Mari Collingwood and her friend Paige meet a nice young man named Justin. Unfortunately, while Justin seems friendly enough, his father and uncle are not so nice. What ensues is a brutal assault... followed up with a family's desire to get revenge. Based strongly on the 1972 original.
2009 is shaping up to be the year of the remake. That worries me... is Hollywood out of ideas? Are they going to kill my childhood memories? But oddly enough, so far they seem to be doing fine. "Friday the 13th" was better than expected for me, and "Last House on the Left" sticks very faithfully to the original, only really making minor adjustments for the time (this is over thirty years later, after all).
We have now the necessary shot of the cell phone without signal. But also, we have a much more ambiguous Mari. In the original, she was very pure, albeit a casual drug user. Now it's not so clear. Sure, she's an athlete and the pride of her family, but she gives the audience a few tease moments, suggesting she's a sexual creature. This, of course, does nothing to make the following events more acceptable.
Some other variations follow, including weapons of choice... who lives and dies, and the inclusion of another person into the plot that wasn't around for the original. While the rape here is brutal, the revenge sequences are perhaps tame compared to the original. So, you have a bit of a toss-up for where they push the envelope.
Overall, I was pleased with this film. I enjoyed the way they brought us a classic horror tale in modern times, and the casting was excellent. Not only is the director largely unknown, so are all the actors (except Monica Potter). So this adds a sense of realism that may not have been there with, say, Scout Taylor-Compton or other young starlet. Thank you for this casting. I do not regret going to see this in the theater, and I would encourage you to do so, as well, particularly if you liked the original. They did well.
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