A family takes a vacation in a very hidden away house in a forest some place (hence the name The Last House On the Left). The daughter, Mari Collingwood (Sara Paxton) after persuading her parents, goes out taking the families only car to see her friend Paige (Martha MacIsaac), who is into smoking weed and drinking, unlike Mari, who has given up the teenager life to become a professional swimmer. The pair meets another teenager at random who they court stealing and promises than “the best weed ever”, and they eventually go to smoke the weed with their new found friend, when unexpectedly the boy’s family return, who you previously see at the very beginning off the film and it begins to get thrilling.

To begin this review, I want to say that this seems like every other scary film made after the year 2000, that I have bothered to watch, but then again it is totally different. It has the same qualities you would expect in this type of film, but also brings something new and hidden to the table, maybe it’s the way the film has a brilliant twist in middle, maybe it’s the way the characters act and bring build up suspense, or it could quite likely be that this isn’t another film where a bunch of teenagers get murdered in a forest and eventually fight off the murder (like Halloween and Friday the 13th), this film is different and for once, actually very gripping and interesting to watch.
However, I must warn anyone who wants to watch this. Although the film is all sex, breasts and attractive girls getting murdered (once again just like Halloween and Friday the 13th), there is quite a intense rape scene, thought it isn’t nudity graphic, in fact there is very little nudity in the whole film, except for the woman on the “bad side” (I don’t want to spoil it), the rape scene is quite...emotional is the only word I can think of that describes how I felt about it, and it does mix in with the story and especially the ending, and is not just a random scene the director wanted to put in.
The final thing I want to say about this brilliant film, is that unlike (once again) Halloween and Friday the 13th, the film has a great story and most importantly great acting from some known, but not blockbuster, actors who make this film that little bit more brilliant as in my mind, a film with great acting, great story and the ability to make me sit up with suspense from a scene that doesn’t include a knife wielding maniac jumping out the next second, is a winner in my books.

I haven’t said anything bad about this film, maybe about a few other films, but not this one because I have not found anything bad to say, the film in my eyes hasn’t really disappointed me at all, but then again I wasn’t expecting much. So my advice is to watch this film, turn down your lights and stick this DVD in and enjoy.