramie Rain) and Krug's addicted son Junior Stillo (Marc Sheffler) after killing two guards and one shepherd dog in their runaway. The two girls seek marijuana near the theater, and meet Junior who offers some Colombian grass if they follow him to his apartment. They do, and are subdued by the criminals that rape Phyllis. On the next morning, they hide the girls in the trunk of their convertible and head to Canada. However, they have a problem with the car's rod and they stop on the road close to Mari's house. When Phyllis tries to escape, the gang stabs her to death and shoots Mari after humiliating and raping them. The gang seek shelter in Mari's home, but during the night, her mother overhears a conversation of the criminals telling that they have killed her daughter. She and her husband plot to overpower the criminals and revenge the death of their princess. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines WARNING: Not Recommended for Persons Over 30! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Last House on the Left (United States)
  • Tentacles (United States)
  • Grim Company (United States)
  • Sex Crime of the Century (United States)
  • Bad Company (United States)
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Runtime
  • 84 min
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Box Office

Budget $90,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $6,900,000

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Trivia When fledgling director Wes Craven took this film to the MPAA, they slapped it with an "X" rating. Wanting an R rating, for wider release, Craven went back and removed several minutes of footage. However, this still wasn't enough and the film still got an "X" rating. Once again Craven removed footage, but that still wasn't enough. Finally, Craven put all of the original footage back in, got an authentic "RATED R" seal of approval from the film board from a friend of his, who put the rating on the film, and released it. See more »
Goofs Mari breathes and moves when her parents find her body (the original intention was that she should still be alive at this point and would identify her attackers before dying). See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Evolution of Snuff (1977). See more »
Soundtracks The Road Leads to Nowhere See more »
Quotes Estelle Collingwood: Mari tells me you're from Manhattan. What does your father do?
Phyllis Stone: Oh, my parents are in the iron and steal business.
Estelle Collingwood: Iron and steel both together? How unusual.
Phyllis Stone: Well, my mother irons and my father steals.
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