Last House on the Left (1972) is a terrible movie.  It's poorly written, poorly acted, and poorly shot.  It has the worst use of Day For Night that I've ever seen. But, it gave me a night's worth of violent nightmares, so it made an impression, at least.

It's the first movie written and directed by Wes Craven, and it was produced by Sean Cunningham, who went on to create the Friday the 13th franchise.  Last House on the Left is based on Ingmar Bergman's film The Virgin Spring (1960), which I haven't seen yet.

Last House on the Left might be the first of the Torture Genre, which includes movies like Hostel and Calvaire.  Except, of course, Last House on the Left's biggest squirmy moments are because it's just so, so, so bad.

If you do decide to watch it ... be sure to check out the shirt the girl gangster is wearing in the forest scenes.  I want that shirt!

[photo taken 9-10-2006 in Chadd's Ford, PA]