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The Last House on the Left is a 2009 American horror-thriller film directed by Dennis Iliadis and written by Carl Ellsworth and Adam Alleca. It is a remake of the 1972 film of the same name, and stars Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Garret Dillahunt, Spencer Treat Clark, Martha MacIsaac, and Sara Paxton. The film follows the parents (Goldwyn and Potter) of Mari Collingwood (Paxton), who attempt to get revenge on a group of strangers, led by a man named Krug (Dillahunt), that have taken shelter at their home during a thunderstorm.
Remakes of earlier horror movies became routine in the 2000s. In addition to the remake of Dawn of the Dead (2004), as well as the remake of both Herschell Gordon Lewis' cult classic, 2001 Maniacs (2003), and the remake of Tobe Hooper's classic, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), there was also the 2007 Rob Zombie-written and -directed remake of John Carpenter's Halloween.[64] The film focused more on Michael's backstory than the original did, devoting the first half of the film to Michael's childhood. It was critically panned by most,[65][66] but was a success in its theatrical run, spurring its own sequel. This film helped to start a "reimagining" riot in horror filmmakers. Among the many remakes or "reimaginings" of other popular horror films and franchises are films such as Thirteen Ghosts (2001), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Friday the 13th (2009),[67] Children of the Corn (2009),[68] Halloween (2007), Prom Night (2008), The Omen (2006), Carrie (2002), The Wicker Man (2006), Day of the Dead (2008), Night of the Demons (2009), My Bloody Valentine (2009), Willard (2003), Black Christmas (2006), The Amityville Horror (2005), April Fool's Day (2008), The Fog (2005), The Hitcher (2007), It's Alive (2009), When a Stranger Calls (2006), and The Last House on the Left (2009).
Craven at one point said he would like to remake the film along with "The Last House on the Left" and "Shocker". However, after the release of the 2009 remake of "The Last House on the Left", news of a remake fell dormant until 2015, when it was announced (shortly before Craven's death) that the director was developing a "People Under the Stairs" TV series for the SyFy Channel.
In August 2006, Rogue Pictures finalized a deal to remake The Last House on the Left with original writer and director Wes Craven as a producer. The company intended to preserve the storyline of the original film. Craven described his involvement with the remake: "I'm far enough removed from these films that the remakes are a little like having grandchildren. The story, about the painful side effects of revenge, is an evergreen. The headlines are full of people and nations taking revenge and getting caught up in endless cycles of violence."[79] Craven formed Midnight Pictures, a shingle of Rogue, to remake The Last House on the Left as its first project. Production was slated for early 2007.[80] Screenwriter Adam Alleca was hired to write the script for the remake.
Craven frequently collaborated with Sean S. Cunningham. In Craven's debut feature, "The Last House on the Left", Cunningham served as producer. They pooled all of their resources and came up with $90,000. Later, in Craven's best-known film, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984), Cunningham directed one of the chase scenes, although he was not credited. Their characters, Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees, appeared together in the slasher film "Freddy vs. Jason" (2003) with Cunningham acting as producer, while screenwriter Victor Miller is credited as "Character Creator". Later, in "The Last House on the Left" remake (2009), Cunningham and Craven share production credits.
The film rights were picked up by Rogue Pictures in 2006, with the remake being the first film produced by Wes Craven's new production studio Midnight Pictures. Craven, who wrote and directed the 1972 original, was interested to see what kind of film could be produced on a large budget, as the limited funds in 1972 forced him to eliminate scenes he had wanted to film to tell a complete story. Alleca's original script included elements of the supernatural, which prompted the studio to reject it and bring in Ellsworth to perform a rewrite. One of the elements director Iliadis wanted to avoid with this film, given its graphic nature, was turning it into torture porn — a subgenre of horror popularized by the Saw franchise. For Craven and Iliadis, The Last House on the Left primarily illustrates how even the most normal of families can be driven to evil acts if pushed too far.
"Pixel Force: Left 4 Dead" is a fan-made version of "Left 4 Dead" by independent video game designer Eric Ruth. It was his first attempt at creating an 8-bit styled remake of a previously existing title. The idea of making an 8-bit remake of "Left 4 Dead" originally took form when he suggested to his friend "wouldn't it be cool if I re-made Left 4 Dead..but like, as an NES style game?", which his friend with a straightforward "Hell yeah!" While developing another game called "Mean Kathleen", he began working on sprites for the four survivors and special infected from "Left 4 Dead" for fun. They turned out well enough, so he decided to expand the sprites more. He noted the composition of the music as the most difficult part of the game's development, due to how Valve's "Left 4 Dead" was designed to have music that is difficult to remake with only four channels of sound. In the end, he was able to accomplish this. Due to the limitations that go along with an 8-bit game, the Survivor and Versus modes from the original "Left 4 Dead" were cut, along with some of the weapons. It was released on January 4, 2010. "Pixel Force: Left 4 Dead" started a series of fan-made retro game remakes of newer games under the "Pixel Force" label; since its release, Ruth has released two more games: "" and "".
