The Last House on the Left (1972)
A pair of teenage girls are headed to a rock concert for one’s birthday. While trying to score marijuana in the city, the girls are kidnapped by a gang of psychotic convicts.
- Director: Wes Craven
- Genre:Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Cast
Sandra Peabody : Mari Collingwood (as Sandra Cassell)
Lucy Grantham : Phyllis Stone
David Hess : Krug Stillo (as David A. Hess)
Fred J. Lincoln : Fred ‘Weasel’ Podowski (as Fred Lincoln)
Jeramie Rain : Sadie
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Mari Collingwood (Sandra Cassel) plans to celebrate her seventeenth birthday by attending a concert with her friend, Phyllis Stone (Lucy Grantham). Her parents (Gaylord St James and Cynthia Carr) express concern both at the band and Mari’s friendship with Phyllis. They let her go, giving her a peace symbol necklace as a gift before she leaves.
Phyllis and Mari go to the city for the concert. On the way, they hear a news report on the car radio of a recent prison escape, involving violent criminals by the names of Krug Stillo (David Hess), his son Junior (Marc Sheffler), Sadie (Jeramie Rain) and Fred “Weasel” Podowski (Fred J. Lincoln). After the concert, Mari and Phyllis stroll the streets, seeking someone who might sell marijuana. They find Junior, who leads them back to an apartment, where they are immediately trapped by the criminals. Phyllis resists and is punched in the stomach and raped. Meanwhile, Mari’s unsuspecting parents prepare a surprise party for her.
The next morning, the girls are locked in a car trunk and taken to the countryside as the gang intends to leave the state. The villains’ vehicle malfunctions right in front of Mari’s house while police are in her home talking to Mari’s parents about her disappearance. Removed from the trunk, Phyllis is beaten as Mari realizes that they are near her own home while she is dragged to the woods.
In the woods, the girls are untied, and Phyllis is subjected to torment and sadistic humiliation by the gang. Phyllis tries to run away to distract the kidnappers and offer Mari an opportunity to escape. She is chased by Sadie and Weasel, while Junior stays behind to guard Mari, who tries to convince Junior that her father can help him, and she gives him her peace symbol necklace as a symbol of her trust. Meanwhile, Phyllis is cornered, tortured with a knife, stabbed fatally, and disemboweled by Weasel and the gang.
Mari eventually convinces Junior to let her go, but they are immediately halted by Krug. Sadie and Weasel present Phyllis’ severed hand and Krug proceeds to carve his name into Mari’s chest before violating her sexually. Soon after this act, Mari, sick from the shock of being raped, vomits and then walks into a nearby lake. Krug shoots at Mari and her body floats on the top of the lake. Krug, Sadie, and Weasel wash and change out of their bloody clothes. Read more
