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The Last House on the Left

2009 · 113 min

A brutal, unrelenting assault on the nerves that drags you through visceral horror and grim catharsis, leaving you shaken and exhausted.

Directed by: Dennis Iliadis
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Horror
Starring: Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Sara Paxton

Tagline: If bad people hurt someone you love, how far would you go to hurt them back?
Overview: When athletic teen Mari Collingwood opts to hang out with her friend Paige in town rather than spend an evening in with her parents vacationing at the family's remote lake house, it marks the beginning of a night no one is going to forget.

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Directed by: Dennis Iliadis
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Horror
Starring: Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Sara Paxton

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
violence
family
trauma
justice
Places: countryside
single country house
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Humour	1
Realism	7
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Tension	9
Darkness	9
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: crime, thriller, horror, drama
Directed by: Dennis Iliadis
Written by: Carl Ellsworth, Adam Alleca
Starring: Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Sara Paxton, Garret Dillahunt, Aaron Paul, Spencer Treat Clark, Riki Lindhome, Martha MacIsaac
Music: John Murphy
Cinematography: Sharone Meir
Runtime: 113 min
Country: United States of America, South Africa, United Kingdom
Languages: English

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