On January 29, 2008, "Variety" reported that Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes production company would be rebooting the "Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise with a remake of the original 1984 film. To provide a freshness to the character, producer Brad Fuller explained that they were abandoning the things that made the character less scary—Freddy would not be "cracking jokes" as had become a staple of his character in later sequels—and focus more on trying to craft a "horrifying movie". There was not agreement among the original crew as to whether it would be a good idea to remake the film. Craven expressed his displeasure, primarily because the filmmakers chose not to have him as a consultant to the film, unlike with the 2009 remake "The Last House on the Left" where he "shepherd[ed] it towards production". In contrast, Robert Englund felt it was time for "A Nightmare on Elm Street" to be remade. Englund liked the idea of being able to "exploit the dreamscape" with CGI and other technologies that did not exist when Craven was making the original "Nightmare on Elm Street" in 1984.
Tom stumbles upon the fact that the killer is a woman, and he suspects Morgana, but discovers that Cecily is guilty just before she confesses, explaining that she wanted the entire family estate. Cecily runs from the house, and Tom discovers that she has placed time bombs in all of the clocks in the house. Racing against time, he frantically defuses each of the bombs. With moments to spare, he hurls the last bomb out of the window, and it explodes at Cecily's feet.The remake has not been as well received by modern critics as the original film. Craig Butler of the film database Allmovie wrote of the 1963 film, that "When compared with the James Whale original upon which it is based, this remake of "The Old Dark House" is pretty sorry stuff." "Halliwell's Film and Video Guide 2000" describes this film as "a travesty which has nothing to do with the 1932 film and possesses no merit of its own. The cast is left floundering". "The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films" called it "one of the oddest pictures [Hammer Film Productions] ever made", but "strangely endearing."
Monica Potter (born Monica Gregg Brokaw; June 30, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for her starring roles in the films "Con Air" (1997), "Patch Adams" (1998), and "Along Came a Spider" (2001). She also appeared in the horror films "Saw" (2004) and the 2009 remake of "The Last House on the Left".
The sole positive review for both Rotten Tomatoes' and Metacritic's listings came from Ken Fox of "TV Guide"s Movie Guide, who gave it 2½ out of 4 stars and said, "Unlike so many other "Last House on the Left" rip-offs, this virtual remake is reasonably well shot and convincingly acted."
By 2009, the box office draw of torture porn films had mostly been replaced in the U.S. by the profitable trend of remaking or rebooting earlier horror films from decades past with the modernization of films such as "Dawn of the Dead" (2004), "The Amityville Horror" (2005), "House of Wax" (2005), "Black Christmas" (2006), "Halloween" (2007), "My Bloody Valentine 3D" (2009), "Friday the 13th" (2009), "The Wolfman" (2010), "The Crazies" (2010), and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (2010). A number of these remakes, such as "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (2003), "The Hills Have Eyes" (2006) (and its sequel in 2007), "Funny Games" (2008), "The Last House on the Left" (2009), and "I Spit on Your Grave" (2010) were referred to as "torture porn" in press reviews.
In 2008, Lindhome had a minor role in the film "Changeling", playing an examination nurse. She continued to guest star on several popular television series including "The Big Bang Theory", "Criminal Minds", and "Pushing Daisies". In 2009, she starred in the feature film remake of the Wes Craven classic "The Last House on the Left".
The House on the Edge of the Park () is a 1980 English-language Italian exploitation horror film written by Gianfranco Clerici and Vincenzo Mannino, and directed by Ruggero Deodato. It stars David A. Hess and Giovanni Lombardo Radice as two criminals who infiltrate a posh gathering in a villa and violently turn against the partygoers after they mock them. The film is a loose remake of "Last House on the Left" (1972), in which Hess also starred.
Mari Collingwood is a fictional character and the primary protagonist of the "The Last House on the Left" series of films. Created by the writer and director Wes Craven, she is portrayed by Sandra Peabody in the 1972 original film and by Sara Paxton in the 2009 remake of the same name. Making her debut appearance in "The Last House on the Left" (1972), Mari serves as the heroine; predating the characters of Nancy Thompson and Sidney Prescott who served as the protagonists of Craven's landmark series "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984-1987) and "Scream" (1996-2011), respectively. The 2009 incarnation of the character has been observed by some scholars to follow the "final girl" archetype, contrasting with her original depiction. Outside of film, Mari has appeared in merchandise based on the original film.
