Last House On The Left

[Wickerman]

Last House on the Left is the sickest horror movie of all times no doubt. I mean to make a movie like that you really must have a fucked up mind! I loved it!

[Tat2]

Originally posted by movieman64
Like I said in an earlier post, the way Craven portrayed cruelty and indifference for human life is what made it so disturbing for me. It is not a glossy, big name actors, and movie by today's or even the 1970's standards. The plot/storyline is bathed in realism, and you really feel like in certain scenes that you are there on the sidelines watching the story unfold. Some of the music and acting are campy, but it is a great film, and I agree probably Craven's best.

Well put!:)
Couldn't have said it better myself!

[Tat2]

Originally posted by bwind22
Last House on the Left was great. Very few movies can be that unsettling.

As for LHOTL and Hills Have Eyes being his only 2 good movies... Well, that's just wiggity-whack, yall.

Last House on the Left
The Hills Have Eyes
People Under the Stairs
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Nightmare on Elm St.
Scream (Like it or not, it reinvented the genre.)
Swamp Thing (Okay, it's not great, but it has it's moments.)
Shocker
New Nightmare
Nightmare on Elm St. 3
Dracula 2000 (Producer)

Okay so some people might not like them all, but there is a lot more than 2 good movies in that bunch.

Lets look at this list. Hmmmmmm. Yep, mostly all good films. The Serpent and the Rainbow was very good and based on a true story and while Swamp Thing was a bit on the juvinile side, it dis have Adriene Barbeau in a wet T-shirt! You can't argue with that!
As for the rest of the list, all are good in their own right and some can be considered very original. The films above are all worthy.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by Wickerman
I mean to make a movie like that you really must have a fucked up mind!

Creative not fucked up.

[MidgardDragon]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
Creative not fucked up.

Aren't they often the same thing? ;)

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by MidgardDragon
Aren't they often the same thing? ;)

not all the time.

[bwind22]

If you thought LHOTL was disturbing, go rent (or buy) Cannibal Holocaust. You will never look at LOTL as anything but tame again.



And yeah... Shocker is probably one of Wes Craven's worst.

[Distorty]

To say that Craven is just plain "crap" is insane, think about the films he has made and how many of those films have been landmark genre bending films, Last house on the left made Exploitation film solid, A nightmare on elm street pretty much started the idea of franchise horror movie characters and spawned countless sequels some of which are fantastic, mainly number 3 and a new nightmare, serpant and the rainbow was incredibly intelligent and well made, and to get stuck into Swamp thing is very unfair considering the circumstances Wes faced when making this film, the thing that really bothers me about people attacking wes' directing ability is that people always seem to attack Scream, but also people tend to forget that once again Wes created a new change for the genre, and sure Wes has made some bad movies, but havent most directors done that? Lucio fulci made countless crap films but his good ones are EXCELLENT, Dario argento made the card player which is a prime example of a steller director fucking up. I could go on but i wont bother, i think people need to open their eyes a little and look at what Wes has done for the genre as a whole, and also his ability to create trends in the genre, i havent ever seen another director set trends in this genre like Wes ever.

[zwoti]

Originally posted by bwind22
And yeah... Shocker is probably one of Wes Craven's worst.

cough* hills have eyes part 2 *cough

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Tat2
and while Swamp Thing was a bit on the juvinile side, it dis have Adriene Barbeau in a wet T-shirt! You can't argue with that!

if you're lucky enough to have found the uncut origional release ...

she doesnt have a tshirt at all :D