The Last House on the Left (1972)
 

Thoughts and opinions? I have to say, I think its some of Wes Cravens best work and it is one of my favourite horror films. It just shows how good 70's horror was.

I wonder had Wes Craven any clue that this film would become an iconic Horror classic ? Probably not such was the murky world of low budget exploitation film making. The film is tonally uneven - the bad comedy doesn't mesh well with the serious stuff, and technically the film is primative, but as Iggy Pop might say this film has a raw power. For years Wes Craven seemed embarrassed by the film, but Last House looks forward to his later films - the booby traps, the dream sequence, even David Hess' character's name would all later reappear in Nightmare on Elm Street...

Apparently, as a school boy, Wes Craven was bullied by a boy who went by the name Fred Kruger...!

It is a great name, and worthy of Cronenberg who can really name his characters. I always thought that Sandra Peabody who plays Mari is really a beauty, she has that quintessential 70's all-American girl look...

I haven't watched the film this year, but I feel like putting it on later. I've always thought it to not be as bad as it's reputation makes out, unlike say I Spit on your Grave or House on the Edge of the Park. The first time I saw it (10 years ago via the DFW DVD) certainly didn't require me to keep repeating "it's only a movie", guess maybe I was expecting more, I dunno

It doesn't look like this is an extra feature on the upcoming release, so I have put it here rather than in in the Arrow thread

The full (55.15) audience Q&A with Jeramie Rain and Marc Shuffler from the 2018 Texas Frightmare Weekend

Never seen this poster/cover before

Apparently it's an American Blu-Ray, on the Tcfhe/MGM label


Last House On The Left US Blu-Ray | Amazon UK

It's a removable inlay card Suz.
I sold it when Arrow announced theirs.
Theres a German Turbine steelbook with the same art.

Anyone's Arrow set ship yet?

That’s a different cover to the US blu I have, mine is this one :nod:

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And, no mine hasn’t shipped from Arrow yet

Edit: they have tried taking payment but it declined because I forgot to change my card details to the new one I got last week, they haven’t sent me an email about it though, I only found out when I checked my order status

The ballad that was the basis for both 'The Virgin Spring' and 'Last House', written circa 1673

Töres döttrar i Wänge | Wikipedia

Original language:
" Pehr Tyrssons döttrar i Vänge,
Kaller var deras skog
de sufvo en sömn för länge.
Medan skogen han lövas
Först vaknade den yngsta,
Kaller var...
Så väckte hon upp de andra
Medan skogen...

(the rest is shown without the refrain)

Så satte de sig på sänge-stock.
Så flätade de hvarandras lock.
Så togo de på sina silkesklä'r.
Så gingo de sig åt kyrkan.
Men när som de kommo på Vängelid
Der möta dem tre Vallare.
"Ant'en vill J bli' Wallare-vif,
Eller vill J mista Ert unga lif?"
"Inte villa vi bli' Vallarevif,
Heldre vi miste vårt unga lif."
De höggo deras hufvu'n på björke-stock,
Så rann der strax tre källor opp.
Kroppen grofvo de ner i dy.
Kläderna buro de fram till by.
När som de kommo till Vänga gård,
Ute för dem fru Karin står.
"Och vill J köpa silkes särkar,
Som nio jungfrur ha' stickat å virkat?"
"Lös upp Edra säckar och låten mig se,
Kan hända jag tör känna dem alla tre."
Fru Karin slog sig för sitt bröst,
Hon gångar för Pehr Tyreson opp
"Det håller tre Wallare upå vår gård,
De hafva gjort af med döttrarne vår."
Pehr Tyrsson ta'r sitt svärd i hand,
Han högg ihjäl de äldsta två.
Den tredje lät han lefva
Tills han fick honom fråga:
"Hvad heter eder Fader?
Hvad heter eder Moder?"
"Vår fader, Pehr Tyrsson i Vänge,
Vår moder fru Karin i Stränge."
Pehr Tyrsson går sig åt smedjan,
Han lät smidja sig jern om medjan
"Hvad ska' vi nu göra för syndamehn?"
"Vi ska' bygga en kyrka af kalk å sten.
Den kyrkan skall heta Kerna
Den skall vi bygga upp så gerna.""

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLdqt-79HvE

English translation
" Pehr Tyrsson's daughters in Vänge
The forest was so cold
They slept a sleep too long
While the forest came into leaf
The youngest one woke up first
The forest...
And so she woke up the others.
While the forest...

Then they sat up on their beds.
So they braided each other's locks.
So they put on their silken clothes.
So they went to the church.
But when they came to the Vänge hill
They met three highwaymen
"You either be highwaymen's wives,
Or would you lose your young lives?"
"We do not wish to be highwaymen's wives,
We'd rather lose our young lives."
They cut their heads off on a log of birch.
There soon three wells sprung up.
The bodies buried in the mud,
The clothes taken to the village.
When they came to Vänge farm,
Lady Karin met them in the yard
"And would you buy silken shifts,
By nine maidens knitted and stitched?"
"Untie your sacks and let me see,
Perhaps I know all three."
Lady Karin beat her chest in pain,
And went to find Pehr Tyresson.
"There are three highwaymen in our yard,
Who have our daughters slain."
Pehr Tyrsson grasped his sword,
He slew the eldest two.
The third he left alive,
And then he asked him thus:
"What is your father's name?
What is your mother's name?"
"Our father is Pehr Tyrsson in Vänge,
Our mother is Lady Karin in Stränge."
Pehr Tyrson then went to the smithy,
And had iron crafted 'round his waist.
"What shall we do for our sins?"
"We shall build a church of lime and stone.
That church will be named Kerna,
And we will willingly build it.""

That's the cover under the slipcard Rik.