Based on 149 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, The Last House on the Left has an overall 42% approval rating from critics and an average score of 4.9 out of 10. The consensus reads: "Excessive and gory, this remake lacks the intellectual punch of the 1972 original."[20] By comparison, on Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received an average score of 42 based on 27 reviews.[21] CinemaScore polls reported that the average grade cinemagoers gave the film was "B" on an A+ to F scale,[22] with exit polling showing that 57% of the audience was female, 60% was under 25, and with Hispanics and Caucasians making up 36% and 35%, respectively.[16]
Paxton starred in the remake of "The Last House on the Left", playing the lead female character, Mari. The film opened March 13, 2009.
Chaos is a 2005 American horror film about the rape and murder of two adolescent girls. It is an unofficial remake of Wes Craven's "The Last House on the Left", with all character names changed and a different ending. It stars Kevin Gage and was written and directed by David DeFalco. The film received widespread negative reviews.
In the 1980s, Vestron Pictures hired Danny Steinmann to write and direct a sequel, though the film fell apart in pre-production due to rights issues.[76][77] Mario Bava's film Twitch of the Death Nerve was also released under the titles Last House on the Left – Part II, Last House – Part II and New House on the Left.[78]
In the United States, it was originally to be released as "Carnage", but then retitled "Twitch of the Death Nerve". It is also known as simply "Bay of Blood", "Last House on the Left – Part II" (or "Last House – Part II") and "New House on the Left".
In August 2006, Rogue Pictures finalized a deal to remake The Last House on the Left with original writer and director Wes Craven as a producer. The company intended to preserve the storyline of the original film.[3] In September 2006, it was announced that Craven had formed a production company, Midnight Pictures, under the umbrella of Rogue Pictures, and the remake for The Last House on the Left was selected as the company's first project.[4] One of the reasons Craven agreed to remake The Last House on the Left was because of the money involved. In 1972, he did not have the budget to film every piece of the story he wanted to tell. With the 2009 remake, a larger budget allowed the filmmakers to pace themselves more during filming, taking more care while shooting, and expand the scope of the story more. One of the ways to accomplish this was for the producers to find a "rising young director to bring a new perspective for the story". According to the producers, who were impressed with Hardcore—which explored the world of teenage prostitution—director Dennis Iliadis was the person they were looking for. Co-producer Cody Zwieg stated, "Hardcore wasn't a genre or a horror film but showed completely believable characters in horrific, realistic situations. Many directors could handle the surface elements, the blood and shock moments of Last House, but Dennis proved that he could do it all without exploiting his characters and their situations." According to Iliadis, the director was quick to accept the responsibility of remaking The Last House on the Left, having already been a fan of Craven's and seen all of his films.[5]
Remak studied tax law at Leiden University. Before she became an MP, she was a ward alderman in the ward Amsterdam south east. Her portfolio contained welfare, sport and finances. In the House of Representatives, her portfolio included finances (taxes), development aid and state expenditure. When she left the House of Representatives, Remak joined the VVD group in the States-Provincial of the province of North Holland in 2003. In June 2005 she left the VVD group, after major political differences' and continued as an independent member of the States-Provincial.
Jonathan Craven (born March 20, 1965) is an American writer and director. He is the son of the late filmmaker Wes Craven and Bonnie Broecker. He co-wrote the horror sequel "The Hills Have Eyes 2" and worked on the short-lived NBC horror series "Nightmare Cafe". He manages the group the Chapin Sisters. He also co-produced the 2009 remake of "The Last House on the Left".
Malone was in "One Sunday Afternoon" (1948) with Morgan and Janis Paige for director Raoul Walsh; this was a remake of "The Strawberry Blonde" (1941), with Malone playing the part played by Olivia de Havilland in the original. She was billed third in "Flaxy Martin" (1949) with Virginia Mayo and Zachary Scott then played a good girl in a Western with Joel McCrea, "South of St Louis" (1949). She and McCrea were re-teamed in "Colorado Territory" (1949), a remake of "High Sierra" (1941), also for Walsh; her last film before she left the studio.
The remake-era peaked in 2009 under releases of "My Bloody Valentine", "Friday the 13th", "The Last House on the Left", "Sorority Row", "The Stepfather" and "Halloween II"; of those, "Friday the 13th" was most successful selling 8.7 million tickets and "Sorority Row" was least successful with under 1.6 million tickets sold. The following year "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (2010), like the "Friday the 13th" remake, had a large opening weekend but quickly fell off the box office charts after. Straight-to-video remakes "Mother's Day" (2010), "Silent Night" (2012) and "" (2013) were met with little reception or praise; "Curse of Chucky" (2013), a sequel (with elements of a reboot) of the "Child's Play" franchise and the first entry not released in theaters, was well-received and given a sequel of its own in 2017. The reboot "Texas Chainsaw 3D" (2013) acts as a sequel to the 1974 original film, but lackluster box office profits led to its prequel "Leatherface" (2017) to a direct-to-download release ("Leatherface" was filmed in 2015 but shelved for two years).